Kinship in the Establishment of Settlements for Remote Indigenous Peoples in Central Sulawesi

Abstract

The existence and implementation of living space pattern characterize settlements and is a specific model of living space. The management of living spaces is essential to the existence of culture and local wisdom. The study uses a naturalistic qualitative approach to find the concept of establishing settlements for disadvantaged indigenous communities. Residential homes form a linear line along the neighborhood road. Residential houses still use simple building materials, namely boards and bricks, like walls and zinc as roofs. Kinship is reflected, among others, in the relationship between residences in the form of open spaces, unlimited courtyards, functioning as play areas, or other interactive activities. This space equips with bale-bale or trees as protection. Other remaining slots use to raise livestock, toilets, laundry rooms, and food stalls. The displacement of settlements from the top of the mountains caused the fields as the primary source of livelihood to remain in their original places, equipped with their garden houses. The new residential environment has several facilities such as village offices, mosques, schools, and general facilities building. Deliberation, consensus, kinship, and cooperation remain the principles of settler life, reflected in the formation of unlimited space and carrying out various daily life activities.

The Form of The Bajo Tribe’s House as an Adaptation Process Residential Environment

“…A residential environment that has local community values is referred to as an environment that supports the core cultural aspects of the community, for example religion, ritual, social structure, ways of using space and so on (Rapoport, 1979in Mulyati, A., 2015. Settlements are part of human life so that culture will be interconnected with other cosmic entities (Mulyati, A., 2013), where each social stratum has an appropriate space. Spatial planning is the result of community behavior, where spatial design is in accordance with behavior and social contact with the place (Mulyati, A., 2015).…”

“…They continue to occupy coastal land and build houses above the tidal level. Spaces that occupy water are oriented towards the sea as the main space, while spaces located on land are oriented towards environmental roads (Mulyati, A., 2013;2018). Residential houses use pillars placed on the ground (tidal), still using wood as the main construction (poles or columns) and planks as wall coverings.…”