Aqua in the archipelagic state: human security of Sama Bajo fishers in Eastern Indonesia

This essay examines the differences and similarities in the Sama Bajo human security that have been patterned by transformation Sama Bajo and land-dwellers social relation in three Sama Bajo communities in a marine protected area. Using semi-structured interviews, questionnaires from 120 respondents of the Sama Bajo fishers, literature studies, and positivistic research analysis, this study has found that generally, the Sama Bajo in Eastern Indonesia threatened their human security because of several issues. However, the research results indicate that the degree of insecure will be different based on five indicators of Sama Bajo human security.