Merawat Nasionalisme dan Memperkuat Persatuan Generasi Muda melalui Focus Group Discussion: Penguatan Literasi Kebangsaan dan Sikap Anti-Anarkisme di Kota Makassar

Abstract

Young people in Makassar City face a flow of disinformation and provocation in digital spaces, while the city also carries the experience of demonstrations that ended in the destruction of public facilities. This community engagement program aimed to strengthen civic literacy and anti-anarchist attitudes among young people through a Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The activity was held with SERUM Institute as a partner on 28 August 2026 and involved twenty young people and university students from youth organizations, student bodies, and cross-campus communities. The FGD followed five stages: problem identification, delivery of material, guided discussion, reflection, and formulation of commitments. Data were collected through participant observation, facilitator notes, and documentation, and were analyzed thematically. The results show three abilities observed during the forum: participants recognized the features of information that deserves doubt, formulated three markers of healthy criticism, and drafted eight joint commitments through deliberation. Participants also understood nationalism as an active civic practice rather than mere respect for state symbols. The activity did not use a pre-test and post-test, so these achievements are read as evidence of process and forum outputs, not yet as a measure of increased competence. Post-activity monitoring of the commitments and a measured evaluation in a follow-up forum have been designed to address this limitation. The FGD deserves to be developed as a sustainable means of democratic education for youth organizations and universities.