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Post-colonial reading of musical descriptions in four European travelogues of the Safavid Era

Rezvan Ahrar; Narges Zaker Jafari

Volume 15, Issue 2 , September 2025, , Pages 71-92

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2024.374456.1270

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During the Safavid era, Music had a hight position and important place. Music was used in banquets, feasts and various court and social ceremonies. Also, Iranian music was influenced ... Read More During the Safavid era, Music had a hight position and important place. Music was used in banquets, feasts and various court and social ceremonies. Also, Iranian music was influenced by religious and political currents. Apart from music history texts, Iranian music has reflected a lot in the travelogues of Europeans of the Safavid era. For this reason, there are different and conflicting views on the quality and merit of Iranian music. In this research, the question is raised, what are the views of the travelogues towards Iranian music? To follow up and get the answer to this question, this research has selected four travelogues from the Safavid era, which have different characteristics of Iranian musical descriptions. These travelogues analyzed and investigated with Edward Said’s post-colonial theory. After the post-colonial reading from travelogues texts, if there are colonial concepts in these texts, their post-colonial concepts can be revealed and the objectives of these concepts can be followed. The current research, has selected the travelogues written by Raphael Dumans, Figueroa, Olarios and Chardin and analyzed them. The reason for this choice is that their reactions and encounters with Iranian music have been formed in different situations and different cultural and social conditions. According to the findings of this research; the authors of the aforementioned travelogues encountered Iranian instruments and music in different situations, circumstances and conditions. Therefore, different and various reactions have been expressed. Therefore, it is possible to introduce them in three separable groups. 1. Observation and generalized comment: non-interactive approach 2. Intellectual engagement and Field observations: non-interactive approach 3. Field observations and executive participation: interactive approach. This research has been conducted with the aim of investigating the music topics in the travelogues from the point of view of post-colonial theory in order to discover and identify the perspective of colonialism in the travelogues of Europeans during the Safavid period. The method of this present research is analytical and interpretive. Qualitative type was used for data analysis. The procedure of collecting information and data was done through the preparation of transcripts and receipts from libraries books, e-books and journals articles.

Haji-Firouz character correspondence in Iranian folklore and archetypes based on Jung theories

Fateme Zeynaliegolnabadi; Narges Zaker Jafari

Volume 12, Issue 2 , March 2023, , Pages 21-37

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2022.344638.1122

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Manifestation ... Read More Manifestation of spring messengers is a special matter among the New Year signs of Iranian culture.It has been years “Haji-Firouz” is known as a messenger of spring in cities especially in Tehran city. The purpose of this research is investigating of Haji-Firouz character and an archetypal approach of him reference to the Jung’s psychological theories. Psychology is one of the sciences that has a multilateral connection with rituals and myths. Archetypes are one of the important subjects among Jung’s psychoanalytic and personality psychology. Although these elements are located in the collective unconscious of man, they show signs in the conscious mind that cause the type of archetype to be recognized, and this recognition has made it possible for mankind to understand the symbols and mysteries of the mind and nature.In this research, concentrating on Nowruz ritual and considring Haji Firooz characteristics features ,symbols and signs, the attempt is to explore his nature compared to Jung's archetypal and collective unconscious relationships point of view so that the hidden mysteries in this character have been known more clearly. The questions this study is trying to answer are: What has been the reason of the continuation of Haji Firooz existence till now? To what extent the character of Haji Firooz overlaps the framework of archetypes which are the bridge between science and myth?According to the result of this research, we can look for "self" archetype as the most adjustment of Haji-Firouz and Jung archetypes. Properties such as iteration, correlation of mandala geometric symbol with tambourine, Snake’s bestial symbol and eternity and its connection with Haji-Firouz hat are mediatative in this case as well as the feature of opposites sum and mutual confrontation. Also presences of Haji-Firouz features in “Anima”, “Shadow” and “Mask” archetypes are traceable too. This study shows Haji-Firouz can be consider and placed in the scientific myth framework that is why in spite of deep cultural and political evolutions through the history it has lived in collective Iranian subconscious and its presence has been continued in Iranian objective cultural world. This investigation has been performed based on collecting information which was carried out with a analytical-descriptive method.

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Post-colonial reading of musical descriptions in four European travelogues of the Safavid Era

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Haji-Firouz character correspondence in Iranian folklore and archetypes based on Jung theories

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