@book{Yadollahi2023, author = {Yadollahi, Solmaz}, title = {Urban heritage planning in Tehran and beyond : sequences of disrupted spatial-discursive assemblages}, publisher = {transcript}, address = {Bielefeld}, isbn = {978-3-8394-7162-3}, doi = {10.1515/9783839471623}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {268}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Despite the impact of ideological rigidity, the primary challenge of heritage planning in Tehran and beyond lies not in the dominance of an inflexible Authorized Heritage Discourse, but rather in the absence of stable spatial-discursive and administrative structures. Solmaz Yadollahi maps the historical trajectory of conservation and urban heritage planning in Iran, depicting a discursive-spatial assemblage that tends to knock down its accumulated resources. This is in line with Katouzian's portrayal of Iran as a pick-axe society. Residing within this society, the studied assemblage strives to deconstruct the prevailing structures and usher in a fresh one, paradoxically perpetuating the very cycle it seeks to escape.}, subject = {Assemblage theory; Urban studies; Urban heritage; Qualitative social research; Iran; Assemblage Theorie; Qualitative Sozialforschung; Stadtforschung; St{\"a}dtisches Kulturerbe; Iran; Territorialstaat; Stadtverwaltung; Qualitative Sozialforschung; Kulturerbe; Denkmalpflege; Teheran; Sozialraum; Altstadtsanierung; Baudenkmal}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{ZarrinGhalam2022, author = {Zarrin Ghalam, Sepideh}, title = {Urban change and continuity through the frame of Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach : the case of historic city of Isfahan}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5957}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-59570}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The dissertation at hand employs the concept of Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) for understanding the process of urban change and continuity within the context of the historic city of Isfahan and further investigates its application as an analytic tool for guiding urban conservation and development procedures. With regard to the inefficiency of urban conservation approaches in Isfahan during the last three decades, this study aims at identifying context-based problems and potentials that would lead to conceptualising a new framework. Therefore, drawing on the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation, the notion of HUL is hereby explored and a preliminary framework is provided for analysing the urban intervention cases within the historic core of Isfahan.}, subject = {Integrity; Community participation; Atiq square; Chaharbagh; Historic-cultural-natural axis of Isfahan; Historische Stadtlandschaft; Integrit{\"a}t; Iran; Isfahan; Altstadt; Stadtlandschaft; Stadtentwicklung; Stadtsanierung; Geschichte}, language = {en} } @misc{HajKhanMirzaiSarraf2020, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Haj Khan Mirzai Sarraf, Ali}, title = {Heritage and continuity in the bazaar}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-51717}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Tehran Bazaar has been the most influential marketplace in Iran, over the last two hundred years, since Tehran became the capital of the country. The Bazaar has been a significant socio-political agent in Iranian society. Nevertheless, less attention has been given to its internal atmosphere, where the bazaaris, have tried to conserve their traditions and preserve their heritage. One of these heritages are "hey'ats", religious formations for holding mourning sessions in Muharram month, as a ritual in Shi'a Islam. "Hey'ats" give the guilds a sense of collective identity, they represent them, and also build a shared heritage for them. The Drapers' Guild was the first guild in Tehran Bazaar, founding a hey'at. They founded this hey'at in 1883 and named it "the Drapers' Hey'at". After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the Drapers faced difficulties preserving their heritage. They were forced to displace the Mirza Mousa Mosque in the Bazaar. The Mosque was their center for holding religious sessions and was publicly known as "the Drapers' Mosque". Since they were attached to the Mosque, their displacement was perceived a loss of heritage. Later, they decided to build a new home, "the Drapers' Hosseinieh". They decided to implement the interior design of their lost Mosque in the new place. This strategy enabled them overcome "the traumatic experience of displacement and heritage loss." Also, to safeguard their new place, they legally registered their hey'at as an institution, and they wrote a constitution for it. The attempts for modernization, led them to develop beneficiary activities, as well. In this research, a qualitative approach is applied, benefiting from multiple methodologies, including; ethnography, secondary sources, and visual methods. The researcher has attempted to outline the story of the Drapers in preserving their heritage. This study hopefully would be useful for similar traditional organizations, showing how continuity and heritage preservation are possible to achieve for communities having experienced a troubled past.