Mahjabin Radaei; Esmaeil Salehi; Shahrzad Faryadi; Mohammad Reza Masnavi; Lobat Zebardast
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Today, landscape of many ancient desert cities has destroyed, despite having natural contexts and integrated patterns resulted from human actions and natural environments as settlement. Discoloration of sustainability and resilience foundations, emphasizes the need to recognition and application of the ...
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Today, landscape of many ancient desert cities has destroyed, despite having natural contexts and integrated patterns resulted from human actions and natural environments as settlement. Discoloration of sustainability and resilience foundations, emphasizes the need to recognition and application of the concepts governing the structure and function of ecological networks and the patterns of social-ecological systems interactions, which has been reflection of the ecological wisdom principles in the urban planning process. This study aims to recognize ecological wisdom principles in the landscape of desert cities in the format of hydraulic structures in Yazd city. In present comparative-inferential study, the ecological wisdom is explained and it's principles are inferred, while analyzing the subject literature, using documentary method and study of written sources. Based on field studies, and inference of structural, functional, and management criteria governing the historical hydraulic structures in city of Yazd. The examples of ecological wisdom principles in ancient hydraulic structures have been studied in three scales of macro, mezo and micro. The results indicate that ecological wisdom has provided basis for creating ecological networks and urban landscapes sustainability, by creating composition, configuration, communication and functional diversity of patches and mixing corridors in the hydraulic structures networks in Yazd city.
Vahid Shalchi; meysam mahdyar
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Nearly 9 decades have passed since the launch of the establishment and the extension of institution of sociology which has been both meaningful to the Lifeworld (Lebenswelt) of Iranian and has been effective on development programs (objective impact) in Iran. In recent years, when the water crisis in ...
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Nearly 9 decades have passed since the launch of the establishment and the extension of institution of sociology which has been both meaningful to the Lifeworld (Lebenswelt) of Iranian and has been effective on development programs (objective impact) in Iran. In recent years, when the water crisis in Iran has become more objective, the Institute of Humanities and especially Sociology In Iran has been a party to the discussion in the form of scientific and research articles and academic meetings and seminars. With these descriptions and for a accurate assessment of the relationship between sociology in Iran and the roots of water crisis, we can question of relationship of sociology of Iran with the problem of climate, nature and environment in general and the problem of water as a fundamental and vital element in Iranian's environment and society. In the present research we investigate the climatic and environmental implications of seven main approaches in researches of "sociology of iran" namely "Iranian tyranny, Iranian feudalism, functionalism, neo-functionalism, poststructuralism , critical school and ecology approach" and their relationships with roots of water crisis with Compare each other.
seyed mohammad chavoshi; jalaledin rafifar
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Independency, adaptation to ecological environment and rational use of its elements are the most important historical characteristics of traditional forms of life. Savage plants are of these elements that have always had a lot useful functions in local traditional medicines. This ethnographical field ...
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Independency, adaptation to ecological environment and rational use of its elements are the most important historical characteristics of traditional forms of life. Savage plants are of these elements that have always had a lot useful functions in local traditional medicines. This ethnographical field work has been done in the field of medical anthropology and have focused on face to face and non face to face individual interview as well as documents for data gathering. The goal is to Describe and analyse the sangesari traditional dentistry on the basis of authentic participants narratives and then comparing them to objective aspects of modern dentistry. Findings showed that, traditional rationality of sangesari dentistry while facing to oral and dental illnesses and its consideration to the subjective aspects rely mostly upon body natural forbearance, maximom adaptation to natural environment, use of botanical elements of natural environment, least body manipulation and taking the ill person to a wholistic integration with his surrounding cultural and natural environments. Regarding to increasing process of medicalization in modern societies, attention to endogenous knowledges, techniques and approaches may be instructive in decreasing the side effects of modern societies medicalization.
