Organisasi syarikat perisian tradisional yang berbentuk piramid telah lama menjadi struktur yang lazim dalam pembentukan pasukan di seluruh industri teknologi. Sebilangan besar pekerja junior berada di peringkat paling bawah dan melaksanakan tugasan rutin dalam pelbagai fungsi. Pekerja peringkat pertengahan pula menguruskan perkara-perkara yang lebih kompleks, manakala sebilangan kecil pemimpin kanan dan perancang strategi berada di peringkat teratas untuk menentukan visi…

Founded in 2009 by Dr. Tan Beng Huat, iconada.tv is a community-driven platform dedicated to cultural creativity, reflective inquiry, and interdisciplinary discussion. Over the years, the platform has regarded the thinking theories of Edward de Bono as one of the important intellectual foundations for advancing cultural innovation and creative practice. 

Across iconada.tv’s extensive body of research, experimentation, and published…

At the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in 2026, a documentary titled NAZA — Collateral Civilian Casualty Estimate — was awarded the Special Jury Prize, making it one of the most closely watched films in the festival’s main competition.

According to the official Venice Film Festival programme, NAZA was co-directed by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. The 80-minute documentary was produced by The Guardian and JW…

1.What is “History from Below”?

Traditional historical writing has often followed a top-down approach, focusing primarily on major events involving kings, prime ministers, generals, and political elites. History from Below, by contrast, shifts the focus toward the everyday lives and experiences of ordinary people, marginalized groups, and communities at the grassroots level.

Core focus: The voices and experiences of ordinary people, including…

Sebutir Beras Mungkin Kelihatan Kecil, Namun Ia Mampu Membawa Sejarah, Teknologi, Industri dan Masa Depan Sesebuah Tempat

Hasil penanaman padi menggunakan TR8 di beberapa kawasan penanaman padi di Tenom, Sabah baru-baru ini [lihat: See Hua Daily News, 25 Ogos 2026] sekali lagi mengingatkan kita tentang satu hakikat yang sering terlepas daripada perhatian: kawasan luar bandar tidak semestinya sinonim dengan kemunduran,…

Membeli Diri Sendiri: Kritikan Budaya terhadap Dokumentari Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy

Dokumentari Netflix Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy, yang diarahkan oleh Nic Stacey dan ditayangkan pada 20 November 2024, pada zahirnya merupakan sebuah penyiasatan terhadap budaya kepenggunaan moden. Namun, pencapaian yang lebih besar ialah kemampuannya membongkar mekanisme ideologi yang menyokong kapitalisme global. Dokumentari ini bukan sekadar mengkritik…

[iCONADA Research Team] Bringing Art into the City, Making the City a Work of Art: Reflecting on the Cultural Potential of George Town Through Converge

When art is no longer confined to museums and galleries but instead finds its place in parks, neighbourhoods and public spaces, the relationship between people and art begins to transform. As part of the 2026 George Town Festival, Taiwanese artist Lee Kuei-chih was…

[Golongan Penyelidikan iCONADA] Bagaimana Pendidikan Dapat Membimbing Generasi Baharu Menghadapi Perubahan Zaman

Universiti di seluruh dunia sedang mengadakan majlis konvokesyen secara berperingkat. Tetamu yang dijemput untuk merasmikan majlis dan menyampaikan ucapan kepada para graduan kini pastinya lebih berhati-hati berbanding sebelum ini.…

Pulau Banggi, Malaysia’s largest island, sits at a critical geographic and cultural crossroads. Embedded within the Tun Mustapha Park, it serves as a living laboratory for the modern "Blue Economy." Yet, beneath the clean vernacular of sustainability, funding, and eco-efficiency lies a deeper story: a community actively reclaiming its ecological agency from the ghosts of historical neglect and extractive exploitation.…

The documentary Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare (2023) examines the rise of the "troubled teen industry" (TTI), a network of private behavioral programs that claimed to reform adolescents through strict discipline, isolation, and survival- based experiences.



