To Live Out Archipelagic Intelligence
An Eco-Missiological Contribution to Society 5.0
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Society 5.0, Eco-missiology, Archipelagic Intelligence, Technology, Alliance TechnologyAbstract
This paper seeks to offer an eco-missiological perspective on the vision of Society 5.0, a super-smart society whose ecological civilisation is supported by advanced technology as the product of intelligence remains anthropocentric and does not adequately recognise indigenous communities as subjects in the development of such a society. The question addressed in this paper is what kind of intelligence can eco-missiology propose for developing a super-smart society that is not anthropocentric and that recognizes indigenous communities as active subjects in its development? This article answers this question through qualitative library research. It adopts a conceptual and dialogical approach by bringing eco-missiology into dialogue with Society 5.0. Going beyond green and blue eco-missiology, which focus on land and the sea respectively, this paper proposes the concept of archipelagic intelligence, namely, the ability to understand and embody the interconnectedness and interdependence of sea and land communities, as has long been practiced by indigenous communities in Indonesia. With this archipelagic orientation, the development of data, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and other digital technologies is directed toward sustaining the relationships between sea and land communities for the flourishing of holistic common life. Within the framework of Ernst Bloch’s alliance technology, this research argues that archipelagic intelligence can enable Society 5.0 to become a social order built through cooperation among modern knowledge, the relational wisdom of indigenous communities, and the sea and land with their inhabitants in their sustainable interconnectedness.
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