Socio-Cultural Studies of Communities in Fishermen's Settlements on the North Coast, Lamongan

Abstract

It is an irony for a maritime country like Indonesia that in the midst of such a large sea wealth, fishing communities are the poorest group of people, especially in the new normal era of the Covid-19 pandemic. With the specific social and cultural character of fishermen, the economic conditions of the community are low income, the environmental conditions of fishermen's settlements with poor quality, efforts are needed in the arrangement of the neighborhood of its settlements, especially its open spaces, to support the activities of fishermen in meeting the economic needs of their families. Its purpose is to identify, analyze the social and cultural character of its people; identifying and analyzing the socio-culture of coastal against open spaces in the environment of fishermen's homes and analyzing the influencing elements. With the arrangement of these settlements, it can improve environmental conditions and improve the economy of coastal fishing families in the new normal era of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brondong Lamongan. The observation method uses qualitative and quantitative data, phenomenological approaches. Observation area on the North Coast of East Java, sampling, namely fishermen's settlements, Brondong beach in Lamongan. Target, identify and comprehensive study of the socio-cultural aspects of fishing communities in coastal areas. As well as the correlation of socio-cultural aspects to the existence of open space in fishing villages. It is hoped that interdisciplinary studies of environmental science and its sustainability, especially through a sociocultural approach to open up settlement spaces to coastal communities, can develop their relationship with architectural science in fishing settlements.