Participation and Role of the Digital Media in the Sigay Waterfall and Kampong Development

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10.2991/assehr.k.211126.016How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Sigay Waterfall and Kampong; Participation; Digital Media; Development Process

Abstract

Through the Bandung City Public Works office, Bandung City Government has taken the initiative to revitalize the Sigay Waterfall in the Cibeureum river as part of water system revitalization. Sigay Waterfall and the surrounding Kampong are located at Isola Sub-district, next to West Bandung Regency. As revealed in the workshop, the complex characteristics of the Sigay lead to an agreement among stakeholders for an experiment of the revitalization approach by integrating the physical-social-economic development as one of the urban tourism destinations. This paper aimed to compare WhatsApp’s online communication with adult residents and offline contact with the children during workshops, dance rehearsal, and planting activity. WhatsApp communication analysis showed its effectivity on incorporating actors, raising sensitive issues, and guiding the process to its objectives and the agreed frame time. The WhatsApp dynamics were analyzed to get the pattern, subject, and structure of relation corresponding to the development process for 2.5 months. The offline activities were discussed qualitatively related to the spatial reclaim through children’s activities. The Pilar Tunas Nusa Lestari Foundation at the Sigay development process acted as the stimulator, facilitator, and initiator using the three layers’ prism model to map the characteristics of Sigay. The participatory action theory was used to comprehend the effectiveness of 2.5 months of facilitation. Effectiveness and impact analysis of communication were carried out, paying attention to each stage and linking the micro-level, city, and Bandung Basin findings. The paper concluded by differentiating online and offline communication across layers and actors to the realization of objectives that led to the changes in the environment and community. This experiment also showed any technology could not substitute the importance of actors’ vision contributing to the changes.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Naimah Putri Kamila
AU  - Ramalis Sobandi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - Participation and Role of the Digital Media in the Sigay Waterfall and Kampong Development
BT  - Proceedings of the ARTEPOLIS 8 - the 8th Biannual International Conference (ARTEPOLIS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 137
EP  - 150
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211126.016
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211126.016
ID  - Kamila2021
ER  -