When the Centre Moves: Spatial Negotiations Along Ngalalakon from Ciptagelar to Gelaralam
Keywords:
Environment-Behaviour Studies, Ngalalakon, Spatial Negotiations, Customary Settlements, Dwelling Culture, Spatial TransformationAbstract
The twentieth Ngalalakon (2022) relocated Banten Kidul’s customary centre from Ciptagelar to Gelaralam, but how residents’ interpretations and decisions shape its continuing effects on both settlements remains underexplored. This environment–behaviour study examines spatial transformations through customary interpretations, negotiations, and dwelling practices. Ethnographic observations, interviews, architectural documentation, and comparative spatial analysis trace changes in Gelaralam (as Kasepuhan) and Ciptagelar (as an inhabited Tari Kolot). Findings reveal that spatial configurations in both are continually negotiated, reconsidered, and reconfigured through customary interpretations and dwelling decisions. Thus, Ngalalakon is a transition within continuing settlement-making, where customary principles and dwelling decisions co-produce spatial change.
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