The Colonization of Space in the Use of Village Space in Tegallantang Village, Ubud

Tourism in Bali has become the arena of contestation over space, identity, and power, manifested through the control of territory. This article examines the PARQ Ubud tourism accommodation project and its impact on the Tegallantang Customary Village (desa adat) as a manifestation of the colonization of space within the tourism landscape. Through a spatial and qualitative approach, this study highlights the privatization of customary and resident-owned land, a process that takes place through the colonization of space. This process is not only driven by foreign capital but is also mediated by the involvement of local residents acting as nominees or legal intermediaries for the control of space. This involvement demonstrates an internal co-optation that undermines the autonomy of customary villages in the face of global capital penetration. The resulting contestation for land includes land-use conversion, access restrictions, the desacralization of space, and the erasure of symbolic meanings in the planning of customary space. This article asserts that colonialism in Bali occurs through a synergy between external forces and the internal dynamics of the local communities in the contestation for space for tourism.