The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space

The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space

This exploratory paper initiates a discussion on the potentials of appropriating a temporary weekend market adjacent to a historic square as an informal activity to encourage people to engage more with Dataran Merdeka as their historic place. From employing methods of observations, mapping and inter...

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Main Authors: Zakariya, Khalilah, Harun, Nor Zalina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013
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GV Recreation Leisure
NA Architecture
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spelling iium-322842016-07-21T02:13:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32284/ The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space Zakariya, Khalilah Harun, Nor Zalina GV Recreation Leisure NA Architecture This exploratory paper initiates a discussion on the potentials of appropriating a temporary weekend market adjacent to a historic square as an informal activity to encourage people to engage more with Dataran Merdeka as their historic place. From employing methods of observations, mapping and interviews, the findings from this paper reveal how locating temporary market activity at Dataran Merdeka might activate this historic square as a lively social space while tapping into the existing event culture. This study suggests that the juxtaposition between the historic and the everyday can ascribe new meaning to the layers of the city’s heritage to support cultural sustainability. Elsevier 2013-09-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32284/1/Zakariya_K_and_Harun_NZ_The_People%27s_Dataran_-_Procedia_Social_and_Behavioral_Sciences_85_%282013%29.pdf Zakariya, Khalilah and Harun, Nor Zalina (2013) The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 85. pp. 592-601. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813025159
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NA Architecture
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NA Architecture
Zakariya, Khalilah
Harun, Nor Zalina
The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
description This exploratory paper initiates a discussion on the potentials of appropriating a temporary weekend market adjacent to a historic square as an informal activity to encourage people to engage more with Dataran Merdeka as their historic place. From employing methods of observations, mapping and interviews, the findings from this paper reveal how locating temporary market activity at Dataran Merdeka might activate this historic square as a lively social space while tapping into the existing event culture. This study suggests that the juxtaposition between the historic and the everyday can ascribe new meaning to the layers of the city’s heritage to support cultural sustainability.
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author Zakariya, Khalilah
Harun, Nor Zalina
author_facet Zakariya, Khalilah
Harun, Nor Zalina
author_sort Zakariya, Khalilah
title The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
title_short The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
title_full The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
title_fullStr The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
title_full_unstemmed The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
title_sort people’s dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/32284/
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