Seeing the Resilience of Local Communities Established: Evidence from the local community in Southeast Sulawesi Patta Hindi Asis 1 , Ridwan Adi Surya 2 , Muhammad Nur Afiat 3 Muhammad Ihsan Mattalitti 4 , Waode Ekadayanti 5 {patta.hindi@umkendari.ac.id 1 , ridwan.adi@gmail.com 2 , nur.afiat@gmail.com 3 , ihsanm@gmail.com 4 , waodee@gmail.com 5 } [Faculty of Social and political science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kendari, Kendari, Indonesia] 1,4 [Univesitas Halu Oleo, Kendari, Indonesia] 2,3 [Universitas Sulawesi Tenggara, Kendari, Indonesia] 5 Abstract. This article describes the resilience of local communities living in two mining locations. Through the theoretical framework of resilience, the research reveals how local communities can survive social-ecological changes due to mining activities in two districts of Morosi and Moramo, Southeast Sulawesi. By using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods where the methods used surveys and focus group discussions/FGDs . This research reveals at a glance, the resilience of local communities in dealing with changes in mining areas can be seen from their adaptation to change and shifting jobs from agriculture/plantation to service workers. This transition is one way for local people to survive the change. Our study also reveals that the role of social capital in the community is an important factor in facing challenges from the changing environment of mining activities. Keywords: adaptation; local resilience; local community; nickel mining; rock mining; social capital; social change; socio-ecology resilience 1 Introduction The subject of resilience has a very complex meaning (Fischer & McKee, 2017; Gascón & Mamani, 2022). Community resilience includes aspects such as economic resilience, social resilience, and ecological resilience. Community resilience can be interpreted as the ability of a community group to interact and adapt to socio-ecological changes (van de Camp, 2016). The most visible socio-ecological resilience is in the mining area where the mining sector is one of the sectors that has a significant socio-ecological impact. Mining activities often bring dramatic changes in the lives of local communities living around concession areas. These changes can include shifts in living space, livelihood patterns, and other spatial patterns. This study uses a theoretical framework of resilience to explain how local communities in the two districts can survive the socio-ecological changes faced by mining activities. In Southeast Sulawesi, the concept of resilience was raised in the Bajo community, (Wianti & SSIK 2023, September 20, Kendari, Indonesia Copyright © 2023 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.20-9-2023.2340994