Perspectives on Traditional Settlements and Communities Home, Form and Culture in Indonesia /

• Main Author: Wiryomartono, Bagoes (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Religion and culture.; Social Sciences.; Sociology of Culture.

This book covers the relationship between societies and their culture in the context of traditional settlement in Indonesia. The focus of the study is on the search for meanings of local concepts. This study reveals and analyzes the concepts concerning home and their sociocultural strategies for mai...

Table of Contents:

• About the book
• Part I : Dwelling Tradition and Culture
• Chapter 1 : The Setting, Boundary and Origin
• Chapter 2 : House and Neighbourhood
• Chapter 3 : Organization of Settlement
• Part II :Community and Vernacular Settlement
• Chapter 4 : The Rituals of the Smoke
• Chapter 5 : Dwelling as Dharma
• Chapter 6 : Of Naga Community
• Chapter 7 : Ninik Mamak
• Chapter 8 : Home, Village, and the Life-World
• Chapter 9 : Building and Dwelling at the Confluence
• Epilogue.