RUAS Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.ruas.2025.023.01.13 Unraveling the Space of Sasak Women in the Nensek Tradition Liza Hani Saroya Wardi 1 , Muhammad Fadjri 2 1 Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mataram University, Mataram, 83125, Indonesia 2 English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training, Mataram University, 83125, Indonesia ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received: January 13, 2025 Received in revised form: June 26, 2025 Accepted on: June 25, 2025 Available Online: June-November 2025 Penelitian ini bertujuan menjelaskan tentang gagasan hadirnya dan bertahannya ruang perempuan Sasak dalam tradisi nensek (menenun) di Dusun Keloke Desa Batujai, Kecamatan Praya Barat, Kabupaten Lombok Tengah. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan hermeneutika Ricoeur. Data untuk menjelaskannya didapatkan melalui pengamatan lapangan dan wawancara. Temuan-temuan yang diperoleh tentang ruang perempuan dan bagaimana ruang itu hadir, terjelaskan dengan keberadaan nilai-nilai kehidupan tinggi yang menghidupi tradisi nensek itu. Di antaranya, terlihat sebagai nilai religius yang menjadi dasar terbentuk kehadirannya ruang perempuan lalu menjadi mandat budaya yang mengharuskan setiap perempuan untuk nensek dan bisa nensek. Tradisi nensek itu dikawal terus tumbuh berkembang, sejalan dengan cita-cita yang dengannya perempuan - perempuan Sasak Keloke bisa bercermin untuk melihat diri mereka sendiri dalam perjalanan hidup mereka. Dengan kata lain, tradisi nensek yang diwariskan oleh nenek moyang mereka dan bertahannya ruang perempuan sebagai mandat budaya, para perempuan Sasak dapat bertemu kembali dengan leluhur mereka yang sekaligus menjadi bukti bahwa mereka telah melaksanakan tugas mereka sebagai pewaris budaya yang ditinggalkan oleh nenek moyang mereka sendiri. Keywords: ideas, women's space, nensek traditions Corresponding Author: Liza Hani Saroya Wardi University of Mataram lizahanisaroya@gmail.com ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0009- 0008-7052-2310 This research aims to explain the idea of the presence of Sasak women's space in the nensek tradition in Keloke Hamlet. This study uses the Ricoeur hermeneutic approach. Data to explain this was obtained through field observations and interviews. The findings, including those related to women's space and its existence, are explained by the existence of high life values that support the nensek tradition. Among them, it is seen as a religious value that is the basis for the formation of women's space and then becomes a cultural mandate that requires every woman to be a grandmother and be able to be a grandmother. The nensek tradition is seen to continue to grow, in line with the ideals by which Sasak Keloke women can reflect to see themselves in their life journey. In other words, with the nensek tradition inherited from their ancestors and the survival of women's space as a cultural mandate, Sasak women can meet their ancestors again, which is also proof that they have carried out their duties as heirs of the culture left by their ancestors. 1. Introduction Each tribe has its own peculiarities in its cultural results. One of the cultural results that is very unique to date is in its architectural works. Architecture not only shapes physical space, but also has the ability to create meaningful spaces for society by its connection to the past through collective memory.