Domestic Architecture: The Character of the Lum’s House in Bangka Island
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2018-01-04
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Lum people is knows as non-Muslim Malay and can be found mostly in northern part of Bangka
island where their daily life is mainly found as fishermen. The word of Lum itself is originated
from Belum – not yet – which is meant possession of no religion. Through by the time, Lum’s life
was transforming including their social-life and also their house. As one kind of vernacular
houses, it has built through long period of time in sea-life tradition, but is changing. In this regard,
character of Lum’s house has been put in question. Using a qualitative approach, this grounded
theory research was aimed to find variety character of Lum’s house. Therefore, this research was
conducted in several methods in order to find data directly from the field. In this sense, field
survey became the main tool such as general observation, visual mapping, documenting, and
interview. The data were inductively analysed through coded-process in three stages; open coding,
axial coding, and selective coding. Then, this paper shows that the way in which Lum people life
has became the main influence on the changing character of the house.
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Lum’s house, character, changing