Lost in Transition

It's been a while, i last update this blog.

I was lost. Honestly, after the 2nd tutorial, til now, I am lost. Where's my memory of my work? *bang bang*

I'm trying to recall what I need to do. 5 W and 1 H

What?
Who?
When?
Where?
WHY?????

HOW????
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What is my title?
"Utopia in Malaysia: How new architecture influences local culture of Orang Asal"

What is it all about? Who are the people affected?
Orang Asal are the indigenous people, or the original people of Malaysia, or any part of the world. In Malaysia itself, has so many different 'races' of Orang Asal, like the Penans, Semelai, Kenyahs, and those in Sabah and Sarawaks such as Bidayuh, Dusun, Kadazan and many more. They were the original people who stays in Malaysia long before the Chinese and Indians came to Malaya. They stayed in jungle, caves, or build houses themselves in rural area based on the technology, material and knowledge of construction during that time. Then, Malaysia started to develop more and more, some of the orang asal were forced to move out from their home to make way for the new development, either in agriculture or urban development.

What is the problem of new development and effect to the Orang Asal?
losing their culture; physically, economically, and the most socially. Indigenous people has their own strong culture within their community. With the new development, they have to adapt to new surroundings, new people, new facilities and new HOME. HOME? for them, some of them, HOME to them is staying together and have actitivities under a roof. i mean A ROOF. They eat, they sleep and have activities within the same area. Now? just like modern houses with designated spaces for cook, for sleep, for eat and other activities became their new 'Home' this wasn't what they were staying or maybe what they call HOME. OK maybe not. They're not adjusted to the new environment. Not that they're uncivilized, just 360 degree changes to them. Many organizations, governments or privates, thought that by building new houses for the Orang Asal could help them as a humanity cause but its such a big change in a short period of time, they can't accept it.
Moreover, their original vernacular architecture which has the identity of the Orang Asal are diminishing soon as the new development are more modernized.
Example the Sarawak's long houses. Those are the proud identity of the Ibans, Bidayuhs, Penans, Melanaus and other races. When new development arrived and forcing the indigenous people to move out from their land, their vernacular houses, their sense of belonging and their cultural identity are diminishing. New housing development are modernize with new technology and materials, are unfamiliar to the Orang Asli.

Purely my own opinions. Yet to go to 'kai kai' to the indigenous peoples' homes and other related places.