Rekonstruksi Etnosains Sasi Lola (Trochus niloticus) di Pulau Sermata sebagai Sumber Belajar IPA Kontekstual Berorientasi Sustainability Awareness

Muhammad Rizal Hardiansyah; Rahmiati Darwis; St. Humaerah Syarif

doi:10.70115/cahaya.v4i3.825

Authors

Muhammad Rizal Hardiansyah Universitas Islam Negeri Abdul Muthalib Sangadji Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Rahmiati Darwis Universitas Islam Negeri Abdul Muthalib Sangadji Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
St. Humaerah Syarif Institut Agama Islam Negeri Parepare, Parepare, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70115/cahaya.v4i3.825

Keywords:

Ethnoscience, Local Wisdom, Sasi Lola, Science Learning Resource, Sustainability Awareness

Abstract

Indigenous marine resource management provides culturally embedded knowledge that can enrich contextual science education and promote sustainability awareness. However, the scientific reconstruction of customary marine practices into structured science learning resources remains limited. This study aimed to reconstruct the ethnoscience knowledge embedded in sasi lola (Trochus niloticus) on Sermata Island, Southwest Maluku, Indonesia, and map its relevance to contextual junior secondary science learning and sustainability awareness. An ethnographic approach was employed in Regoha Village, with three purposively selected key informants representing customary, religious, and village authorities. Data were collected from May 2026 through participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and documentation. Data were analyzed using Spradley’s domain, taxonomic, componential, and cultural-theme analyses, supported by source and method triangulation, member checking, and expert review. The findings indicate that sasi lola integrates ecological, technical, normative, and institutional knowledge through seasonal closure–opening cycles, collective harvesting restrictions, molo (diving) practices, customary sanctions, and community benefit sharing. These practices were reconstructed into science concepts related to animal growth and reproduction, population, habitat, biodiversity, abiotic factors, and hydrostatic pressure, and connected with environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability awareness. The resulting reconstruction matrix demonstrates the potential of sasi lola as a culturally relevant and contextual science learning resource for archipelagic schools.

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