Manizheh Maghsoudi; fariba Seddighi
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Health, illness, and therapeutic practices are cultural components, so the meaning of these concepts varies throughout different cultures. There are different ethnic and religious groups in Iran, and this diversity makes the different meanings of these concepts. In this paper, we focused on the Zoroastrians ...
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Health, illness, and therapeutic practices are cultural components, so the meaning of these concepts varies throughout different cultures. There are different ethnic and religious groups in Iran, and this diversity makes the different meanings of these concepts. In this paper, we focused on the Zoroastrians of Yazd using the ethnographic method such as participant observation, interview and documents to understand how they construct health, illness, and therapy concepts. We used the conceptual lens of healing, the sacred phenomena, and cultural symbols to analyze our findings. Our study showed that Zoroastrians believed AngraMainyu create illness in the past but nowadays their belief have changed AngraMainyu has no external truth and is only in the human mind, and if human follow AngraMainyu, illness creat. we can try to follow teachings Zoroaster like wisdom, truth and we can overcome the illness by following them. Zoroastrians also perform ritual curing, herbal curing, and Mantra therapy.
Mohammad Afrough
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This article is the result of a field activity and is associated with the carpet of Qashqai's Nazem design. which has been completed in the camps of Cheshmeh Rahman and Gol Afshan in the city of Semirom in Isfahan province. the nazem design is one of the most prominent designs among the various types ...
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This article is the result of a field activity and is associated with the carpet of Qashqai's Nazem design. which has been completed in the camps of Cheshmeh Rahman and Gol Afshan in the city of Semirom in Isfahan province. the nazem design is one of the most prominent designs among the various types of designs in qashqai architecture which is woven today with a different approach and structure from the past in the qashqai geography from Fars province to south of Isfahan (Semirom).the process of settlement of qashqai tribes leads to a change in lifestyle and fundamental changes in quantitative and qualitative production, application and structure of qashqai woven, in particular the carpet of the nazem design in the technological dimension and aesthetic dimension.these dimensions will be investigated and analyzed in this study. the type of research is fundamental and research method is descriptive-analytical.the way information is gathered is predominantly fieldwork. findings of the research indicate is that lifestyle changes from nomad to settlement have a great influence on the production of nomadic wool and especially the carpets of the nazim design. so that the weaving the mental process have given Place herself to weave by pattern and raster map. the size of the carpet of nazem design is smaller than the past and elements of the original structure of the design (altar like space, half cedars,tree of thousand flowers- central of flower pot and flowers and leaves spread and saucer shape) has undergone fundamental changes.
Yaghoub Iranmanesh; Mehdi Pourhashemi; Hasan Jahanbazi Goujani; Abouzar Heidari Safari Kouchi
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For this purpose, a total of 50 interviews were conducted and the information received was documented by writing commentary points and recording audio and video .Then, data analysis was performed using content analysis methods. According to the results of the research, the traditional charcoal extraction ...
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For this purpose, a total of 50 interviews were conducted and the information received was documented by writing commentary points and recording audio and video .Then, data analysis was performed using content analysis methods. According to the results of the research, the traditional charcoal extraction steps include digging a trapezoidal charcoal kiln, cutting wood into trees and arranging them in the kiln, installing a chimney at the inlet and outlet, covering the wood surface with Dried leaves, covering the leaf insulation with soil, lighting the charcoal furnace by fire and closing its opening, turning the wood into charcoal in a certain time, cooling the charcoal furnace and unloading and loading. Due to the lack of a well-codified and up-to-date source of traditional charcoal method in the available sources, the present study is a pioneer in terms of paying attention to this indigenous knowledge and its results, in addition to recording local knowledge of charcoal production, used it in teaching the method of application of wood waste from dried, blown or pruned trees, especially emphasized in garden ecosystems.
Azadeh pashootanizadeh
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In the past, the occupation of Zoroastrian men was agriculture and animal husbandry, and Zoroastrian women inherited the spinning and textile arts of previous generations, especially the Sassanid period. Women's occupations complemented men's occupations, turning non-food products into clothing. Sericulture ...
