The perception of interior to the osing Society in Indonesia

The Perception of Interior to the Osing Society in Indonesia
Lintu Tulistyantoro , Yusita Kusumarini , Resmana Liem
Petra Christian University Indonesia
(lintut@petra.ac.id)

ABSTRACT

The perception of interior in terms of building, is the relationship between humans, activities and their containment. The three aspects are a unified whole that cannot be separated from one another. Without humans and activities, a containment cannot be regarded as interior (Pile, 2003). It is identical to a container. The society of the Indonesian archipelago, however, has a different perception of the concept of container, hence, interior. To them, a container can be physical and non-physical. These two types of containers have a strong function and role in the formation of the �interior� to the archipelagic society. This is what differentiates the perception of �interior� between the general society and the archipelagic society. In this research, the dwellings of the Osing Society in Banyuwangi, East Java, has been taken as the case study. The research adopts the ethnographic approach, in which the researches reside with the research subjects for several weeks. The results of the observation were then analyzed using the triangulation technique that is through comparing data, theory, and experts� view in order to produce accurate results. The perception of containment to the Osing society is truly determined by their religious and cultural values. These values indicate the formation of the interior space and are expressed in the design of their dwellings.