PERCEPTION - COGNITION SETTLEMENT IN HINDU COMMUNITY IN DUSUN JUNGGO, BATU

Abstrak

Perception and cognition of the local community is one of the benchmark for assessing the visual image of a historical district, so as to bring the locality and the specific characteristics of the region, as in the Hindu community settlement in the hamlet Junggo Stone. This study aims to determine the perception and cognition of the neighborhood settlements Junggo community, through the depiction of a method of cognitive maps. The method used in the assessment is through field surveys, photo personal documentation, interviews with local Hindu religious leader, the cognitive maps of the local population, as well as the review of the literature related to the object of study. The results show that the public is quite familiar Junggo settlement area well and could express their understanding of the environment in a cognitive map. Of cognitive maps and interviews, can identify some landmarks in the region, namely in the form of postal buildings kamling, punden Watugambang, Studio Hindu Giri Arjuno, tombs, PT. Asparagus, Indra Jaya Pura and Pura Giri Arjuno. Some landmarks are considered capable of giving a special feature on the residential area.