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The objective of this paper is to present how native Jakartans, or Betawis, are transforming their traditional livelihoods in the wake of four decades of urbanization. Specifically, this paper looks at the Rawabelong neighborhood known as a location to buy decorative plants, flowers, orchids, and plant-related accessories for decades. This primary research, including historical analysis and timeline mapping, site visits and analysis, and interviews with the local Betawi populations, was conducted as part of Tarumanagara University's Urban Lab in the Department of Real Estate and Urban Planning. The findings reveal both a loss of traditional livelihoods and neighborhood character due to urbanization, as well as the existence of resilient pockets of Betawis who have not only continued their traditional livelihoods but also used creative means to evolve their business along with the process of urbanization. We learn from the investigation that there persists a large demand for these small businesses, that the continuation of these businesses and activities are essential to the distinct character of Jakarta urban culture, and that the physical spaces resulting from these activities are unique and holistic in an increasingly acrid urban environment. By presenting these results, the Urban Lab team aims to bring recognition to the importance of such areas to the fabric and culture of Jakarta, as well as initiate discussions amongst stakeholders on how to maintain and enhance the livelihoods and physical spaces such as those present in Rawabelong. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bird markets remain part of Jakarta's cultural interests in the midst of Jakarta's development path to modernization. It brings us to a time-space imagination where birds were owned and traded to resemble the social status of a person, especially in Javanese traditions. It also, therefore, marks the migration period of Javanese to Jakarta who still retains their tradition and culture in the capital city. Today, several markets even persist in the contestation between the process of space acquisition for bird enthusiasts, the formal grids and regulation of urban development, also endemic animals, and environmental conservation. Although contested, it is suggested that the bird market reflects what Foucault implied about heterotopia. The bird market represents a liminal space of the ideal romantic-traditional society which in reality does not 'fit' under the hegemonic urban construct - yet it constructs the way we relate to urban life today. This article seeks through the possibility of exploring 'this otherness' the re-positioning of the traditional market in Jakarta today and how it constructs and is re-constructed by the dominant discourse of the city. It is also argued that this memory of a time that the bird market retains cannot be detached from the social networks of bird enthusiasts who are engaged not only in economic activities of selling, buying, or biding but also in chirping contests. Not only the social value, but the bird market also depicts a political-economic logic between traders, contests organizer, competition jury, and the market as to control - boost or suppress the price of birds and promote particular kinds of birds to be included in the competition which often leads to further exploitation of bird in the natural reserve. This paper concludes on how this nexus of the social, political, cultural, and environmental context of the existence of the bird market shapes and re-shapes the city today and how each actor related to it reflects on the transformation and potential of the bird market in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The presence of public space in Jakarta called child-friendly integrated public space, is managed by the government is expected to meet the needs of all children to grow and develop their skills. They should get the same opportunity to use the space and facilities in child-friendly integrated public space. Generally, public space is known as space which can accommodate all community activities. But as we know, disabled children are rarely found in the child-friendly integrated public space. The objectives of this paper are to examine the physical condition of Bhinneka child-friendly integrated public space as spatial needs in accommodating the disabled children to do their activities. The methods used in this paper are observation and analysis of the child-friendly integrated public space (RPTRA) in South Jakarta related to its access and safety. Hopefully, it could help to create better criteria of child-friendly integrated public space design in supporting disabled children to do their activities comfortably. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The diversity of ethnic groups in Indonesia has been one of the basic factors of the growth of identity in a settlement. Ethnic Chinese has been one of the minority ethnic groups that have become a part of that diversity, after migrating from China and have settled down in Indonesia from the early century (around 1st century B.C. according to Melalatoa [1]), thus making the name Chinatown known as the settlement whereas ethnic Chinese (now Chinese-Indonesian) lived. One of the biggest Chinatown in Indonesia, Glodok area had the identity known as a trading area managed by Chinese-Indonesian from the colonial era until now, and has become a very iconic place in Jakarta for the characteristics as a Chinatown. Glodok that was formed in the colonial era became the place where Chinese identity and Dutch identity interact, and then followed by the interaction with local ethnic groups identities in the following era. Advancement in architecture that was developed in those times became the very uniqueness that makes Glodok distinctive in Jakarta. In that phase, the settlement grows in response to the society and environment growth, especially in times of modernization and new technology. In this case, does the Glodok settlement still maintain its identity in the visualization of the settlement? Or the identity itself has already succumbed through the intense modernization and rapid changing in the environment? This paper aims to identify those changes of the settlement in response to the growing environment, especially in Indonesia whereas the country has a tropical climate that affects the use of building materials in the urban space of Glodok. The methods used to obtain the data needed are literature research on the development of Glodok throughout the history and observation on the growth through the documentation of both the past and the present of the Glodok settlement, and its growth in the aspect of architecture. Therefore, knowing that Glodok does have changes in the terms of settlement, the form and facades of building, the materials used, along with the identity growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of film to represent a city has been widely used in urban studies to understand, read and study the condition of a city with all of its social dynamics that happened in urban society throughout recent history. Through this media, conveying a point of view in living and experiencing urban space is important, as it is sometimes an actual reflection on issues and conditions that occur in the city. The main urban issues raised in this paper is gender issue, especially in relation with women in the city and how the urban space of Jakarta is occupied and defined. These issues are related to the stereotype and limitation on the use of urban space and can be identified through the perspective of women living and experiencing urban space. Furthermore, cinematic representation of a city in film is used as a media to identify these issues. This thesis discusses two different films that both tells the story of women & the city of Jakarta, namely; Eliana, Eliana released in 2002 and Selamat Pagi, Malam released in 2014 to see and compare the representations of the city of Jakarta in films with reality, to see and compare representations of Jakarta city in films with reality, especially those relating to gender issues and the use of urban space [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A brand cannot be created without the context of consumers. People need to interact with the brand to create the brand itself. The interaction through communication between consumers and a brand is called brand contacts. Brand contacts that are repeated and then received in people's minds create a different image for each person. That image contributes to the establishment of a public place brand and determines an individual's perception and perspective towards the brand. For a brand contact to occur, it needs a vehicle called brand contact attributes to accommodate the interaction between the consumers and the brand. This paper aims to explore and reveal people's responses towards brand contact attributes in a public space. Kano's model and I-S model were used as a tool to examine the differences between brand contact attributes in a public place. These models utilize fulfillment, satisfaction, and importance value to assess the brand contact attributes. Lapangan Banteng Park, located in Central Jakarta, was chosen as a site for the study. The attributes that involve possible physical contact in Lapangan Banteng Park were categorized into five quality attributes based on Kano's model. The I-S model determines the character and quality of the attributes and recommends a basis for further action as required by the specific attributes of a public place. The results show that there are brand contact attributes in Kano's model categories that may be placed differently in the I-S model quadrant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]