THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SUSTAINING AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE: THE CASE OF SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

Nur Auni, UGONG and Bilcher, BALA and Baszley Bee, BASRAH BEE and Kamaruzaman, JUSOFF (2019) THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SUSTAINING AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE: THE CASE OF SARAWAK, MALAYSIA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSERVATION SCIENCE, 10 (3). pp. 441-448. ISSN 2067-533X

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Abstract

Community involvement in archaeological heritage management is the real opportunities of participation by the local community. The objective of this study was to assess the involvement of local community in preserving an archaeological site. Field visits was conducted to obtain an in-situ preservation while a face-to-face interview survey was also conducted with the local community and Sarawak Museum Staff. Their involvements to preserve the site were recorded. Results showed that community involvement plays a very important role when they were selected as site volunteers for different job specs. Collaboration between archaeologist, heritage managers and local community participation could help in preserving the sites as one of the Sarawak tourism products. Without the community involvement, the aesthetic value of the site will be destroyed or lost due to modernization. Future work should be conducted on other archaeological sites elsewhere to develop effective guidelines and policy involving local community participation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Community involvement; Archaeological research; Preservation; Sireh cave, Heritage management, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Depositing User: Ugong
Date Deposited: 03 Aug 2022 08:57
Last Modified: 03 Aug 2022 08:57
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39053

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