Rural cultural and economic resilience through home-based textile industries in Pandai Sikek and Sungai Pua, West Sumatra

Industrialization has positioned cities as dominant socio-economic centers, often marginalizing rural spaces and accelerating urban migration. Nevertheless, rural communities demonstrate resilience through home-based industries that integrate economic activity with domestic life. This study examines two home-based textile industries in West Sumatra, songket weaving in Pandai Sikek and garment production in Sungai Pua to explore how tradition and market orientation reshape domestic space and support rural livelihoods. Using a qualitative approach combining spatial observation, interviews, and documentation, the research analyzes houses as dual-function spaces for living and production. The findings show that integrated workspaces enable flexible economic adaptation, preserve cultural identity, and strengthen rural resilience, particularly through the central role of women as cultural custodians and household economic actors. Home-based textile industries thus offer an alternative, community-based model of sustainable rural development amid globalization. Keywords: rural resilience, cultural landscape, home-based industry, women, textile