Wild Racers’ Resistance and Refusal of Involvement in the Legal Kanjuruhan Street Race in Malang City

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10.2991/978-2-38476-485-3_19How to use a DOI?

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Illegal racing; resistance; social control; Kanjuruhan street race event

Abstract

The street racing is a wide-spread social issue in the majority of city centers and has been associated with offending among young people, public disorder, and danger. Illegal street racing persisted in Malang City, Indonesia, despite law enforcers consistently ratcheting up efforts to suppress the activity and establishing the Kanjuruhan Street Race (KSR) as a sanctioned alternative. The study herein shall analyze illicit racing not only as deviant action but as a form of resistance to social control by powers that be. Through a qualitative case study method, data collection was accomplished through observation, intensive interviews with six practicing racers, documentation, and literature review. By intersectional examination, the study examines how family background, economic constraints, schooling, peer social networks, and masculinity interact to form racers’ rejection of the KSR. Findings suggest that the event is perceived as too structured, costly, and inaccessible—advantaging competitors with financial capital and sponsorships with schools—and that illicit street racing offers freedom, status, and identity formation. The study concludes by summarizing that illegal racing in Malang needs to be interpreted not just as delinquency but as a complex social reality of resistance and identity construction against authority control.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Amirullah Al Ghoni
AU  - Nora Titahning Ayudha
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/11/14
TI  - Wild Racers’ Resistance and Refusal of Involvement in the Legal Kanjuruhan Street Race in Malang City
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Sociology and Educational Transformation (ICCSET  2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 181
EP  - 190
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-485-3_19
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-485-3_19
ID  - Ghoni2025
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