A Kampung Corner: Infrastructure, Affect, Informality

Abstract

Walking down the alley to the corner in the kampung where I used to lived, I feel the weight of twenty-four years of visits and the tenderness borne of managing that burden for these many years. This feeling begins the moment I pass the market near the entrance that remains remarkably unchanged. The broken-down remains of the PKK warung next to it are a reminder of a spat between neighbors. 1 Turning north, the open space used for badminton and other afternoon sports is still there, although the ruined house of minor kraton (royalty) is now an asrama (dormitory), and the nextdoor mosque has been much improved. From here, the alleyway extends through two neighborhood sections to reach my old house and the house next door that belongs to the family that now feels like my own kin. 2 Any walk through what I call Kampung Rumah Putri is an opportunity for me to inventory what remains and what has changed. I have experienced Java through

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