Wan Atikah Wan Yusoff

Cultural Heritage Officer at George Town World Heritage Incorporated
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(386) 825-5501
Location
George Town, Penang, Malaysia, MY
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Malay Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Arabic Elementary proficiency
  • German Elementary proficiency

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Experience

    • Malaysia
    • Think Tanks
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cultural Heritage Officer
      • Jan 2020 - Present

    • Germany
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cross Cultural Fellow
      • Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

      Granted Cross Cultural Professional Fellowship by ifa (Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen), Germany.Assisting the curator for exhibition (Library of Exile, Nov 2019 - Feb 2020), assisting in program execution (zu Tisch im Palais) and conceptualize and planning for coming forum discussion (Leben in der Schewbe).

    • Project Assistant
      • Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

      Project Assistant for *Community-Based Inventory in urban heritage site, George Town - a UNESCO pilot project with George Town World Heritage Incorporated- Facilitating community representative from Penang Eurasian Association, Nattukotai Nagarathar Heritage Group, Penang Diocese Museum, Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi and Malaysian Japanese Society to conduct research and writing inventory about their intangible culture heritage (ICH), for Festival and Ritual Domain.

    • Research Assistant
      • Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

      Research Assistant in Cultural Mapping for Culture Heritage Site Rejuvenation at Pasar Bukit Mertajam, Bukit Mertajam with Art-ED for ThinkCity- Designing research framing, planning data collection and data visualization tools, collecting ad=nd analyzing data and writing reports and recommendation.

    • Program Coordinator
      • Oct 2016 - Jan 2019

      1) Project Coordinator - Coordinating and implementing arts & culture heritage education program2) Program Facilitator - Assisting in programming and facilitating arts & culture heritage education program3) Research Assistant and Community Connector for Cultural Mapping at traditional market in Pulau Pinang : Campbell Street Market (Jan – Feb 2017), Pulau Tikus Market (Mar – Sept 2017), Medan Renong Foodcourt (Jul – Aug 2017) 4) Office coordinator – Making claims and keeping track of office expenditure for projects implementations, handling & organizing equipment & materials in the office and provide logistical support for projects.

    • Research Assistant
      • Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

      Assisting in planning and framing; and conducting data collection and data analyzing for cultural mapping research at Pasar Jeti Lama, Butterworth, a traditional wet market in Pulau Pinang that is due for consideration for physical rejuvenation and upgrading works.

    • Student Intern
      • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

      3 months internship at ALIRAN Kesedaran Negara, the Pulau Pinang's oldest Human Rights NGO and advocating organisation. During the internship I was assigned the task to digitize and manage Aliran's archive, coordinate Aliran's 2015 mid-year review and write articles for Aliran(dot)com. During the internship, I've written several articles concerning local socio-political and environment and sustainable development issues.

Education

  • Universiti Sains Malaysia
    Bachelor's degree, Sociology and Anthropology
    2012 - 2016
  • Universiti Teknologi MARA
    Foundation degree, Sci
    2011 - 2012

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