Detail Splintered Networks? The Colonial And Contemporary Waters Of Jakarta   Oleh:  Kooy, Michelle ; Bakker, Karen Jenis: Article from Proceeding Dalam koleksi: 2nd International Conference on Environment and Urban Management : Indonesia ( Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang, 2-3 August 2006 ), page IE-1. Fulltext: 055 IE-1 Michelle Kooy.pdf (323.49KB) Isi artikel This paper interrogates the concept of a universalized ‘modern infrastructural ideal’ that often underpins analyses of contemporary processes of ‘splintering’ urbanism, and explores the hypothesis that spatial and social differentiation of access to infrastructure is constitutive of urbanisation in the South. We contextualize our argument through a case study of water supply in Jakarta, beginning in the colonial period. Using archival evidence, data from water supply companies, interviews, and results from community mapping surveys, we argue that Jakarta’s water supply network has been highly ‘splintered’ since its inception, and that fragmentation of access to water supply was integral to network extension and centralization. We explain this apparent contradiction as the product of colonial and postcolonial attempts to differentiate people by class and by race, entailing both discursive and physical reworkings of urban space. We document how the classification of ‘types’ of urban citizens was actively translated into differentiated urban spaces and water supply connections, which persist in the contemporary city. This analysis underscores the limitations of conceptual frameworks predicated on an ideal-type of homogenous and universal modern infrastructure networks, and reinforces calls for alternative theories of urbanisation in the South. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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