DIGITAL WORK FROM HOME/STUDY FROM HOME AND THE SHIFTING OF GEOGRAPHY OF HOME

• Main Author: Fauzan Lestari Putri, Amelina
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/53981
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

COVID-19 is a new type of disease with a very high transmission rate. The rapidness of the virus’ transmission has made COVID-19 a global pandemic in a short time. Referring to how the virus spread, the World Health Organization (WHO) provides guidelines for all countries to limit human mobility. The Indonesian government also adopted a large-scale social restriction policy, which requires people to stay at home and carry out various activities from home, such as work from home (WFH) and study from home (SFH). Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) are used as the main weapon in running this new life. Digital technology is considered capable of responding to all challenges that would arise from social restriction policies. However, the fact is many problems arise as the result of the social distancing policy implementation. The recent role of home as the center of all activities also changes the existing order of household life, which will be explained using the geography of home concept. Home becomes a contestation stage for various affairs, not only for private matters, but also for public interests. The function of the home shifted, not solely as a home, but also as a school and an office. This study uses a case study approach to take a deeper look at the WFH and SFH phenomena that occur in households and to see how families adapting with this recent condition. The results show that the practice of WFH and SFH formed new routines and patterns of interaction among family members, and between humans and objects in their home environment. In addition, families also adapt by changing room functions and exchanging roles between family members to accommodate the needs of WFH and SFH.