Urbanism in the discipline of architecture has largely been confined to the
analysis of physical appearance of cities. Such an analysis may overlook the crucial
issue, which is political, on the spatial formation of a city like Jakarta This formation
results from the structuration process of a society where the production and
reproduction of society assumes domination from one another. In a dual society, such
as in the city of Jakarta, such a process has an implication of the urban form, that is,
the dual quality of urbanism.
This study examines this dual image of Jakarta, with a particular concern for
the transformation of the inner dynamic of its social life. It concerns the triad of
knowledge-power-space in which the society is produced and reproduced in the timespace
dimension. The kampung is investigated as a locale of social practices,
especially in regard to the low-income urban population. The idea and term
tropotopia is introduced to describe urban form or spatiality that is in a continuous
process of formation and transformation.
The study looks particularly the history of the reproduction of society in
Indonesia, where dominant social systems control allocative and authoritative
resources. Such practices primarily govern the spatial formation of Jakarta. In these
systems, planners and designers acting as agents have played crucial roles in the
structuration of society, and of the space. Planners and designers are seen to be part
of the episteme that develops and informs the poor relation of society. The
dissertation concludes with a reflection on the ways in which the dual quality of
Jakarta is revealed in the interplay in social practices within a triadic knowledge-power-
space.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218593 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Harjoko, Triatno Yudo, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Resources, Environmental and Heritage Sciences |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Triatno Yudo Harjoko |
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