Technological Adaptation in the Transformation of Traditional Boats in the Spermonde Archipelago, South Sulawesi
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Although traditional boats and boatbuilding techniques in Indonesia have drawn scholarly attention, attempts to analyze the technological development in wooden boatbuilding have been rarely made.After the introduction of modern technologies such as engines and western hulls in the ῍ΐῌs, wooden boats have experienced rapid technological changes in which a combination of traditional and modern techniques can be observed.Based on a new typology of present boats in the Spermonde Archipelago, one of the important maritime regions in Indonesia, this study analyzed the transformation process of wooden boats in the second half of the twentieth century, in which modern technology played an important role, in order to understand the technological adaptation of the local people to the changing circumstances.The study was conducted through literature surveys, interviews with local people, and observation and measurements of the boats, and revealed that the modern technologies were effectively adopted and combined into the local people's existing knowledge system.
Authors: Aziz Salam, Katsuya Osozawa
Institutions: State University of Gorontalo, Ehime University
Language: English
Topic: Marine and Coastal Research
Subfield: Ocean Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W99234501