Capital in Palawang Practices in Lake Tempe, South Sulawesi

Abstract

Writing from the title of research on capital in Palawang practice in Lake Tempe, South Sulawesi. This study uses the concept of capital developed by Pierre Bourdieu with a qualitative approach and data collection instruments through in-depth interviews with informants from government actors, entrepreneurs, big fishermen and small fishermen. The results of the study show that besides being used as a tool, economic capital is also the main goal of each actor in Palawang practice. But economic capital is not enough, so to get other economic capital, actors use other capital they have, such as cultural capital and social capital. Economic capital, cultural capital and social capital which are activated in Palawang practice have given rise to other capital, namely symbolic capital. That the Palawang practice has become a symbol of local government control of the lake's fishery resources. The practice of Palawang has also become a symbol of the domination of businessmen and large fishermen over fishing in Lake Tempe.