Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, ICESSD 2019, 22-23 October 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

Ecological Peril in Relation to Politics of Space Case Study: Dama Village, Loloda, North Maluku

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.22-10-2019.2291475,
        author={Tommy  Christomy and L.G. Saraswati Putri and Noor Fatia Lastika Sari},
        title={Ecological Peril in Relation to Politics of Space Case Study: Dama Village, Loloda, North Maluku},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, ICESSD 2019, 22-23 October 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICESSD},
        year={2020},
        month={3},
        keywords={politics of space social-ecology anthropocentrism kolano ecological politics indigenous community},
        doi={10.4108/eai.22-10-2019.2291475}
    }
    
  • Tommy Christomy
    L.G. Saraswati Putri
    Noor Fatia Lastika Sari
    Year: 2020
    Ecological Peril in Relation to Politics of Space Case Study: Dama Village, Loloda, North Maluku
    ICESSD
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.22-10-2019.2291475
Tommy Christomy1,*, L.G. Saraswati Putri1, Noor Fatia Lastika Sari1
  • 1: Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia; Kampus UI Depok, Jawa Barat 16424, Indonesia
*Contact email: tommy.christomy@ui.ac.id

Abstract

The eastern parts of Indonesia are often neglected, the extensive researches conducted for 2 years in Loloda, North Maluku have given us a based of understanding on problems of inequality and ecological exploitations. The people of Loloda have a strong history with the coastal tradition. They have an indigenous system called Kolano, or a form of Sultanate. Due to the array of disappointments to the central government, and even the provincial government, they resurrect the leadership of Kolano amidst facing poverty and losing their natural biodiversity to mining since the 1960s. This research utilizes interdisciplinary methods, from historical approach, linguistic and ecological philosophy analysis. This research discovers that the rising political subjects are indicated through the act of forming Kolano as a conscious and collective choice to protect Loloda’s heritage and environment. In conclusion, the important findings of the research underlines on how the people of Loloda recreate a social-ecology political space, contesting the current power exercised by the governments. We can view this act as their way to criticize the ruling power, moreover, their political way to survive.