Introducing a mixed method for the analysis of urban visual culture texts: A case study on a mural at Vanak square, Tehran

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RAVADRAD AZAM; Soofi Mohammad Rashid

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Journal: Journal of Iranian Cultural Research Year:2020 | Volume:12 | Issue:4 (48) Page(s): 75-103

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Introducing a mixed method for the analysis of urban visual culture texts: A case study on a mural at Vanak square, Tehran

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RAVADRAD AZAM | Soofi Mohammad Rashid | Issue Writer Certificate

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SemioticsQ2

Discourse AnalysisQ2

visual cultureQ1

CityQ2

muralQ1

TehranQ2

Abstract

This paper aims to introduce a mixed research method for the analysis, reading, and interpretation of urban visual culture texts. To reach this goal, mural have been chosen as the most outstanding urban visual text. In order to do a case study, one of the outstanding wall-paintings located in Tehran`s Vanak square, has been selected to be analyzed by a mixed method. The analysis of the visual text has been done in two stages including semiology and Discourse Analysis. For the first stage, we used O`Toole`s semiotic method suitable for analyzing urban murals, and for the second stage, we employed Laclau and Mouffe`s discourse theory. Findings of the case study for the micro level showed that, key signifiers-as nodal points-of the text have been recognized as nature, City, man, and woman and the relationship and interaction between them have been distinguished in the form of binary oppositions such as nature (village)/City and man/woman. At the macro level, the main competitive discourses identified in the text, are Environmental Protection vs. Urban Sprawl and Masculism vs. Feminism, that are lively and actively in an antagonistic situation using their key signifiers. Finally, the dominant and hegemonic discourses through positive representation of their key signifiers can be considered as Environmental Protection and Masculism.

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RAVADRAD, AZAM, & Soofi, Mohammad Rashid. (2020). Introducing a mixed method for the analysis of urban visual culture texts: A case study on a mural at Vanak square, Tehran. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL RESEARCH, 12(4 (48) ), 75-103. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/386983/en

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RAVADRAD AZAM, Soofi Mohammad Rashid. Introducing a mixed method for the analysis of urban visual culture texts: A case study on a mural at Vanak square, Tehran. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL RESEARCH[Internet]. 2020;12(4 (48) ):75-103. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/386983/en

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AZAM RAVADRAD, and Mohammad Rashid Soofi, “Introducing a mixed method for the analysis of urban visual culture texts: A case study on a mural at Vanak square, Tehran,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL RESEARCH, vol. 12, no. 4 (48) , pp. 75–103, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/386983/en

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