ASSIGNMENT (90%)
Proposal & Concept Pitch
Title: Nature Lovers & Keepers , Orang Asli .
Topic: Orang Asli Settlement
Location: Pulau Banding / Belum , Perak , Malaysia.
Task: Develop an interactive information design application
Objective:
To create an interactive learning application on the given topic , which is about the orang asli settlement . Also to learn and appreciate on the existing natives .
Focus: Surviving and loving as an orang asli
Concept :
- intro
Music from the orang asli . Word flash if the title and an overall image of the orang asli - brief (learn about orang asli)
Facts and research about the native and their history - people
The faces of people in Pulae Belum - gallery
Adults (21-30)
Why: Adults in this range or age starts to appriciate , learn n observed better . So this is a good age for my target audience to learn , explore and discover about my applicatio n
Research & Facts
from: wikipedia
Orang Asli (lit, "original peoples" or "aboriginal peoples" in Malay) is a general term used for any indigenous groups that are found in Peninsular Malaysia. They are divided into three main tribal groups – Semang (negrito), Senoi, and Proto-Malay (Aboriginal Malay). The Orang Asli are further divided into 18 sub-ethnic group according to their different languages and customs. The Negritos are usually found in the northern region of the peninsula, the Senois in the central region, and the Proto-Malay in the southern region. There is an Orang Asli museum at Gombak, which is about 25 km north of Kuala Lumpur.
History
Orang Asli kept to themselves until the first traders from India arrived in first millennium AD. Living in the interior they bartered in land products like resins, incense woods and feathers for salt, cloth and iron tools. The rise of the Malay sultanates, coinciding with trade in Orang Asli slaves, forced the group to retreat further inland to avoid contact with outsiders. The arrival of British colonists brought further inroads in the lives of Orang Asli. They were the target of Christian missionary and subjects of anthropological research.[2]
During the Malayan Emergency of 1948 to 1960, the Orang Asli became a vital component of national security, as with their help, the Malayan army was able to defeat the communist insurgents. Two administrative initiatives were introduced to highlight the importance of Orang Asli as well to protect its identity. The initiatives were the establishment of the Department of Aborigines in 1950, and the enactment of the Aboriginal Peoples Ordinance in 1954. After independence, the development of Orang Asli become the prime objective of the government where the government adopted a policy in 1961 to integrate the Orang Asli into the wider Malaysian society.[2]
Within the decades of 1970s and 1980s, Malaysia was in the period of sustained growth. With development that emphasize modernization and industrialization, new lands were developed. This development has resulted in encroachments on Orang Asli land. In response of this encroachment, the Orang Asli mobilized themselves and formed the Peninsular Malaysia Orang Asli Association (POASM). With this association, the Orang Asli have become more visible and vocal. Orang Asli are now known as "Orang Kita" ('our people') since Dato' Seri Mohd. Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak introduced the "One Malaysia" concept
Slavery
Slave raids into Orang Asli settlements were quite common feature back in the 18th and 19th centuries. These slave-raiders were mainly local Malays and Bataks, who considered the Orang Asli as 'kafirs', 'non-humans', 'savages' and 'jungle-beasts.'[citation needed] The modus operandi was basically to swoop down a settlement and then kill off all the adult men. Women and children were captured alive as they are 'easier to tame.' The captives Orang Asli slaves were sold off or given to local rulers and chieftains to gain their favour. Slaves trade soon developed and even continued into the present century despite the official abolition of all forms of slavery in 1884. The derogatory term sakai is used to refer to the Orang Asli until the middle of the 20th century meant slave or dependent. Many of the elders Orang Asli still remember this sad period of their history, and they detest being called Sakai.
Economy
Orang Asli living in remote forest areas engaged in some trading with the Malays, with jungle produce being exchanged for salt, knives and metal axe-heads. There was also evidence of trade in blowpipes and blowpipe-bamboo among certain tribes. It has also been shown that the Orang Asli have played a significant role in the Malay Peninsula's economic history as collectors and primary traders as early as the 5th Century A.D. An early 19th century report also tells of Negritos providing forest products as tribute to the Malay chiefs of the river basins they resided in.
Project planning
Mind-mapping:
Sketches:
Idea:
a rough sketch of my final design .
So basiclly my idea is to create a long horizontal design that will be like a side scroll but instead it uses buttons to scroll to the side . The overall design will be in a sillouhette tone . There will be the forest , the orang asli settlement and amybe if i cud get a hot of an orang asli shooting 'sumbit' i will use the sillouhette .
the forest-represent the main menu of the application
the hut-represent about and everything more detail on the orang asli
the page goes on and on , on more sillouhette .
buttons .
as u click the button the page will scroll to the represented page .
Target Audience
Age : 16-30+
Aim:
- To create a more easy understanding and for educational purposes .
- To generate and gain more knowledge
Navigation
Gantt Chart
Precedent Studies
Project Research
Interviews
Languages
Questions and Answers
- Q: Ways of performing a funeral
A: Everyone form every tribe comes with a boat and gather around . They burried the body together - Q: Preparation of the corpse
A: They will wrap the corpse in a sheet - Q: Reaction towards a funeral
A: If a funeral occurs . They believe that it is not good to go out of the house . This is because they are afraid that the spirit of the dead ones will follow . - Q: Where are the bodies burried at ?
A: All the bodies are burried in a big hall (dewan) - Q: Restrictions
A: It is not allowed for anyone to view the corpse or even go to the 'dewan' . This is so , they are afraid that the spirit might disturb later on or follow you . - Q: What other spiritual believes ?
A: Cannot go take bathing in the river at late afternoon
If u are married and pregnant , you are not allowed to get a divorce .
If u dreamt of falling into a river = bad luck .
Visual Gathering .
Photographs
Design Sketches
Typography
Layout
ICONS:
Final Outcome :
This is my main menu layout in other words my main design . This will be placed in the
center of the page .