Measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of Malacca cultural communities

This paper reviews methods and implementations of measuring Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in one of the most historical sites in Malaysia, Malacca. Malacca has been declared a World Heritage City on July 7th, 2008 by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). One...

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Main Authors:	Abu Bakar, Aisyah, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Bachok, Syahriah, Jaafar, Samsuddin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	HT Communities. Classes. Races
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/1/TIC_2013_mariana_aisyah.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/2/TIC_2013_Letter_of_Acceptance.pdf

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spelling	iium-329232013-12-13T03:13:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/ Measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of Malacca cultural communities Abu Bakar, Aisyah Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Jaafar, Samsuddin HT Communities. Classes. Races This paper reviews methods and implementations of measuring Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in one of the most historical sites in Malaysia, Malacca. Malacca has been declared a World Heritage City on July 7th, 2008 by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). One of the three selection criterion emphasizes on the ICH expressed in great variety of multicultural activities of the cultured communities in Malacca. Survey Questionnaires have been recently conducted to measure the level of community involvement in cultural activities. Cultural activities refer to cultural expressions adopted in five domains of ICH, namely Oral traditions and expressions, Performing arts; Social practices, Rituals and Festive events; Knowledge and Practices and Traditional craftsmanship. 640 survey forms have been gathered from four locations of residence which are claimed to be the residential areas of cultural communities in Malacca - homes to the Traditional Malays, Portuguese, Chetty, Baba and Nyonya, Indians and Chinese. These locations of residence are Morten Village, Portuguese Village, Heren and Jonker Streets and Gajah Berang Village. This paper provides an analysis of the involvement of the cultural communities in cultural activities of one of the domain of ICH that is Knowledge and Practices concerning Nature and Universe. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/1/TIC_2013_mariana_aisyah.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/2/TIC_2013_Letter_of_Acceptance.pdf Abu Bakar, Aisyah and Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Bachok, Syahriah and Jaafar, Samsuddin (2013) Measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of Malacca cultural communities. In: TARC International Conference 2013, 21-22 Oct 2013, TAR Univeristy College, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) http://web3.tarc.edu.my/v1/tic/programme.asp
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spellingShingle	HT Communities. Classes. Races Abu Bakar, Aisyah Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Jaafar, Samsuddin Measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of Malacca cultural communities
description	This paper reviews methods and implementations of measuring Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in one of the most historical sites in Malaysia, Malacca. Malacca has been declared a World Heritage City on July 7th, 2008 by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). One of the three selection criterion emphasizes on the ICH expressed in great variety of multicultural activities of the cultured communities in Malacca. Survey Questionnaires have been recently conducted to measure the level of community involvement in cultural activities. Cultural activities refer to cultural expressions adopted in five domains of ICH, namely Oral traditions and expressions, Performing arts; Social practices, Rituals and Festive events; Knowledge and Practices and Traditional craftsmanship. 640 survey forms have been gathered from four locations of residence which are claimed to be the residential areas of cultural communities in Malacca - homes to the Traditional Malays, Portuguese, Chetty, Baba and Nyonya, Indians and Chinese. These locations of residence are Morten Village, Portuguese Village, Heren and Jonker Streets and Gajah Berang Village. This paper provides an analysis of the involvement of the cultural communities in cultural activities of one of the domain of ICH that is Knowledge and Practices concerning Nature and Universe.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abu Bakar, Aisyah Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Jaafar, Samsuddin
author_facet	Abu Bakar, Aisyah Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Jaafar, Samsuddin
author_sort	Abu Bakar, Aisyah
title	Measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of Malacca cultural communities
title_short	Measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of Malacca cultural communities
title_full	Measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of Malacca cultural communities
title_fullStr	Measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of Malacca cultural communities
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of Malacca cultural communities
title_sort	measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of malacca cultural communities
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/1/TIC_2013_mariana_aisyah.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/32923/2/TIC_2013_Letter_of_Acceptance.pdf
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Measuring intangible cultural heritage: case study of knowledge and practices of Malacca cultural communities

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