Narratives of The Sea: Community Framing and Traditional Maritime Knowledge Lae-Lae Island Reclamation

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10.2991/978-2-38476-545-4_30How to use a DOI?

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Framing analysis; ethnographic content analysis; traditional maritime knowledge; coastal reclamation; environmental communication; Lae-Lae Island

Abstract

Small islands in Indonesia are increasingly facing tensions between economic expansion and ecological preservation issues. Lae-Lae Island, located off the coast of Makassar City, serves as a key example of how state-driven coastal reclamation projects intersect with local cultural identity and environmental justice. The results show that communities frame reclamation as a loss of living space and cultural identity (problem definition), attribute its causes to collusion between the government and investors (causal interpretation), legitimize resistance through moral values and maritime rituals (moral evaluation), and propose community-based marine governance as a sustainable alternative (solution recommendation). This study contributes to the literature on environmental communication and participatory governance by demonstrating how traditional ecological knowledge serves as a cognitive and moral basis for ecological resistance. Ultimately, this study confirms that the coastal reclamation conflict in Makassar is not simply an infrastructure dispute but rather a narrative struggle over meaning, identity, and ecological justice in the context of maritime Southeast Asia.

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AU  - Yusran
AU  - M. Iqbal Sultan
AU  - Alem Febri Sonni
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/03/13
TI  - Narratives of The Sea: Community Framing and Traditional Maritime Knowledge Lae-Lae Island Reclamation
BT  - Proceedings of the World Conference on Governance and Social Sciences 2025 (WCGSS 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 437
EP  - 453
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-545-4_30
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-545-4_30
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