Dewasa Ngundaginin: Cultural History Of Balinese Concept Of Time And Transformation Of Balinese Traditional Architect (Undagi) From Pre-Colonial To Contemporary Era

This study examines how traditional Balinese architects (undagi) have used time from classical to contemporary times. The study aims to understand Balinese culture, specifically the architectural interpretation of time, with an emphasis on undagi practises today. Modern Bali's cultural evolution is reflected in the temporal paradigm shift. The study takes a cultural history approach to create a historiography the social cultural transformation of concept of time in Bali based on government authority and undagi as architectural design labour. The research uses a diachronic system to trace the changes in time from pre-colonial Bali (8th-19th AD), and colonial (19-20 century AD) to contemporary Bali (20th-21st century AD). The research shows that the concept of space and time that is fused in the undagi practice changes when one of its elements, time, undergoes operational changes. The concept of time as a cultural foundation changes the entire cultural fabric of a region and directly transforms the profession of traditional undagi-architects as creators of the traditional spatial layout of a region. This research explains the correlation between the changing concept of time and its influence on the undagi profession, as a cultural preservation effort to preserve the decadent undagi tradition in Bali. This research contributes to research in architectural history, cultural history, cultural preservation discourse and culture-based design. Previous research on the concept of time in Bali that correlates between time, humans and its social consequences in the perspective of cultural anthropology and ritual. Few studies have examined the relationship between time and traditional Balinese undagi practise as traditional architecture builder in contemporary Bali. Comprehending space-time understanding is essential to comprehending culture from the past to the present.