Urban Strategies in Order to Afford Rural Life
On the streets of Jakarta, cigarette kiosks (in Kuningan, known as Lang rokok) are omnipresent. Since 1948, the profession of selling cigarettes have been handed down from great-grandparents to grandparents up to parents. With an average measures of 2 x 1.5 meters, cigarette kiosks are not only commercial spaces, but also ones to dwell. A big majority of these cigarette sellers come from one village: Kuningan.
Agung traced the history of Jakarta cigarette traders by collecting random samples in five Jakarta boroughs: North, South, West, East and Central. How can this profession survives Jakarta and becomes a knowledgeregenerated through different generations up until the present?
Agung traced the history of Jakarta cigarette traders by collecting random samples in five Jakarta boroughs: North, South, West, East and Central. How can this profession survives Jakarta and becomes a knowledgeregenerated through different generations up until the present?
Biography
Agung M. Abul (born in 1983, Kuningan, West Java). Agung graduated from the Language and Literature Education, FKIP UNIKU, Kuningan. His daily activities are as teacher and artists with various art media such as performance, theater and music. Involved and initiated several art activities in Kuningan and Cirebon. In 2010 with his wife and college friends making RyY (Rumah yang Yahud) which is an alternative art space for teenagers at Kuningan.