ADAPTASI PERILAKU PEDAGANG BAZAR DALAM TERITORI RUANG DAGANG

Abstract

ABSTRAK. Bazar telah menjadi daya tarik tersendiri bagi masyarakat Tangerang Selatan, kegiatan ini makin marak berkembang dan dikunjungi masyarakat. Bazar memiliki jadwal hari rutin dengan tempat penyelenggaraan yang berpindah-pindah, antara lain di halaman rumah seseorang, ruang terbuka dalam komplek hunian, penggal jalan lingkungan, depan pertokoan. Uniknya, para pedagang tidak saling berebut area serta mampu melaksanakan kegiatan berdagangnya di lingkungan lokasi dagang berbeda-beda. Para pedagang ini kebanyakan merupakan pedagang kecil dan menjajakan barang dagangannya dengan cara membuat lapak. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui bentuk adaptasi perilaku pedagang pada area dagangnya, sehingga memperkuat terbentuknya teritori ruang dagang bazar. Metode penelitian dilakukan secara deskriptif kualitatif, dengan pengumpulan data melalui observasi dan wawancara. Selanjutnya data diidentifikasi, dikategorikan dan diinterpretasikan untuk menemukankan faktor-faktor, serta keterkaitan antar faktor yang melatarbelakangi adaptasi perilaku hingga terwujudnya teritori ruang dagang bazar tersebut. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perilaku pedagang; berjalan keliling, duduk di sela-sela barang dagang atau duduk di salah satu sisi tatanan barang yang dijualnya. Bentuk adaptasi tersebut dipengaruhi adanya fleksibilitas perilaku pedagang sebagai upaya adaptasi terhadap ruang dagang yang tersedia, dengan tetap mempertimbangkan kemampuan mengontrol, mengawasi dan berkomunikasi dengan pengunjung, sebagai upaya memperkuat terwujudnya teritori ruang dagang bazar di Tangerang Selatan.

Kata kunci: Adaptasi, Pedagang Bazar, Perilaku, Teritori

ABSTRACT. Bazaar has become the main interest for the people of South Tangerang. It is increasingly visited by the people, widespread, and also growing. The bazaar has a regular schedule using moveable stalls; in front of houses, on the open space within the residential area, on the sidewalk, and at the storefront. However, the Sellers are not fighting over the venue and they are able to execute their selling activities in a different location. The sellers are mostly small-scale sellers, and they peddle their wares by making stalls. The study aims to determine the way of adapting behavior from the sellers using moveable stall method. Thus it can strengthen the formation of the bazaar trading space. The research method is descriptive qualitative using observation and interviews. Furthermore, the data were already identified, categorized and interpreted for finding the factors as well as the relationship among the factors behind the establishment of the territory behavioral adaptations to the bazaar trading space. The results showed that the behavior of the sellers was; moving around and sitting in between or aside their selling goods. Those adaption behavior were influenced by their flexibilities in adapting to available stall space with taking into account the ability to control and monitor their stalls as well as communicate with visitors as the effort to strengthen the realization of trading fairs territorial space in South Tangerang.

Keywords: adaptations, behavioral, the sellers of bazaar, territory