The Potential for Creative Socio-cultural Energy of Coastal Communities in the Maluku Islands

Abstract

The coastal areas of the Maluku Islands are the most prominent poverty-polarizing areas, both physically and socially with relatively isolated geographical positions. The social energy of creative culture has the potential to become a social resilience scheme in realizing welfare based on common interests. This qualitative study was conducted in Buru Island, Maluku Islands and aims to explain the potential of socio-cultural energy as a scheme of community social resilience in survival on the coast of Buru Island, Maluku Islands. The results of this study show that there is a potential for energy creative social culture that serves as a community social resilience scheme, where through this potential although in limited circumstances and conditions, the community seems to be able to find a way out of a variety of problems, including the poverty problems they faced to stay alive. Meanwhile, on the potential of social energy, This then becomes a force and even a guideline for the community independently through creative and constructive efforts turned out to be able to empower themselves and its community to get out of trouble Including the problem of poverty, which is now a major problem for people living on the coast of Buru Island.