Space, Culture, and the Youth in Iran : Observing Norm Creation Processes at the Artists’ House

This book analyzes the Artists' House, a cultural center in Tehran, to place Iran's social and cultural transformation in a local-global context. The text addresses the interaction of Iranian youth with technology and mass communications, law, tradition, and contemporary questions concerning body, identity, and lifestyle. Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 3 Copyright 4 Contents 6 List of Figures 8 Acknowledgments 9 Preface 11 Chapter 1 Artists’ House 38 1.1 The Essence of Place, Existence of Space 38 1.2 Interrelations and Interactions 44 1.3 Norms and Values 55 1.4 Space A Being Made Consistently 59 1.5 Official Order and Space A 60 Chapter 2 Interacting Wide: Discussing the Background—What Is Interacting Outside the Space? 63 2.1 Law and Regulations 63 2.2 Mass and Micro-Communications 79 2.3 The Present—Time and Place Embracing the Individual 117 2.4 Values, Norms, and Society 141 2.5 Traditional Structures and Religious Values 157 Chapter 3 Reflections 165 3.1 Bipolar Dimension—Openness to Change versus Conservation 165 3.2 Will and the Desirable 171 3.3 Tolerance a Cherished Value 175 3.4 Emergence and Continuation of Ideas 180 3.5 Simultaneity, Space and Meaning—Field Results in Abstract 184 Notes 195 Bibliography 212 Index 222 "Using the case of Tehran's Artists' House, Space, Culture, and the Youth in Iran places the socio-political implications of Iran's social and cultural transformation in a local-global context. The author examines the bipolar dimension of openness to change versus conservation in the context of everyday life in Tehran - as well as the role both sets of values play in Iranian society. The text addresses the reflexive interaction of the youth with technology and mass communications, law, society, and traditional and religious perceptions and values. Contemporary questions concerning body, self, identity, shared emotions, and lifestyle in the youth culture of Iran are also investigated as the book explores the Artists' House as an alternative space contributing to the emergence, continuance, and coexistence of new ideas, norms, and values"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xxxix Artists’ House....Pages 1-25 Interacting Wide: Discussing the Background—What Is Interacting Outside the Space?....Pages 27-128 Reflections....Pages 129-158 Back Matter....Pages 159-190