SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND ART
Year:2020 | Volume:2 | Issue:3|Papers Count:6

More than four decades have passed since the preparation and implementation of urban plans for the purpose of organizing the urban space, despite all the measures taken, evaluations show that these plans have failed to achieve their goals. One of the main problems of urban plans is the lack of attention to the issue of citizens' rights. The right to the city is a human right that includes the city belonging to the citizens and their participation in urban affairs. Belonging to the city is possible by moving in the city, being in it, feeling calm and having suitable spaces for yourself. The purpose of this article is to study the pathology of urban plans from the perspective of the right to the city. In this research, a qualitative method has been used to achieve the main objectives. In order to collect data, interview and observation techniques were used and data analysis was performed by thematic analysis. The authors conducted in-depth interviews with twenty people. The results of this study show that the two projects implemented in Beryank neighborhood, not only have no proportion to the components of the right to the city, but are based on policies of dispossession, in which under the pretext of providing public services and renovation take the land out of the hands of the local community and reintegrate it into a more valuable market space.

The study of the urban suburbs of Sanandaj as part of urban spaces that have been specially constructed during a process of production and spatial separation. In general, what specifically constitutes the premise of this study is the production of social space through inefficient urban spatial policies that have more or less challenged citizens' right to a city. Institutional ethnography method has been used to collect data. Accordingly, 5 residents of the studied neighborhoods of Sanandaj have been interviewed and an attempt has been made to extract fundamental themes and categories in relation to spatial policies and the right to the city. The results of the research show that the spatial manifestations of urban policy-making, including lack of spatial fluidity, lack of spatial centrality, lack of spatial self-government, etc., deprive citizens of their right to the city and pose a problem for spatial justice. These spatial inequalities and the continuing violation of the right to the city of citizens and users of spaces in excluded neighborhoods necessitate a review of these policies and the introduction of alternative policies. Policies that, by relying on the right of citizens to the city and their right of residence, prevent the reduction of totality and urban integration to a model and abstract space for control and objectification of citizens and the process of urban space production in order to achieve spatial justice.

The current research aimed at investigating the social process of body management among young men at body building gyms. This study employed grounded theory. The thirteen participants who took part in the present study were attending some gyms in Shiraz, Iran. Depth interviews were used to collect the required data. The interviews were conducted until data saturation concerning various aspects of the study happened. Then the data was analyzed through opencoding, axial coding and selective coding. The results showed five axial categories and one core category. The axial categories included: mental obsessions, dissatisfaction with one’ s body, gaining power and prestige, the spread of the consumerism culture and the high demand from the opposite gender. The only core category was related to modern reflexivity of body management and revealing. Moreover, the results indicated that background and some factors like social status, social class and family conditions coupled with gaining power, social influence, social credibility, distinguishing oneself from others, more social acceptability, more selfishness, normative pressures from others, earning status from the opposite gender, and the demands and attractions of the opposite gender have multiple connections with the core category of the study.

Irony Movies and comedy are a popular part of Iranian cinema. A review of the best-selling films in the history of Iranian cinema also reveals the comedic appeal of the various social spectrum. Although journalistic critiques have been made for reviewing various comedy films, there is still a lack of sociological studies in this area. This study aims to address the sociological study of Texas comedy film: How do Texas film makers use audiences? What are the social issues this film addresses? The present study is descriptive-analytical and has used qualitative content analysis method for film analysis. The results of this study show that the film uses more elements of stereotypes and dissonance to attract audiences.

This qualitative study was conducted to understand the process of forming a slum experience in the suburbs of Ahvaz. The urban population of Ahvaz according to the Census of 1395 is 118, 4788, out of which nearly 400, 000 live in thirteen slums. Of course, these neighborhoods have different facilities, some of which are similar to other non-suburban areas. The method used in this research is the theory of data base as one of the main methods of qualitative research. The data of this study were collected through in-depth interviews and theoretical purposeful sampling with forty-two stakeholders related to marginalization and to analyze data from five open coding and conceptualization methods, developing concepts in dimensions and Attributes, data analysis was used to contextualize, incorporate the process into the analysis and integration of categories. After coding, nine main categories of data emerged, each of which was thoroughly analyzed using the text of the interviews. The emerging paradigm consists of three dimensions of conditions, action-interactions, and outcomes, which are based on the results of conditions research (high-frequency climatic events, direct experience of war, oil boom, land reform and nomad suppression, limited mobility opportunities, and rural mobility). In the dimension of action-interaction (idealistic urbanism, migration as a way out of deadlock), and in the consequences around a core category Are formed.

Instagram is one of the most important social networks that has provided an attractive space for self-representation and virtual interaction. The attractiveness of this social network is somehow due to the diversity and exchangeability of images, photos and signs which are frequently commented by millions of users. This research is about to interpret the Instagram users’ narratives of body images, through relying on three theories: the theory of self-representation (Goffman), cultural representation (Giddens), and somatic society (Turner & Shilling). The main question is how users read and consume body image in Instagram? We have used narrative interview to gain the stories users make about their experiences of being and searching in Instagram. The sample is selected among users in Sanandaj city by way of snowball sampling method (16 case: 11 male, 5 female). The findings show that users’ reading and consumption of body images can be categorized into five main categories or patterns: interactional, symbolic, representational, taste oriented and leisure oriented. The first implies users’ attempts to reflect their social life and manage impressions on others; the second category is about embodiment and imitating the dominant body images; the third means that users usually tend to be seduced and like to be immersed in images; the fourth implies finding the desired followers; and the fifth is about how to spend free time.