}, subject = {Tehran; Guilds of Bazaar; Muharram; Iran; Heritage Preservation; Teheran; Gilden des Basars; Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes; Teheran; Basar; Gilde; Tuchmacher; Kulturerbe}, language = {en} } @article{Yadollahi2020, author = {Yadollahi, Solmaz}, title = {Reflections on the past and future of urban conservation in Iran}, series = {Built heritage}, volume = {4}, journal = {Built heritage}, number = {19}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Heidelberg}, issn = {2662-6802}, doi = {10.1186/s43238-020-00019-1}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The material authenticity of cultural heritage has been questioned by societies in which the modern paradigm of conservation has not developed from within the native culture. This paper examines the philosophical and practical traditions in Iran regarding the materiality and authenticity of past structures. By reviewing the emergence of the Western conservation paradigm in Iran, this paper highlights two key factors: the rapidness of this paradigm shift and the remarkable contradiction between the new and old paradigms. By borrowing the Deleuzo-Guattarian concept of a 'body without organs' (BwO), this paper problematises the rapidness and radicality of the paradigm shift in Iran. It suggests exploring the under-investigated possibilities between the pre-modern and modern paradigms to address the gap between native circumstances and Western standards.}, subject = {Cultural heritage; Authenticity; Iran; Conservation; Kulturelles Erbe; Authentizit{\"a}t; Denkmalschutz; Iran; Kulturerbe; Stadt; Denkmalpflege; Denkmalschutz; Authentizit{\"a}t; Materialit{\"a}t}, language = {en} } @incollection{YadollahiWeidner2017, author = {Yadollahi, Solmaz and Weidner, Silke}, title = {Facilitating the process towards social sustainability : a culture-based method for mapping the publicness of historic public places; applied using the example of Tabriz Bazaar, Iran}, series = {Going beyond: perceptions of sustainability in Heritage Studies No. 2}, booktitle = {Going beyond: perceptions of sustainability in Heritage Studies No. 2}, editor = {Albert, Marie-Theres and Bandarin, Francesco and Pereira Roders, Ana}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-57164-5}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-57165-2_23}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-49016}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {323 -- 334}, year = {2017}, abstract = {As the current literature on public space shows, the significant role of public space in enhancing social sustainability is justified - at least theoretically (Yadollahi, 2015). Nevertheless, in empirical research and practice, a more comprehensive methodological framework is required, which takes into account the complexities of local understandings of public space and social sustainability. This paper is a contribution to the development of such a framework.}, subject = {Social sustainability; Culture; Historical public place; Method for mapping publicness; Tabriz Bazaar; Basar; Kartierung; Iran; {\"O}ffentlicher Raum}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Yadollahi2017, author = {Yadollahi, Solmaz}, title = {The Iranian bazaar as a public place: a reintegrative approach and a method applied towards the case study of the Tabriz bazaar}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-42945}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The main focus of this dissertation is the critical investigation of the bazaars in the commercial cities of Iran. This work deals with the challenges that the bazaars in Iran have been exposed to over the past century in economic, political and social terms. The work explains how an Iranian bazaar is structured and functions as a public space in a modern city. The methodology of this research is designed based on a qualitative approach, with a single case-study strategy. A combination of literature review and spatial ethnographic research techniques are used for data collection. To understand the bazaar as a public place, its cultural, legal, physical and functional dimensions are documented and mapped. This mapping method with the ultimate aim of re-integrating the bazaar with the modern city is the core of this dissertation.}, subject = {Iranian bazaar; Bazaar-city isolation process; Public place; Publicity-privacy spectrum; Mapping method; Tabriz Bazaar; Iranischer Basar; Moderne Stadt; {\"O}ffentlicher Raum; Kartierungsmethode; T{\"a}briz Basar; Iran; {\"O}ffentlicher Raum; Basar; Kartierung}, language = {en} }