Spatial contestation and Involution: A Case of the Public Transport, with particular reference to the Kampung Melayu, Jakarta

Abstract

Various modes of urban public transport in Indonesia have caused environmental concern as a result of the competition among them in a limited urban public space, i.e., road. They give rise to usurpation of public space, blockage of the traffic and squeezing tightly into space. This study seeks to uncover such a behavior that is aggravated by the trip makers, associated activities such street vending. Findings have shown that habitus of actors and their virtual networks of illegal, informal activities sustain their existence.

Keywords: dual-society, habitus, contestation of public space, meta-space