[Golongan Penyelidikan iCONADA] Reformasi Pendidikan Mesti Melangkaui Wawasan: Menjadikan Modal Insan Kekuatan Terbesar Sarawak

Ucapan Premier Sarawak, Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg, pada Persidangan Pengurusan Pendidikan Pengetua-Pengetua Sekolah Menengah Sarawak Ke-61 baru-baru ini bukan sekadar satu lagi ucapan dasar mengenai pendidikan. Sebaliknya, ia merupakan penegasan semula terhadap satu visi jangka panjang bahawa…

Henry Ford, pengasas industri automotif Amerika, pernah menyatakan bahawa beliau jarang menonton televisyen kerana kebanyakan rancangan hanyalah lakonan. Baginya, hanya siaran langsung perlawanan sukan merupakan "kebenaran" yang sebenar di kaca televisyen.

Pandangan itu mungkin lahir pada zaman televisyen dipenuhi drama dan hiburan. Namun sehingga hari ini, kata-kata tersebut masih relevan apabila kita menyaksikan Piala Dunia FIFA.

Di pentas bola sepak paling berprestij di…

Menurut definisi Dr. Tan Beng Huat, pengasas Iconada.tv serta tokoh penyelidikan industri budaya dan kreatif di Malaysia, sektor budaya dan kreatif merangkumi penciptaan sistem budaya yang memberi impak positif kepada masyarakat. Antara contoh amalan dalam sektor ini ialah penubuhan UEC sebagai alternatif pendidikan, usaha membangunkan kawasan terpencil melalui aktiviti budaya, pelaksanaan pendidikan berasaskan warisan bagi memelihara identiti budaya, serta penyediaan jaringan pembelajaran…

Pada tahun 2015, gergasi perundingan global McKinsey & Company mengambil alih firma reka bentuk industri terkemuka LUNAR. Penggabungan antara dunia strategi perniagaan dan kreativiti ini bukan sekadar pengembangan korporat, tetapi menjadi simbol perubahan besar dalam industri kreatif: kreativiti tidak lagi dianggap sebagai hiasan akhir, sebaliknya menjadi elemen strategik dalam mencipta nilai perniagaan.

Sebelum ini, reka bentuk sering dilihat sebagai proses “kemasan” selepas…

Japan's Gen Z and Reiwa-era newcomers are leading a historic paradigm shift in the workplace, pivoting from the Showa-era ethos of "absolute corporate loyalty" to a personal individualism that "prioritizes personal life and tangible growth." Rejecting the rigid structures of Tokyo's mega-corporations, many young professionals are choosing to "return to their hometowns" to pursue regional revitalization as a powerful platform for self-actualization.

This movement is heavily backed by…

Elaine Edley dan “Puteri Gunung Ledang”: Wajah Kosmopolitan Sinema Melayu Klasik

Dalam sejarah perfileman Melayu klasik, nama Elaine Edley sering dikaitkan secara langsung dengan watak legenda Puteri Gunung Ledang. Melalui filem Puteri Gunong Ledang, beliau bukan sahaja mencipta identiti visual bagi tokoh mitos tersebut, malah membantu membentuk imaginasi budaya Melayu moden terhadap figura Puteri Gunung Ledang untuk beberapa…

Sharifah Munirah Alatas says public universities should heed ‘real problems’ like academic fraud, useless research, and unemployable graduates instead of focusing on ‘silly’ dress codes.



Former assistant professor Sharifah Munirah Alatas said new guidelines on attire and make-up in Sarawak show that universities treat their students like ‘soulless walking sheets of cardboard’.

I was in a cab today and the cab driver said, "I love my job, I'm my own boss. Nobody tells me what to do.“ Then I said, "turn left".

Today I donated my watch, phone and RM500 to a poor guy. You don't know the happiness I felt as I saw him put his knife back in his pocket.

I miss times when I was working at the zoo. My boss fired me just because I left the lion's gate open. I mean who would steal a lion?

Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?

Why do supermarkets make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get to the Pharmacy for

their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why is it that doctors and attorneys call what they do…

Businesstoday.id, Jakarta - The Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) collaborates with the Asian philanthropic network, the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), to develop the creative economy in Indonesia.

"Synergy with AVPN is expected to increase startup opportunities and creative economic players get additional capital while increasing their skills in the creative industry," Deputy Capital Access Bekraf Fadjar Hutomo Fadjar said after signing a memorandum of understanding of the…

Strolling through Bonifacio Global City on a sunny Saturday, it is easy to spot the groups of smiley teenagers self-learning slick K-Pop dance moves in the shadows of gilded skyscrapers and leafy parks. 

This joyful scene in a privileged enclave of Metro Manila is replicated every weekend across the sprawling cities of South-east Asia, as teens continue to ride the seemingly unstoppable “Korean Wave”. Whereas US music stars once reigned supreme in the Philippines and the wider region,…

From ‘creative industries’ to ‘creative economy’ – how the idea of creative industries and the creative economy has changed in the last 20 years

How the term ‘creative industries’ began

The term ‘creative industries’ began to be used about twenty years ago to describe a range of activities, some of which are amongst the oldest in history and some of…

8. FINAL REMARKS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF

MALAYSIA’S CREATIVE ECONOMY

The fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or

primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source

of conflict will be cultural. The clash of…

The “Halal” market and cultural assets

Currently, the Malaysian government is aggressively developing Malaysia as a “halal hub” for

the regional and global Muslim markets, which the Malaysian government began targeting

after launching of Halal Hub Corporation in 2008. With their tagline “Halal for all”, this…

Future Plans for the Organisation

PERZIM follows the ICOM mission, and is shifting their role to become a modern museum

corporation. They have implemented many changes and programs over the past decade, and

are among a number of museums in the region introducing different activities and programs…

7. DISCUSSION OF CREATIVE ECONOMY

DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA IN THE CONTEXT OF

TWO CASE STUDIES

Innovation creates jobs and boosts national competitiveness. This is why we, too, must

make a creative impact in a competitive global economy. We must not allow ourselves

to be left…

Traditional to Engaging Phases

Phase I: Traditional

The formation of Malaysia started in Malacca in the thirteenth-century. The image of Malacca

as one of Malaysia’s historical cities lends a substantial advantage in terms of attracting

visitors to museums. The Malacca state government has played an active role in…

Respondent Profiles

From the total of four respondents interviewed by this study, there is only one female staff

member. Three respondents worked with PERZIM for more than ten years except for one,

who worked there for less than a year. Two of the respondents were in their mid-thirties, one

of them in his…

6. CASE STUDY TWO: MALACCA MUSEUM CORPORATION



With its government buildings, churches, squares and fortifications, Malacca demonstrates the early stages of this history originating in the 15th-century Malay sultanate and the Portuguese and Dutch periods beginning in the early 16th century.



The town…

3. CREATIVE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA

3.1 The Malaysian Experience in Developing a Creative Economy

He is the One GOD: the Creator; the Initiator; the Designer. To Him belong the most beautiful names.

Glorifying Him is everything in the heavens and the earth. He is the Almighty, Most…