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In the past, the occupation of Zoroastrian men was agriculture and animal husbandry, and Zoroastrian women inherited the spinning and textile arts of previous generations, especially the Sassanid period. Women's occupations complemented men's occupations, turning non-food products into clothing. Sericulture also had a long history, and silkworm breeding was a domestic and favorite occupation of Zoroastrian women. The relationship between male and female occupations promoted a culture of "Hamazuri". The transfer of traditional Zoroastrian textile techniques coincided with the spinning of fibers and the narration of the oral stories of DariBehdini, the "Serpent King".The telling of these stories led to the formation and promotion of proverbs. The connection of the Iranians with the Persian trade of India made the traditional textile commercial and industrial and caused the destruction of the techniques and equipments of art "KāroČāle". In addition, the traditional spinning of Zoroastrian women, which was accompanied by these stories, disappeared. Valuable points, in addition to recording part of the folklore literature, is the influence and relationship between the stories of the serpent king and the traditional spinning of Iranian Zoroastrian women. Method of data collection in the form of field and library interviews; It is a descriptive-analytical comparison approach.
massoumeh barsam; yosof faryabi
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Votive rugs are in fact a kind of small pictorial rugs with an approximate size of 25 x 20 cm that are placed in various designs and colors in the middle of the platform or sometimes hung on the wall of Ghadamgah (Foothold of saints and holy people in past). These rugs are as a decorative and religious ...
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Votive rugs are in fact a kind of small pictorial rugs with an approximate size of 25 x 20 cm that are placed in various designs and colors in the middle of the platform or sometimes hung on the wall of Ghadamgah (Foothold of saints and holy people in past). These rugs are as a decorative and religious element in most of the south Qadamgah of Kerman, especially in Jiroft that share similarities from the point of view of the texture, pattern, and symbolic signs.s, and geometric symbols in the visual structure of the Votive rugs, and main question in this research is, how is the visual structure and composition of the painting of the Votive rugs and what is symbolic meanings based on popular culture? The visual structure and composition of the rug consists of two parts, the margin and the text. The textures of the rugs are wiew in structure, form, image, text or composition. The method of collecting information in this field research is using archaeological resources, historical documents, collecting visual samples and oral interviews with villagers and tribesmen in Jiroft region and the analytical comparative research method is a semantic approach. Since the issue of Votive is a personal and spiritual matter,. the goals of the weavers identified, but based on the images and the name of the prophets, it seems to be requests for prayer and happiness on the text of the weaving rugs that these works have a certain religious and ceremonial function,
Leyli Khorashadizade
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Traditional footwear, during the time, are always effected by some factors such as weather and climate of each region, traditions, customs, life style and occupations, has appeared in different types. Concinnity, variety in form, color and material, and appropriateness of these three factors with climate ...
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Traditional footwear, during the time, are always effected by some factors such as weather and climate of each region, traditions, customs, life style and occupations, has appeared in different types. Concinnity, variety in form, color and material, and appropriateness of these three factors with climate conditions and culture, and also use of natural and native materials, are some of prominent properties of these footwear.Birjand County, which is located in the shout of Khorasan province, is one of the areas that its footwear products had a lot of fame in the region and also in the country in the past. A native Art-Industry which today, except its fame and a few old masters, anything is remained from that. While, in addition to its historical and cultural importance, profession of traditional shoemaking as a domestic Art-Industry, can has special importance from economical and employment aspects, for some reasons such as utilization of native knowledge and workforces, and also usage of native materials.Therefore, the main objective of this essay is include recognizing and introducing of Art-Industry of traditional shoemaking in Birjand, scrutiny of its products, manufacture methods and used materials. It is obvious that the first step for preserving and reviving of this domestic profession is its recognition and introduction, which provided a context to convert the traditional footwear into a practical product for today's customers, with eliminating its defects and optimization.
maryam dehqan; mohammad ebrahim zarei
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Dinavar is located in the east of Kermānshāh province. The natural features of this area and the human changes have created its cultural landscape. Today's Landscape shows agricultural machinery. Nevertheless, there are still signs of traditional. The abundance of indigenous species of bees has led ...
