Abstract
The wave of industrial revolution 4.0 influences almost all aspects of every life, covering the fishermen’s activities. In order to survive in global competition, traditional fishermen must work hard, fast, smartly, and appropriately to increase production. However, the existence of taboos and local beliefs that has been considered as a device of maintaining environment may become obstacle of their activities. The study aims to identify the influence of the taboos and beliefs controlling the Fisheries Community in North Coast of Central Java on their daily activities to survive as well as to develop their environment. Data on the research are the narrative of the respondents regarding the taboos and beliefs they have listened. Data are gathered through deep interview of six respondents from three fishing areas, those are Demak, Kendal, and Semarang. Using critical discourse analysis approach, the researchers found that local taboos influence their perception that certain natural phenomena are controlled by spirits, so that some bad events happened to the community may be interpreted as consequences of violating the taboos. The beliefs construct by the governed by the unseen power rather than usual phenomena. This gives impact to the way they develop their environment.
Highlights
One of global problems in fishing industry in the industrial revolution era 4.0 is exploitation of fish stock because of increasing fish demand for both food and feed
Realizing the negative impact of the global wave, both government and non-government organizations have continuously campaigned the importance of balancing the marine ecosystem and fulfilling human life necessities
Even though the research focusing on the importance of the local wisdom has been devoted to making marine conservation, few studies have been conducted to investigate the similar problems in the fishery community in The North Coast of Central Java
Summary
One of global problems in fishing industry in the industrial revolution era 4.0 is exploitation of fish stock because of increasing fish demand for both food and feed. The study purposes to investigate the existence of the taboos, beliefs, and norms, of the fishery community in the North Coast of Central Java, and the influence of the values on the effort to construct the balanced environment. Such information is necessary to make decision in order to keep the balanced condition of the marine habitat in Tambak Lorok site and to educate the community to preserve the ecosystem
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