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The Roles of Cultural Spaces in Malaysia's Historic Towns: The Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping

Year: 2013

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: 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.

Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.389

Authors: Lee Yoke Lai, Ismail Said, Aya Kubota

Institutions: University of Technology Malaysia, The University of Tokyo

Language: English

Topic: Urban Development and Cultural Heritage

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: University of Tokyo