Open AccessExpressing Marginal Identity through Living House
Author(s) -
Yohannes Firzal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1655/1/012135
Subject(s) - identity (music) , ethnic group , sociology , cultural identity , geography , gender studies , aesthetics , anthropology , social science , art , negotiation
As landed-sea gipsy, Akit people recognized as an ethnic group who are trying to adopt some different cultures and traditions in their daily life. In the adopting process, the people are settled down on a coastal area of an island, or at river’s estuary compound. This process has seen as a way to ensure preserving their sea life tradition and also to adopt land traditions at the same time. Through field survey and in-depth interviews method, this paper shows how most Akit people at the Rupat Island foster Chinese culture in their daily life, including on their house. The house is not only to show their marginal cultural identity but also to express the influence of the Chinese-side that can be seen both on their traditional and contemporary home. This paper confirms that the living house of Akit people has found as a form of compromising cultural life in expressing their today’s identity.