aktiviti anyaman. Mereka dikenali sebagai kumpulan Tompoq Topoh. Kumpulan ini tertubuh sejak 2005. Tempoh sedekad Tompoq Topoh mampu bertahan menarik pengkaji untuk mengetahui cerita daripada ahli kumpulan Tompoq Topoh. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan tiga tokoh sosiologi dalam memahami elemen modal sosial, iaitu Pierre Bourdieu, James Coleman dan Robert Putnam, pengkaji melihat terdapat beberapa elemen modal sosial yang diterapkan dalam kalangan ahli kumpulan Tompoq Topoh seperti nilai

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... n, nilai kekitaan dan jaringan sosial. Elemen-elemen modal sosial yang dimiliki membantu dalam memperkasakan ekonomi wanita Mah Meri dalam Tompoq Topoh ini. Kata kunci: modal sosial, Tompoq Topoh, memperkasakan ekonomi, wanita, Mah Meri. ABSTRACT The Mah Meri tribe is one of the subgroups from Senoi ethnic of indigenous people or commonly called as Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia. A group of Mah Meri women weaver from Carey Island-the Tompoq Topoh, was established since 2005. These women have been empowered in over a decade to provide for their families. Employing a qualitative approach, this study explored some of the elements of social capital that have been discussed by Pierre Bourdieu, James Cole-man and Robert Putnam. The study results shows that three significant elements in social capital such as leadership, sense of belonging and social networks, emerged as contributors in the economic empowerment amongst the Mah Meri women weavers of Tompoq Topoh.