The implication of power relation of punggawa-sawi on the fishermen of bajo ethnics at tiworo archipelago north tiworo district, west muna regency, southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

The power relation of punggawa (the capital owner) and sawi (the persons who are employed by punggawa) had the implication on societal life of Bajo ethnics at Tiworo Archipelago, North Tiworo District, at West Muna Regency. The problem in this research was “how is the implication of the power relation of punggawa and sawi on the fishermen of Bajo ethnics at North Tiworo District.” This research used the approach of the power relation theory of Foucault and Social Capital theory of Bordiauto study the implication that happened in the power relation of punggawa and sawi on the fishermen of Bajo ethnics at North Tiworo District, West Muna Regency. The research method that was employed in this research was a qualitative method in a descriptive form. The researcher did the observation and interview and understood the phenomena from the reality world about the power relation of punggawa and sawi in the fishermen’s life of Bajo ethnics at North Tiworo District. The method of determining the informants was done by the technique of snowball according to the purpose of research. The results of this research found that the hegemony of power of punggawa towards sawi has the implication on the ideology in which the group of sawi must show the obedience towards the punggawa with the touch of belief and modernization of fishery technology that can be had by the group of punggawa as the capital owner. Its economical implication was hampering the efforts of increasing the education and knowledge of fishermen’s society including the knowledge about sea ecology and ethnical identity.