| Popis: |
Atob is a term used in Central Philippines to mean stone tidal weir. It is a relic of the megalithic past of Pacific cultures. The cases I will use from the Pacific Rim are the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. Nowadays, there are hardly any new weirs being built as the coastal waters have been utilized for more efficient, active and mechanized fishing methods. The rules for building stone tidal weirs were founded on the communal use of the sea. As the sea is also believed to be inhabited by spirits, then the notion of the "commons" is shared between humans and spirits. This paper will describe traditional coastal management system, the commons, from the view point of managing the atob. |
