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The roles of cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic towns: the Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping

Cultural space constitutes the physical, cultural and perceptual attributes of a place that creates social phenomenon and place meaning. Nevertheless, cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic town were facing alteration which resulted to place declining and placelessness. Thus, this paper discuss...

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Main Authors: Lee, Yoke Lai, Said, Ismail, Aya, Kubota
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Published: 2013
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spelling my.utm.407712017-08-10T02:45:43Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/40771/ The roles of cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic towns: the Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping Lee, Yoke Lai Said, Ismail Aya, Kubota NA Architecture Cultural space constitutes the physical, cultural and perceptual attributes of a place that creates social phenomenon and place meaning. Nevertheless, cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic town were facing alteration which resulted to place declining and placelessness. Thus, this paper discusses the roles of cultural spaces that characterised the historic town's identity of Kuala Dungun and Taiping. A case study method was conducted involving site observation and questionnaire survey to collect residents’ cultural experiences. Results indicated that cultural spaces generated from routine activity, sociocultural and economic vitality contributed to identity of the historic towns. 2013 Article PeerReviewed Lee, Yoke Lai and Said, Ismail and Aya, Kubota (2013) The roles of cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic towns: the Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 85 (n/a). 602 – 625. ISSN 0964-5691
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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country Malaysia
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topic NA Architecture
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Lee, Yoke Lai
Said, Ismail
Aya, Kubota
The roles of cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic towns: the Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping
description Cultural space constitutes the physical, cultural and perceptual attributes of a place that creates social phenomenon and place meaning. Nevertheless, cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic town were facing alteration which resulted to place declining and placelessness. Thus, this paper discusses the roles of cultural spaces that characterised the historic town's identity of Kuala Dungun and Taiping. A case study method was conducted involving site observation and questionnaire survey to collect residents’ cultural experiences. Results indicated that cultural spaces generated from routine activity, sociocultural and economic vitality contributed to identity of the historic towns.
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author Lee, Yoke Lai
Said, Ismail
Aya, Kubota
author_facet Lee, Yoke Lai
Said, Ismail
Aya, Kubota
author_sort Lee, Yoke Lai
title The roles of cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic towns: the Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping
title_short The roles of cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic towns: the Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping
title_full The roles of cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic towns: the Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping
title_fullStr The roles of cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic towns: the Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping
title_full_unstemmed The roles of cultural spaces in Malaysia's historic towns: the Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping
title_sort roles of cultural spaces in malaysia's historic towns: the case of kuala dungun and taiping
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/40771/
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