The Social Movement

Abstract

The domination in using transitional space becomes a social phenomenon in urban neighbourhoods in Indonesia. In Indonesia, the urban neighbourhood called kampung, its transition space is not only for accessibility but also as a social space. Kampung Prawirotaman is included. Nevertheless, the spatial transformation due to tourism development affects its residents in using the transitional space. Majorly, the residents have their social interaction at various level of transition spaces, which are street, alleys and aisles. Thus, this study focuses on the transitional spaces in Prawirotaman, on what factors influenced the resident's social movement, and how their movement patterns. The data were obtained by walking interviews to identify their social movements, then processed using ArcGIS to map their social movement behavior. Using content analysis, the result redefine meaning of transitional space in kampung urban neighbourhood. This research concludes that (1) Street in kampung Prawirotaman accommodates commercial activities related to tourism, while alleys and corridors represent a neighboring life, including social interaction. (2) The transformation of the transitional space is generally not in physical form but in their function. (3) The main influencing factors are its structure as a connecting network within kampung.