Local Wisdom of Multicultural Communities in the Maritime History Network to Prevent the Nation Disintegration

Abstract

Indonesia’s rising violence and societal breakdown have become a pressing national concern in recent years. To ensure unity in Nusantara, it is suggested to discuss the local wisdom of multicultural communities in the maritime history network to prevent disintegration. For centuries, Indonesia has been an island state, united by the maritime history network. Thus, it emerged as a multicultural society with various local wisdom to keep the diversity. This paper aims to: 1) identify the form of local wisdom that is inherited by the maritime network that has shaped multicultural society; 2) analyze the local wisdom impacts on the nation’s integrity; 3) formulate what benefit the young generation can obtain in learning the local wisdoms. This paper employed a qualitative approach with a strong emphasis on historical methods, namely, heuristic, source criticism, interpretation, and historiography. The information has been gathered through various means such as document analysis, conducting interviews, and organizing focus group discussions. The outcome of this investigation is to offer a viable remedy to the issue of potential national disintegration.
 Keywords: local wisdom, multicultural community, maritime history network