The people's padang: 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 toa historic square as an informal activity to encourage people to engage more with DataranMerdeka as their historic place. From employing methods of observations, mapping and intervi...

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Main Authors: Zakariya, Khalilah, Harun, Nor Zalina
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/37833/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/37833/10/Programme_Book_ACEBS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/37833/12/KZ_NZH_ACEBS_Presentation_1.pdf
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spelling iium-378332015-01-09T01:50:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/37833/ The people's padang: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space Zakariya, Khalilah Harun, Nor Zalina HM621 Culture HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology NA Architecture This exploratory paper initiates a discussion on the potentials of appropriating a temporary weekend market adjacent toa historic square as an informal activity to encourage people to engage more with DataranMerdeka as their historic place. From employing methods of observations, mapping and interviews, the findings from this paper reveal how locating temporary market activity at DataranMerdeka 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. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37833/10/Programme_Book_ACEBS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37833/12/KZ_NZH_ACEBS_Presentation_1.pdf Zakariya, Khalilah and Harun, Nor Zalina (2013) The people's padang: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space. In: ASEAN Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies (AcE-Bs 2013 Hanoi) Hanoi Architectural University, Hanoi, Vietnam, 19-22 March 2013, 19-22 March 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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topic HM621 Culture
HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
NA Architecture
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HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
NA Architecture
Zakariya, Khalilah
Harun, Nor Zalina
The people's padang: 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 toa historic square as an informal activity to encourage people to engage more with DataranMerdeka as their historic place. From employing methods of observations, mapping and interviews, the findings from this paper reveal how locating temporary market activity at DataranMerdeka 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.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zakariya, Khalilah
Harun, Nor Zalina
author_facet Zakariya, Khalilah
Harun, Nor Zalina
author_sort Zakariya, Khalilah
title The people's padang: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
title_short The people's padang: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
title_full The people's padang: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
title_fullStr The people's padang: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
title_full_unstemmed The people's padang: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
title_sort people's padang: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/37833/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/37833/10/Programme_Book_ACEBS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/37833/12/KZ_NZH_ACEBS_Presentation_1.pdf
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