Tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of Jonker Street and Heeren Street, Melaka

This study on the tangible cultural heritage of the Dutch, Baba Nyonya and Chinese was conducted at the Heeren Street and Jonker Street, focuses on whether the elements of architecture buildings, landscape, street lifestyle and economy practiced by the people are recognisable by the tourists.These...

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Main Authors:	Musa, Shafiqah Musbar, Abu Bakar, Aniza
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) NA9053.R4 City planning
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/61364/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61364/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61364/1/61364_Tangible%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Conservation.pdf

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spelling	iium-613642018-06-28T04:57:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61364/ Tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of Jonker Street and Heeren Street, Melaka Musa, Shafiqah Musbar Abu Bakar, Aniza H Social Sciences (General) NA9053.R4 City planning This study on the tangible cultural heritage of the Dutch, Baba Nyonya and Chinese was conducted at the Heeren Street and Jonker Street, focuses on whether the elements of architecture buildings, landscape, street lifestyle and economy practiced by the people are recognisable by the tourists.These also reflects the successions of the identity of these two streets. Cultural heritage is the reflection of identity of a particular group of people that are inherited from the past ascendants to their descendants. It is a reflection of the culture and the people’s way of life that later created the identity of the place. Without a proper conservation implied on these heritage values, the people of that particular area will lose their sense of belonging and the identity of their genus loci altogether. Hence a proper conservation will help the people of the place to keep be reminded of their origins and history from the past. Other than that, a good conservation of cultural heritage area would help the outsiders to easily identify the characteristics and identity of the place even without literal explanatory. Bandar Melaka, as one of the oldest city in Malaysia possesses a number of historical and heritage values all around it. As one of the World Heritage Sites declared by the UNESCO, this tourist attraction city is like a storyteller that tells the story of the place throughout time, from the past until now through the heritage values it possess. It has been determined that conservation projects applied in regard to heritage values of Jonker Street and Heeren Street was successful in significantly reflecting the influences of Dutch, Baba Nyonya and Chinese. Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017-04-25 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61364/1/61364_Tangible%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Conservation.pdf Musa, Shafiqah Musbar and Abu Bakar, Aniza (2017) Tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of Jonker Street and Heeren Street, Melaka. In: UMRAN 2017 National Landscape Architecture Seminar, 25th April 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://m.iium.edu.my/kaed/events/umran-2017
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) NA9053.R4 City planning Musa, Shafiqah Musbar Abu Bakar, Aniza Tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of Jonker Street and Heeren Street, Melaka
description	This study on the tangible cultural heritage of the Dutch, Baba Nyonya and Chinese was conducted at the Heeren Street and Jonker Street, focuses on whether the elements of architecture buildings, landscape, street lifestyle and economy practiced by the people are recognisable by the tourists.These also reflects the successions of the identity of these two streets. Cultural heritage is the reflection of identity of a particular group of people that are inherited from the past ascendants to their descendants. It is a reflection of the culture and the people’s way of life that later created the identity of the place. Without a proper conservation implied on these heritage values, the people of that particular area will lose their sense of belonging and the identity of their genus loci altogether. Hence a proper conservation will help the people of the place to keep be reminded of their origins and history from the past. Other than that, a good conservation of cultural heritage area would help the outsiders to easily identify the characteristics and identity of the place even without literal explanatory. Bandar Melaka, as one of the oldest city in Malaysia possesses a number of historical and heritage values all around it. As one of the World Heritage Sites declared by the UNESCO, this tourist attraction city is like a storyteller that tells the story of the place throughout time, from the past until now through the heritage values it possess. It has been determined that conservation projects applied in regard to heritage values of Jonker Street and Heeren Street was successful in significantly reflecting the influences of Dutch, Baba Nyonya and Chinese.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Musa, Shafiqah Musbar Abu Bakar, Aniza
author_facet	Musa, Shafiqah Musbar Abu Bakar, Aniza
author_sort	Musa, Shafiqah Musbar
title	Tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of Jonker Street and Heeren Street, Melaka
title_short	Tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of Jonker Street and Heeren Street, Melaka
title_full	Tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of Jonker Street and Heeren Street, Melaka
title_fullStr	Tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of Jonker Street and Heeren Street, Melaka
title_full_unstemmed	Tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of Jonker Street and Heeren Street, Melaka
title_sort	tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of jonker street and heeren street, melaka
publisher	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/61364/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61364/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61364/1/61364_Tangible%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Conservation.pdf
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Tangible cultural heritage conservation in reflecting the city image: the case study of Jonker Street and Heeren Street, Melaka

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