Rather than portraying these camps as isolated cases of abuse, the documentary argues that they emerged from broader social anxieties in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s. At the time, growing fears…

[Golongan Penyelidikan iCONADA] Apabila Pemandu Pelancong Menjadi Pencerita Visual: Keupayaan Estetika dan Kreativiti Adalah Daya Saing Sebe nar dalam Era Pelancongan

Ada yang mengatakan bahawa pada hari ini, keupayaan paling penting bagi seorang pemandu pelancong bukan lagi sekadar menghafal sejarah, legenda atau maklumat tentang destinasi pelancongan, tetapi kebolehan merakam gambar yang unik dan mempunyai jalan cerita untuk…

In today’s era, where data and algorithms are used to quantify almost everything with precision, self-mocking or evaluative statements such as “I have absolutely no mathematical ability,” “He is naturally tone-deaf,” or “I lack the social gene” can be heard everywhere. We seem deeply inclined to use a kind of absolute, “either-or” language to impose intellectual “life sentences” on ourselves and others.

However, the theory of Multiple Intelligences proposed by modern developmental…

According to the definition by Dr. Tan Beng Huat, founder of Iconada.tv and a prominent researcher in Malaysia’s cultural and creative industries (CCI), the CCI refers to a cultural system of creation that has a direct impact on society. It is not merely the production of art or entertainment products, but an ecosystem that shapes ways of thinking, social values, and community development. In this sense, the CCI functions as a mechanism of social development that integrates education,…

Trend “Ready-core”mewakili perubahan budaya yang mendalam di Korea Selatan, menandakan berakhirnya era “YOLO” (You Only Live Once) secara jelas. Jika dekad sebelumnya meraikan kepuasan segera dan mengagungkan perbelanjaan spontan, golongan muda hari ini berdepan realiti yang jauh berbeza.

Didorong oleh kemerosotan ekonomi yang berterusan, pasaran pekerjaan yang sangat kompetitif, serta kemunculan pesat Kecerdasan Buatan (AI), generasi baharu mula menerima persediaan teliti sebagai…

在產能和品質方面，日本的汽車產業已長期穩居世界的領先地位，但在設計方面，日本車卻鮮少受到各國矚目。這其中也牽涉到上述的文化背景。日本汽車馬自達首席設計師前田育男渴望打破這種僵局，試圖提高日本在汽車設計上的地位，贏得全世界的尊敬。他這個想法，可以說非常有野心。他說————

我認為，在日本人原有的美感中，應該存在著更精煉的領域。例如，日本庭園就是因為石頭的位置和間距恰到好處，才能醞釀出那種凜然的氣圍。（中略）我希望設計時不是將日本古老的美學直接當成風格，放入樣式，而是作為一種「精神」，常懷心中。

（見：[日]山口周著《為何世界精英都在鍛錬「美學」————關於經營的「藝術」與「科學」》，頁198，台灣楓書房，2026年4月）

愛墾编註：馬自達…

[Golongan Penyelidikan iCONADA] Mengapa A dalam SPM Bahasa Cina Begitu Sukar? Kementerian Pendidikan Perlu Teluskan Piawaian Pemarkahan

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) perlu melihat dengan serius penurunan mendadak kadar kecemerlangan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) bagi mata pelajaran Bahasa Cina, daripada 23.2 peratus pada 2024 kepada hanya 15.1 peratus pada 2025.

Persoalan utama bukanlah sama ada angka 15.1 peratus…

[iCONADA Research Team] The Return of the Word: "Natural Language as Code" and the Democratization of Technocratic Power

For decades, the trajectory of the digital age has been defined by a growing linguistic schism. On one side stood "natural language"—the messy, nuanced, and emotionally expressive vernacular of human daily life. On the other stood "code"—the rigid, mathematical, and highly gatekept syntaxes of Python, Java, and…

III. Two Existential Models

These divergent rhythms reflect two distinct existential stances in the shattered landscape of Central Europe:

In late-twentieth-century Central European literature, language ceases to be a neutral medium of narration. It becomes an active force—accusing, corroding, collapsing the world it tries to describe. Thomas Bernhard’s Auslöschung (Extinction) and László Krasznahorkai’s Sátántangó stand as two extremes in this linguistic end-time: one drives language vertically downward into total annihilation; the other expands it horizontally into an endless, suffocating loop. If…

(Source: 5 November 2021 in - Interni Magazine)

According to the philosopher Leonardo Caffo, no. Unless there is an ethical shift and a more realistic view of the world on the part of businesses

The design? According to Leonardo Caffo it is philosophy, which occasionally takes the form of a bedside table. Her curating work for the…