Community Sustenance: Is Globalization Affecting Cultural Resilience in Kampung Laut?

Abstract

The traditional community has its own unique characteristics. It is vastly different in comparison to city life. Before the Industrial Revolution, village life was also gradually changing. The current stream of globalization that has engulfed the entire world has made the cultural and community lost its traditional elements. Thus, the awareness of the traditional community's architectural values inherently in the life of the traditional community is greatly diminished, specifically for architects and planners. Studies on the impact of globalization on traditional settlements are often overlooked. Hence, the effects of globalization that threatens existing cultures will erode and subsequently eradicate cultural resilience. A visual analysis of traditional settlements in Kampung Laut, Tumpat, Kelantan was conducted to study aspects of the existing culture and to further analyze as to how much of an impact does globalization have on the community. The theory used will explain the cultural and built-environment relationships of communities in the face of globalization.