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Conduciveness of women social setting in traditional Iranian bazaar from functional dimension

Iranian traditional Bazaars are not just physical settings for everyday commercial activities. They are places of communal life especially for women and provide the main daily sources of their outdoor recreations. The research hypothesize that there is a serious lack of sensitivity to the cultural v...

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Main Authors: Khalili, Akram, Fallah, Siyamak Nayyeri, Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin, Farzin, Ahmad Ali, Mansouri, Seyed Amir
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015
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HT101-395 Sociology, Urban
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spelling my.utm.581442021-08-11T08:21:51Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58144/ Conduciveness of women social setting in traditional Iranian bazaar from functional dimension Khalili, Akram Fallah, Siyamak Nayyeri Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin Farzin, Ahmad Ali Mansouri, Seyed Amir HT101-395 Sociology, Urban Iranian traditional Bazaars are not just physical settings for everyday commercial activities. They are places of communal life especially for women and provide the main daily sources of their outdoor recreations. The research hypothesize that there is a serious lack of sensitivity to the cultural values, especially for women within modern Iranian market places. In this regard, the aim of this research was in filling this gap and describing the relationship between women communal life and urban public spaces. To reach the aim, this study was conducted among middle-aged Iranian women within the Iranian traditional Bazaar of Isfahan (as the most public urban space in the Iranian cities). To increase the accuracy of findings, the data collection methods through triangulation were unobtrusive behavioral observation of women communal life within two selected settings, semi-structured single face to face women interviews (n=24), semi-structured focus group interviews (n=5), and taking photographs. In order to analyze the collected data, a qualitative content analysis and descriptive analysis were used. The finding of the research showed that the social settings of traditional Isfahan Bazaar are proper for women communal life functionally. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58144/1/AkramKhalili2015_ConducivenessofWomenSocialSetting.pdf Khalili, Akram and Fallah, Siyamak Nayyeri and Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin and Farzin, Ahmad Ali and Mansouri, Seyed Amir (2015) Conduciveness of women social setting in traditional Iranian bazaar from functional dimension. Asian Social Science, 11 (12). pp. 297-306. ISSN 1911-2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v11n12p297 DOI:10.5539/ass.v11n12p297
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topic HT101-395 Sociology, Urban
spellingShingle HT101-395 Sociology, Urban
Khalili, Akram
Fallah, Siyamak Nayyeri
Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin
Farzin, Ahmad Ali
Mansouri, Seyed Amir
Conduciveness of women social setting in traditional Iranian bazaar from functional dimension
description Iranian traditional Bazaars are not just physical settings for everyday commercial activities. They are places of communal life especially for women and provide the main daily sources of their outdoor recreations. The research hypothesize that there is a serious lack of sensitivity to the cultural values, especially for women within modern Iranian market places. In this regard, the aim of this research was in filling this gap and describing the relationship between women communal life and urban public spaces. To reach the aim, this study was conducted among middle-aged Iranian women within the Iranian traditional Bazaar of Isfahan (as the most public urban space in the Iranian cities). To increase the accuracy of findings, the data collection methods through triangulation were unobtrusive behavioral observation of women communal life within two selected settings, semi-structured single face to face women interviews (n=24), semi-structured focus group interviews (n=5), and taking photographs. In order to analyze the collected data, a qualitative content analysis and descriptive analysis were used. The finding of the research showed that the social settings of traditional Isfahan Bazaar are proper for women communal life functionally.
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author Khalili, Akram
Fallah, Siyamak Nayyeri
Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin
Farzin, Ahmad Ali
Mansouri, Seyed Amir
author_facet Khalili, Akram
Fallah, Siyamak Nayyeri
Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin
Farzin, Ahmad Ali
Mansouri, Seyed Amir
author_sort Khalili, Akram
title Conduciveness of women social setting in traditional Iranian bazaar from functional dimension
title_short Conduciveness of women social setting in traditional Iranian bazaar from functional dimension
title_full Conduciveness of women social setting in traditional Iranian bazaar from functional dimension
title_fullStr Conduciveness of women social setting in traditional Iranian bazaar from functional dimension
title_full_unstemmed Conduciveness of women social setting in traditional Iranian bazaar from functional dimension
title_sort conduciveness of women social setting in traditional iranian bazaar from functional dimension
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58144/1/AkramKhalili2015_ConducivenessofWomenSocialSetting.pdf
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