elements that embody its way of life (Knox and
Pinch, 2010). A culture that is realized through the
way of life of everyday residents as a community
can support the sustainability of settlements. This is
especially the case for the culture that can show the
relationship between residents and their environment
based on specific environmental conditions such as
the state of being on the banks of rivers.
The existence of a river will affect the use of
domestic space as a place for daily activities. One of
the elements of riverside settlements is batang. A
batang is a vernacular building built by a
community to accommodate daily activities directly
related to the river. A batang is a material object in
settlements as a cultural element of riverside. The
existence of batang in riverside settlements is
currently decreasing because it is considered by
some to provide a less attractive view of the
riverside. Therefore, through the study in this article,
it is hoped that it can contribute to the importance of
batang as a domestic space, which is a cultural
element in settlements that can manifest the cultural
sustainability of riverside settlements.
Presently, the growth of Banjarmasin city has
shifted from river-based to land-based. The riverside
is more geared towards the development of a more
public riverfront. This condition raises the question
of whether riverside settlements still have
connectedness to the river for daily activities as the
embodiment of a river culture.
2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 The Culture of Living
Culture concerning various ways of human life is
reflected in the patterns of action and behavior
(Poerwanto, 2008, Daeng, 2008). Culture can be
seen in three forms (Koentjaraningrat, 1985). First, it
can be seen in the form of complex ideas, values,
norms, rules, and so on. Second, it can be seen in the
form of complex patterned activities of human
beings in a society. Third, culture can also be seen in
the form of objects of human works; through this
form, culture can be studied architecturally as the
result of human relationships with the environment
in a built environment, including the use of space in
a settlement. In the use of domestic space, a
community’s values, the activities undertaken by
residents, and the buildings, spaces, and elements in
it as objects of human creation are observable.
Humans’ activities reflect the desires, attitudes,
and knowledge of their world as their place of
living, so how environment is addressed tends to be
different to every person. This is influenced by their
society and culture (Lang, 1987). Rapoport (2005)
describes in detail the relationship between culture
and activities that can be seen in a built
environment. He describes culture to be more
concrete, so it can be understood in the built
environment. Culture is defined as a way of life
consisting of values, ideals, images, schemata,
meanings, norms, standards, expectations, rules,
lifestyles, and activity systems. All aspects of culture
will be realized in the built environment in the form
of space organization, time, meaning, and
communication. Built environment is the
embodiment of a system of activities. It is a cultural
landscape. Built environment is composed of fixed
elements, semi-fixed elements, and non-fixed
elements. Through this explanation, the
implementation of culture in a built environment
becomes clearer and easier to study.
The processes of culture, environment, and
psychology take place in an interconnected system.
These three are related to mental activities (seeing,
hearing, smelling, interpreting, believing, and
behaving) and behavioral activities (what people do
and how they act) towards their environment
(Altman and Low, 1992). Culture is a process in
which people create meanings to give themselves a
sense of identity. Place is a manifestation of human
culture (Cohen, 1994 in Ujang and Zakariya, 2015).
Environmental variations can also reflect the cultural
complexity that distinguishes one group from
another. Ways of life, symbols, meanings and
cognitions, and sustainability are accepted as
specific norms to a particular group. In a pluralistic
society, culture plays an important role in
determining its identity that influences the character
and identity of the places it inhabits (Ujang and
Zakariya, 2015).
2.2 Domestic Space and Domestic
Activities
The word domestic comes from the Latin word
"domesticus", which means home and house or
household. Domestic space is found in home, house,
and yard for the relationships between human with
their residence, both inside and outside the house in
everyday contexts (Briganti and Mezei, 2012). The
existence of domestic space can be understood from
the existence of space elements in the form of
furniture, tools, and appliances arrangement as the
main marker (Schlyter, 1991, Hanson, 1998).
Equipment in this space can show the functions for
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