NDLI: Politics of technology in the informal governance of destructive fishing in Spermonde, Indonesia

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Grydehøj, Adam Nurdin, Nurliah
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Technology has politics and plays a role in societal governance. This article explores the fishing community of Karanrang island (Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia) to consider how fishing technologies reinforce existing power structures in the local informal governance system. Informal governance actors deploy the politics of technology in order to manage a socially problematic and environmentally destructive fishing economy. In the punggawa-sawi system of patron-client relationships, fishers are economically dependent on patrons, who supply them with fishing technologies like boats, bombs, and cyanide. The patrons themselves are embedded in a complex governance network, encompassing corrupt police and officials, importers, and live food fish traders. The politics of technology contribute to maintaining the local informal governance system of patron-client relationships. This paper draws upon theories from science and technology studies and network governance to argue that although patron-client relationships are problematic in themselves, the politics of technology further maintain power imbalances.
Starting Page	281
Ending Page	292
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03432521
Journal	GeoJournal
Volume Number	81
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15729893
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-01-06
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Politics of technology Informal governance Science and technology studies Destructive fishing Patron-client relationships Human Geography Geography Environmental Management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development

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