Assessments of storytelling interpretive panel at heritage site: a case study of visitors’ experience at Dataran Medan Bandar, Alor Setar, Kedah Darul Aman / Wan Iskandar Zulkarnain Wan Shamsuddin and Siti Norlizaiha Harun

Wan Shamsuddin, Wan Iskandar Zulkarnain and Harun, Siti Norlizaiha (2021) Assessments of storytelling interpretive panel at heritage site: a case study of visitors’ experience at Dataran Medan Bandar, Alor Setar, Kedah Darul Aman / Wan Iskandar Zulkarnain Wan Shamsuddin and Siti Norlizaiha Harun. Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment (MySE), 8 (2). pp. 71-90. ISSN 0128-326X

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The aim of this study is to find out the existing ‘realities’ on storytelling at heritage sites. The gap is visitor’s expectation between storytelling presentation versus perception of heritage visitors. There were instances in the country whereby misrepresentation and/or inappropriate descriptive information in storytelling has resulted in visitors experiencing disappointment, disorientation, and ignorance of heritage significance. The researchers decided to investigate further on this and had selected a site for case study that was the Dataran Medan Bandar, Alor Setar, Kedah Darul Aman. A sequential mixed methodology was employed. The study began with literature review, site inventory and observation activities in order to obtain qualitative information. This was followed by visitors’ survey and a semi-structured interview with stakeholders to obtain their views on historical and cultural values to validate the quantitative data findings. The explanatory factor analysis was used to analyse the data and the results showed that over 40% of total respondents perceived ‘storytelling’ as extremely important attributes of heritage interpretation during the visit. In terms of the post-experience, the results showed that 18% of the respondents proclaimed of having ‘dissatisfied experience’ after reading the description on interpretive signage, with ‘uninteresting storytelling’ being the main reason. Almost half of total respondents (49%) believe that improvement of ‘Storytelling Content Creation’ was needed at the Dataran Medan Bandar. It is hoped that the findings obtained are expected to inspire conservation stakeholders to start making ‘heritage interpretation’ as a top priority when designing interpretative signs at heritage sites.

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Wan Shamsuddin, Wan Iskandar Zulkarnain
wizsari@yahoo.com
Harun, Siti Norlizaiha
sitin009@uitm.edu.my
Subjects: N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > History > Malaysia > Kedah (Malaysia)
N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > History
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak > Seri Iskandar Campus > Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
Journal or Publication Title: Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment (MySE)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment (MySE)
ISSN: 0128-326X
Volume: 8
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 71-90
Keywords: Storytelling; Interpretation; Perception, Heritage; Tourism
Date: December 2021
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/56830
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