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

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.