The square as an outdoor market space: Exploring the potentials of Dataran Merdeka

This exploratory paper presents 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 findin...

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Main Authors:	Zakariya, Khalilah, Harun, Nor Zalina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers (AMER) 2018
Subjects:	HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying NA9053.R4 City planning
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/63290/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63290/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63290/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63290/1/2018_Zakariya_Harun_Square%20as%20Outdoor%20Market%20Space.pdf

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spelling	iium-632902018-04-18T01:48:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63290/ The square as an outdoor market space: Exploring the potentials of Dataran Merdeka Zakariya, Khalilah Harun, Nor Zalina HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying NA9053.R4 City planning This exploratory paper presents 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. Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers (AMER) 2018-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63290/1/2018_Zakariya_Harun_Square%20as%20Outdoor%20Market%20Space.pdf Zakariya, Khalilah and Harun, Nor Zalina (2018) The square as an outdoor market space: Exploring the potentials of Dataran Merdeka. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 3 (10 (March/April)). pp. 183-192. ISSN 2398-4295 https://ajbes.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajbes/article/view/93/pdf 10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.93
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description	This exploratory paper presents 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
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title	The square as an outdoor market space: Exploring the potentials of Dataran Merdeka
title_short	The square as an outdoor market space: Exploring the potentials of Dataran Merdeka
title_full	The square as an outdoor market space: Exploring the potentials of Dataran Merdeka
title_fullStr	The square as an outdoor market space: Exploring the potentials of Dataran Merdeka
title_full_unstemmed	The square as an outdoor market space: Exploring the potentials of Dataran Merdeka
title_sort	square as an outdoor market space: exploring the potentials of dataran merdeka
publisher	Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers (AMER)
publishDate	2018
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