Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2021 http://hk-publishing.id/ijd-demos 62 Spatial Barriers and the Tendency of the Utilization of Mediated Citizenship by Villagers in Accessing Public Services Rahmad Hidayat 1 STISIP Mbojo Bima, Indonesia rahidsmart@gmail.com Akhyar 2 STISIP Mbojo Bima, Indonesia akhyarstisip@gmail.com Muhammad Sauki 3 STISIP Mbojo Bima, Indonesia muhammad.sauqi2014@gmail.com Abstract This paper aims to discuss the dynamic intersection between the spatial barriers and the tendency of the utilization of "mediated citizenship" by villagers in accessing public services. It is important to map out how villagers interact with authoritative service providers at the local government level, which is not done directly, but through the mediation of a third party, namely a local NGO that is implementing a program in their village. Based on the context of Oi Bura Village, the tendency of the utilization of mediator services of "LAKPESDAM PCNU Kabupaten Bima" in accessing public services (especially the residential identities) began to take shape because it was triggered by the poor people's consideration about the spatial stretch of their village area with the site of the service provider that would have an impact on financial expenses and bureaucratic severity factors that must be passed when accessing these basic services. Although the residential identities should be obtained automatically based on formal status as an Indonesian citizen, in practice the access of the poor villagers to basic services is achieved through a third party mediation role. The limitations of the service providers' responsiveness, accountability and institutional capacity to act proactively in solving the public problems are increasingly opening up the chance for "permanence" of facilitation of the state-citizen interaction by third parties. Keywords: access, citizenship, mediator, service, space E-ISSN (2721-0642) Received: January 26 2021 Revised: March 18 2021 Accepted: April 2 2021 Doi Number https://doi.org/10.37950/ijd.v3i1.82