Open AccessSenses of place in Lawas Maspati Village Community at Surabaya: Exploration study towards physical, social, and cultural factors
Author(s) -
Diyan Lesmana,
. Antariksa,
Lisa Dwi Wulandari,
Hedi Pudjo Santosa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
arteks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-1217
pISSN - 2541-0598
DOI - 10.30822/arteks.v6i1.595
Subject(s) - craft , sense of place , openness to experience , sense of community , nonprobability sampling , documentation , cultural heritage , colonialism , sociology , feeling , style (visual arts) , local history , aesthetics , geography , social science , psychology , social psychology , archaeology , art , population , demography , computer science , programming language
The Lawas Maspati village in the Surabaya urban area has relics such as historical areas, ancient buildings with colonial architectural styles, and community cultural traditions such as the mutual cooperation attribute, cangkrukan (gathering), and local wisdom (culinary, craft SME). The efforts towards maintaining the heritage buildings and adapting to cultural dynamics as well as the local wisdom make Lawas Maspati Village a life diorama which allows a person to have a sense of place towards the village. This study was conducted to explore the sense of place in the Lawas Maspati Village community through physical, social, and cultural factors through the use of a qualitative descriptive method with a phenomenological approach. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and field documentation from respondents selected through a purposive sampling method using individuals that have lived for more than 20 years and aged over 40 years old. The results showed the sense of place in Lawas Maspati Village community was formed by physical, social, and cultural factors including the ancient colonial-style buildings, historical areas, historical memories in the struggle period through cultural heritage areas, mutual cooperation, mutual respect, cangkrukan tradition, friendly characteristics of Arek Suroboyo such as tolerance, openness, busyness but friendliness without hurt feelings, traditional culinary, and religious traditions.