The Discursive Manifestation of Past and Present through the spatial organisation of changing rituals

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1 The Discursive Manifestation of Past and Present through the spatial organisation of changing rituals Reza Masoudi Nejad Max Planck Institute, Gottingen ATACD, Barcelona, December 2009

2 Investigating the dynamics of spatial organisation of Ashura ritual during Iranian modernisation

3 The city of Dezfoul and other of case studies

4 The city of Dezfoul and other of case studies A short introduction about Ashura The spatial organisation of the traditional Ashura procession Urban transformation The spatial organisation of the transformed Ashura procession

5 The tragedy of Ashura by Mahmoud Farshchian Ref:

6 The city of Karbala, in Iraq, and other holy cities for Shi a-muslims in the Middle East

7 A Safavid alaam (flage) (16th century). Agha-khan Trust for Culture 2007.

8 The commemoration of Ashura, Dezfoul, Ref. Archive of Saba photo studio, Dezfoul, Iran

9 Public procession on the day of Ashura, Dezfoul, Iran, 2006

10 The Ashura procession, in which alaam-s (symbolic flag) are carried; Dezfoul, Iran, 2006.

11 An emotional time in the procession of Ashura, the old city of Dezfoul, 2006

12 A quarter in Dezfoul which includes seven mosques and each mosque represents a neighbourhood; all this neighbourhoods are running the procession together.

13 The city of Shiraz; Heidari and Nemati quarters in the 18th century. The Heidari part is shaded in light grey and Nemati part in dark grey (after Perry 1999)

14 The division of Dezfoul in Heidari and Nemati.

15 Ashura procession in Roodband Cemetery, Dezfoul, Iran, 2006

16 The main traditional division of the Ashura procession in Dezfoul, based on Heidari and Nemati moieties.

17 Social solidarity Social division Social cohesion The traditional procession route of Lourion quarter, Dezfoul (1920s).

18 Analysing of the spatial configuration of Dezfoul (1920s) by Space Syntax method LEFT: Global integration (Rn) [red= 0,92; Blue=0.39]; RIGHT: Local integration (R5) [red=2.26, blue=0.36]

19 The major Ashura procession routes (left) and local integration (log R5) of Dezfoul (1920s) in grey scale. The Max value of Log R5 in this analysis is 3.19 and minimum value is 0. In order to make comparing the two maps easier, segments which have a value higher than 2.30 are rendered in white and those which have a lower value than 2.0 in black; as the background is black, only those segments which have Log R5>2.0 can be seen. In other words, the figure only shows highly integrated parts of the city structure in integration Log R5

20 The city of Dezfoul (1950s) Ref: National Cartography Organisation, Iran

21 Analysing of the spatial configuration of Dezfoul (1920s) LEFT: Global integration (Rn) [red= 0,92; Blue=0.39]; RIGHT: Local integration (R5) [red=2.26, blue=0.36]

22 Analysing of the spatial configuration of Dezfoul (early 1930s) LEFT: Global Integration (Rn) [red= 0,92; Blue=0.39]; RIGHT: Local integration (R5) [red=2.26, blue=0.36]

23 Analysing of the spatial configuration of Dezfoul (1940s) LEFT: Global integration (Rn) [red= 2.11; blue= 2.11]; RIGHT: Local integration (R5) [red=2.90, blue=038].

24 The spatial configuration of Dezfoul (1960s) LEFT: Global integration (Rn); RIGHT: Local integration (R5)

25 Global integration (Rn), the city of Dezfoul, late 1960s

26 Global integration (Rn), the city of Dezfoul, late 1980s

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28 The main route of the procession run by Nemati quarters through the Heidari part of the city on the afternoon of the day of Taso'aa (9 th Moharaam). Dezfoul, from the early 1950s

29 The main route of the Ashura procession run by all quarters from both Heidari and Nemati parts, on the morning of the day of Ashura. Dezfoul, from the early 1950s

30 The main route of the procession run by Heidari quarters through the Nemati part on the afternoon of the day of Ashura. Dezfoul, from the early 1950s

31 The main procession routes of Nemati-s through the Heidari quarters, and vice versa on the afternoon of the days of Taso aa and Ashura, Dezfoul, since the early 1950s

32 Extending the border between Heidari and Nemati quarters through the modern city, Dezfoul

33 Global integration, the city of Dezfoul, late 1940s Global integration (Rn), the city of Dezfoul, late 1980s

34 Global integration, the city of Dezfoul, late 1940s The main routes of procession which mainly pass through the old city of Dezfoul, Since 1950s

35 Local integration, the city of Dezfoul, late 1940s The main routes of procession which mainly pass through the old city of Dezfoul, Since 1950s

36 Global integration, the city of Dezfoul, late 1920s Global integration, the city of Dezfoul, late 1940s The main routes of procession which mainly pass through the old city of Dezfoul, Since 1950s