Mine-Yours-Ours: The Collective Territory as Societal Everyday Practices

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10.2991/978-94-6239-632-6_9How to use a DOI?

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collectivity; territory; negotiation; flexibility; everyday practices

Abstract

Space and territory in Global South countries may have been treated differently from those in their counterparts in the Global North. Rather than operating within an established system where regulation, permanence and ownership are emphasised, they often place more value on negotiation and flexibility. As a developing country, Indonesia vividly embodies these values, where everyday life is often marked by practices that negotiate the use of space and territory. This flexibility is evident in wedding receptions that temporarily convert communal access ways, such as public roads and neighbourhood alleys, into spaces of gathering, where demountable tents, decorations, and furniture reconfigure everyday circulation spaces into sites of festivity, ritual, and shared hospitality. This study mobilises the notion of Collective Territory as a conception to interpret how wedding receptions exemplify the negotiation of space, social consent, spatial adaptation, and temporary regulation, generating temporary forms of collective space. Grounded in a web-based visual investigation of Indonesian neighbourhoods, interpreted through a theoretical lens that connects everyday spatial practices with architectural and spatial discourse. The findings reveal how collective and temporary negotiations of space in the Global South expand the understanding of territory beyond formal design and regulation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Defry Agatha Ardianta
AU  - Endy Yudho Prasetyo
AU  - Multazam Akbar Junaedi
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/04/13
TI  - Mine-Yours-Ours: The Collective Territory as Societal Everyday Practices
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Architectural Research and Design (ARDC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 121
EP  - 132
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-632-6_9
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-632-6_9
ID  - Ardianta2026
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