An Ecological-Oriented Policy Development Framework as An Alternative to Contesting Land-Oriented and Maritime-Oriented Paradigms

Two diverging geography-oriented Policy development paradigms have been prevailing within the discourse of Indonesian context, namely land and maritime-oriented paradigms. The two often emerge in ideological discourses that predispose national identity. Throughout Indonesia’s history, on seems to alternate between However, since 2014, maritime paradigm has taken a dominant role discourses.This paper propose empirical data associated with environmental, economic social conditions Segara Anakan, Central Java, we show how resulted undesirable consequences. Anakan is coastal region which various communities for decades developed activities. Major environmental damages reported conflicts occurred unresolved. Instead choosing paradigms, this more ecological-oriented framework based actor-network theory. emphasis key measures: registering relevant heterogeneous entities, including human actors, groups, small islands, straits, ocean inhabitants, etc; consultations involve spoke-persons. We argue both are too macro their scope tackle heterogeneities complexities at regional scopes.