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Grand design M-Tower, Mamuju. Recently, the public has been faced by notion of Mamuju's iconic construction plan Manakarra Tower (referred to M-Tower) in the municipality. Argument split into two perspectives, those who agree with and doesn't is like two sides of coin. Moreover, the pros and cons evoked a resistance between supporter and repellent with various analysis. A specific trigger is the fact that this infrastructure will spend tens of billions money. A likely explanation of M-Tower's supporter views point out that the building could be an iconic value for the city, which will look stylistic features for tourists and the locals. Like an Eiffel Tower did that was attracting anyone to go there for example. Still, it has been commonly assumed the presence of M-Tower will encourage profitable revenue for the resident around it. Simply put, street vendors and micro enterprises nearby the district will be overwhelmed by buyers. However, what the main conc...

Mirna sat down in front of his huts MAMUJU, -- Early June, 2019. A heavy rain just fell down when I were in the waste's final destination area located in Botteng Village of Mamuju administrative. The surroundings were deeply silent due to no activity as scavengers usually did everyday. From the distances where I stood, I saw a middle-aged women, anonymously Mirna, sat on the floor of her grubby huts which was approximately 4x5 meters in size. Then I walked slowly to get there. She seemed quite busy, sorting out plastic garbage that would be exchanged into money. It was heartbreaking. In the moment we were greetings each other, she told that she have been working for years as a scavenger in that dirty place, converting plastic trash into money continually. Garbage is like a gold to sell, roughly $2.00 for 1 kg plastic waste, but not quite enough for life. As we have known that standard living cost is roughly $5.00 in a day. It could be assumed it takes around $150 per mon...

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on," said the former of UK's prime ministry Wiston Churchill, between 1940-1945 and 1951-1955. The above quote described how a firehose of falsehood, called Hoax, has spread faster than a truth even when a validity has not yet been packaged. For years the circumstance is still relevant. Wherever you lived, hoax is found elsewhere.  It sounds horrendous. People will wonder what the particular causes are? yet it was led to by lack of literacy skills. As you can imagine, since social media has served our life, everyone could either produce or consume all kind of information. Thus, the information is out of control and consequently supports the deployment of that fake news. Without literalness ability, we would be a victim of an hoax. Moreover, illiteracy skills are not the only one argument, there is more. Most cultural experts have seen it as a result of social construction, w...