Territorial invasion: a behaviour in sustaining social space in a kampung. A case study: Prawirotaman, Indonesia

Abstract

Tourism impacts spatial changes in the urban neighbourhood, including Prawirotaman,which isexperiencinga lossof socialspace.The community continuesto strive forits socialspacesin its private transitionalspace,namely the house yard and terrace.Hence, thisstudy aimstoexplore the territorialbehaviourofkampungresidentsamidtheneighbourhood transformation.Thestudyfocusesonthe formationanddistribution ofinteraction spaceswithin kampung and the residents' perception of the transitional space territoriality. This study was conducted qualitatively. The observations were conducted after afternoon prayer (Asr) and eveningprayer(Maghrib).The data wascollectedfromsnapshotsand usingGlobalPositioning Systems(GPS),thenimported into ArcGIS,andinterviewswerepresentedonemotion mapsand narratives. The data were analysed with content and behaviour mapping approaches. This research found that territorial invasion can be defined as a local's territorial behaviour for sustaining social space amid the kampung's spatial transformation due to tourism. Hence, territoriality is not only related to the spatial modification to control a space. This research contributes to understanding architecture behaviour and policy making, especially in an urban village with tourism activities.