Effectiveness of interpretive panels at Sarawak Cultural Village, Malaysia
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of existing nonpersonal culture interpretation product of the 7 ethnic houses at Sarawak Cultural Village, Kuching. The results were obtained from a total of 700 respondents divided into control and treatment groups. The Tilden’s Inte...
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69590/1/fh%202018%2014%20ir.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69590/ |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of existing nonpersonal
culture interpretation product of the 7 ethnic houses at Sarawak Cultural
Village, Kuching. The results were obtained from a total of 700 respondents
divided into control and treatment groups. The Tilden’s Interpretation Principles,
Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Triadic Model of Attitude were used to
determine the effectiveness of existing messages and when subjected with
interpretive intervention. A set of interpretive messages were designed using the
Tilden’s Interpretation Principles and were introduced to respondents in the
treatment group. Meanwhile, the existing interpretation messages were included
in the questionnaire distributed to the respondents in the control group. Based on
the results, the control group respondents found themselves not attracted to read
the existing messages. Most of the respondents commented they are more
interested in illustrative messages. They claimed that the existing message was
too long, and its content lacks segmentation/ paragraph. They are unable to recall
the message after reading and will not read all of the messages at the ethnic
houses. As a result, the respondents do not fully understand the culture, less
aware and lose interest to participate in the cultural activity provided. Similarly,
the respondents in the treatment group are more interested in illustrative
messages. A higher percentage of the respondents were attracted to read the
messages and they can recall the cultural information that they have read. They
also have a higher appreciation of the ethnic’s culture. This was evident in the
findings where they have higher percentage of admiration and appreciation of the
various ethnics’ cultures. The respondents also showed a higher percentage in
the willingness to disseminate the ethnic’s culture, excited to participate in more
cultural events and contribute to the conservation of culture preservation as a
whole. The results of this study proved that messages with interpretive
intervention are more effective in attracting visitors and influence them in
accepting the knowledge while having emotional impacts to enhance the
effectiveness of messages provided at cultural tourism sites. In terms of physical
characteristics of the message panels, respondents also suggested several
criteria that will make the displayed messages more appealing to the public. It appeared that the message panels’ position, height, material, typeface, font type
and size, as well as graphic design contribute to the holding power and attract
respondents to read the messages, affectively effected and willingness to
participate in cultural heritage-based activities and programs. Therefore, it is
recommended that the non-personal cultural interpretive panels undergo a
facelift. More thoughtful and attractive interpretive message designs will also
attract visitors to use the non-personal interpretation facility. It will consequently
lead to an increase in awareness, appreciation, participation and sustainability of
cultural heritage tourism, especially at Sarawak Cultural Village. |
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