The evolution of space organisation in Cocos Malays’ dwellings in Tawau, Sabah

This study in progress explores the unique anthropology and the dwelling culture of the Cocos Malays in Tawau, Sabah. Cocos Malays is a race of people from Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean who emigrated to North Borneo (Tawau) in the early 1950s. Started by being slaves to the British on...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah, Osri, Nurul Ain
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	GN Anthropology HT51 Human settlements. Communities NA Architecture
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/1/icabe2016.%20space%20organisation.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/7/52254_The%20evolution%20of%20space%20organisation.pdf

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spelling	iium-522542018-05-22T00:36:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/ The evolution of space organisation in Cocos Malays’ dwellings in Tawau, Sabah Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah Osri, Nurul Ain GN Anthropology HT51 Human settlements. Communities NA Architecture This study in progress explores the unique anthropology and the dwelling culture of the Cocos Malays in Tawau, Sabah. Cocos Malays is a race of people from Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean who emigrated to North Borneo (Tawau) in the early 1950s. Started by being slaves to the British on the islands and later becoming an independent society after Sabah joined Malaysia in 1963, the development of their ‘un-traditional’ dwelling culture is a unique one. The paper attempts to uncover the evolution of dwelling culture of the Cocos Malays from the beginning of their civilisation on the islands (from 1826) until the present. The dwellings concerned have always been designed and built by other people, and the occupants’ views were not taken into consideration. Through archival research and fieldwork data collection, the paper focuses on the evolution of Cocos Malays' space organisation in the dwellings in Tawau, Sabah.The paper indicates that the evolution of the space organisation and form of their houses are not conventional as in many cultures’. The study also inferred that the spatial organisation from their homeland of Cocos (Keeling) Island has some bearing on the spaces of their present dwelling culture. 2016-10-05 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/1/icabe2016.%20space%20organisation.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/7/52254_The%20evolution%20of%20space%20organisation.pdf Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah and Osri, Nurul Ain (2016) The evolution of space organisation in Cocos Malays’ dwellings in Tawau, Sabah. In: International Conference on Architecture & Built Environment (ICABE 2016), 5th & 6th October 2016, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) https://icabe2016.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/icabe-2016-conference-programme-and-parallel-sessions-final2.pdf
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spellingShingle	GN Anthropology HT51 Human settlements. Communities NA Architecture Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah Osri, Nurul Ain The evolution of space organisation in Cocos Malays’ dwellings in Tawau, Sabah
description	This study in progress explores the unique anthropology and the dwelling culture of the Cocos Malays in Tawau, Sabah. Cocos Malays is a race of people from Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean who emigrated to North Borneo (Tawau) in the early 1950s. Started by being slaves to the British on the islands and later becoming an independent society after Sabah joined Malaysia in 1963, the development of their ‘un-traditional’ dwelling culture is a unique one. The paper attempts to uncover the evolution of dwelling culture of the Cocos Malays from the beginning of their civilisation on the islands (from 1826) until the present. The dwellings concerned have always been designed and built by other people, and the occupants’ views were not taken into consideration. Through archival research and fieldwork data collection, the paper focuses on the evolution of Cocos Malays' space organisation in the dwellings in Tawau, Sabah.The paper indicates that the evolution of the space organisation and form of their houses are not conventional as in many cultures’. The study also inferred that the spatial organisation from their homeland of Cocos (Keeling) Island has some bearing on the spaces of their present dwelling culture.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah Osri, Nurul Ain
author_facet	Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah Osri, Nurul Ain
author_sort	Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah
title	The evolution of space organisation in Cocos Malays’ dwellings in Tawau, Sabah
title_short	The evolution of space organisation in Cocos Malays’ dwellings in Tawau, Sabah
title_full	The evolution of space organisation in Cocos Malays’ dwellings in Tawau, Sabah
title_fullStr	The evolution of space organisation in Cocos Malays’ dwellings in Tawau, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed	The evolution of space organisation in Cocos Malays’ dwellings in Tawau, Sabah
title_sort	evolution of space organisation in cocos malays’ dwellings in tawau, sabah
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/1/icabe2016.%20space%20organisation.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/52254/7/52254_The%20evolution%20of%20space%20organisation.pdf
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The evolution of space organisation in Cocos Malays’ dwellings in Tawau, Sabah

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