We are delighted to introduce the proceedings of the first International Conference on Social-Humanities in Maritime and Border Area (SHIMBA) 2022. This conference has brought researchers, developers and practitioners around the world who are interested in issues around maritime and border area. smart grid technology for a smarter and more resilient grid. The theme of SHIMBA 2022 was “Acceleration Strategy for Maritime and Border Area”. The technical program of SHIMBA 2022 consisted of 32 full papers. The conference clusters were: Cluster 1 - Acceleration Strategy for Public Administration and Governance; Cluster 2 - Acceleration Strategy for Sociology and Culture; and Cluster 3 - Acceleration Strategy for Law and International Relations. Aside from the high quality paper presentations, the program also featured nine invited speeches. We strongly believe that SHIMBA conference provides a good forum for all researcher, developers and practitioners to discuss all aspects that are relevant to maritime and border area. We also expect that the future SHIMBA conference will be as successful and stimulating, as indicated by the contributions presented in this volume.

This is an open access book. The 2nd International Conference Social-Humanities in Maritime and Border Area (SHIMBA) 2023 is our response to issues on the development of maritime and border area. This will be a great opportunity among the stakeholders (private sectors, academia, researchers, governments, non-government, etc) who have roles, interests, and contributions to the related issues.

Body painting, decoration, depilation, mutilation, scarification around the world with examples from Australian Aboriginal cultures and social, sexual and religious associations (totemic, mourning, passage rites)