Budaya Bertoilet: Duduk atau Jongkok?
Abstract: Public toilet is one
of the important parts of the building that many aspects of design have to
be taken into account to build. Many
public toilets are built just by looking
at the outer performance without considering whether or not the target user
will fit with the design. This article deals with this. It examines how toilet
is perceived by the users, what type of toilet is preferred and why, and how
they utilize public toilet. The interaction between western and eastern culture
in the toilet design has resulted in cultural shock and stuttering technology
among the toilet users in regard to the use of toilet because the influx of
western culture is not balance with the introduction of the new culture.
Whether one chooses squatting or sitting toilet, it is not only related to
universal issues about modernity, luxury, cleanliness, and health. Toilet is
not solely function as a disposal waste container, but it is also a place for
one to seclude him/herself from others, to relax and to create new ideas.
Toilet is a symbol to show ones’ identity. But how one use the toilet is
closely associated with one’s perception about toilet, gender, health,
cleanliness, Islamic ethics, and body proportion.
Penulis: Triyatni Martosenjoyo
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologidd160070
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