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Dinavar is located in the east of Kermānshāh province. The natural features of this area and the human changes have created its cultural landscape. Today's Landscape shows agricultural machinery. Nevertheless, there are still signs of traditional. The abundance of indigenous species of bees has led to an increase in human knowledge of this insect and to find ways to exploit it more. The beekeeping culture in Dinavar region is the result of this knowledge. How this culture is the most important question of this research. According to preliminary evidences, it is hypothesized that Dinavar beekeeping culture is carried out in the form of elementary and complementary economic activities. The main purpose of this research is to introduce this culture and its conservation strategies. This research, which is of qualitative-descriptive type and is conducted field by interview, observation and audio-visual method, is related to beekeeping climate calendar, structures and related objects and related concepts. Studies have shown that the beliefs, values and practices are in the process of being forgotten by human interventions and the beekeepers' culture in the area will soon disappear with the use of modern methods or similar to the rest of the world. Therefore, it is suggested that, due to the environmental power of Dinavar area, the production of organic honey will be promoted by combining traditional and modern techniques among the mountainous regions, and the introduction of the beekeeping culture of this area will be introduced as an ecotourism draw.
Mahdi Akhtarkavan; salva Fallahi
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AbstractThe present study aims to identify climate-responsive solutions used in traditional dwellings of hot & dry climate in Iran, and analyze the effects of these solutions in thermal comfort, energy consumption and some guidelines for climate-responsive buildings design. Internal thermal comfort ...
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AbstractThe present study aims to identify climate-responsive solutions used in traditional dwellings of hot & dry climate in Iran, and analyze the effects of these solutions in thermal comfort, energy consumption and some guidelines for climate-responsive buildings design. Internal thermal comfort of Atar-ha traditional house in the city of Kashan in the hot & dry climate of Iran were analyzed by assessment the climate-responsive solutions in this house for providing thermal comfort. In order to achieve this, based on experimental process, field measurements and comparative analysis and by using Data Logger Devices for temperature and relative humidity, weather data from different building spaces within 24 hours were collected and moved to the Givoni Chart. Eventually, the effectiveness of this house in terms of traditional design strategies and the impact to achieve the main goal of this research has been determined. The findings show that according to the charts and tables, Atar-ha House has been effectively turning the temperature into the optimum mode in summer compared to winter and provides better thermal comfort conditions in the warm season than in the cold season.
sahar zekavat; Khashayar Ghazizadeh
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Niello is a decorative technique on the engraving surface of silver and gold metal and that usually use to create contrast and look good of engraving motifs on metal surface. Today, Tabriz Armenian and the Ahwaz Mandaean craftsmen inherit this art that has been forgotten. This art is known between the ...
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Niello is a decorative technique on the engraving surface of silver and gold metal and that usually use to create contrast and look good of engraving motifs on metal surface. Today, Tabriz Armenian and the Ahwaz Mandaean craftsmen inherit this art that has been forgotten. This art is known between the two nations under different titles. The importance of the stated issue has made the necessity of doing the present study. Therefore, identifying the Combinations and the structure of the Tabriz Armenian Niello alloy and the black enamel of Ahwaz Mandaean and identifying the technical Similarities and differences between the alloys and how two native tribe are made this, has been considered as the main purpose of study. In this way library, documentary, and field data are analyzed and evaluated with descriptive-analytical-comparative approach and the results of the study show that the combination of the Tabriz Armenian Niello alloy and the black enamel of Ahwaz Mandaean is done with little detail and Armenian Niello include of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur while the lead Combination and lead-free (No lead) Combination are common among the Ahwaz Mandaean craftsmen.
