Perspectives of the Framework of Maritime Anthropology in Development in Indonesia

Abstract

This paper tries to describe a framework from Maritime Anthropology studies that see the phenomenon of maritime communities and coastal culture as a material that is quite useful in the development of cultural anthropology research. Maritime anthropology can be seen as the study of maritime cultures, societies and subcultures in an anthropological context. Maritime anthropology is a popular sub-field dedicated to the study of coastal culture from an anthropological perspective in the mid-1970s, especially on fishing communities from a functional point of view as a group of people who value the utilization of the marine environment. They may not depend solely on the marine environment. As a result, they have developed and adapted unique technologies that vary widely and are open to rapid change to optimize processes and costs.