Gender Structure and Spatial Organization: Iranian Traditional Spaces

SAGE Open

Minoosh Sadoughianzadeh¹ 

关键词: gender structure;    space;    Iran;    introvert architecture;    extrovert architecture;    gender;    socio-spatial organization;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244013511258

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

As a contribution to the widespread debate on the “gender reading” of the “built environment,” this article aims to situate the subject in a new context, the Iranian society. To depict the subject, two distinct traditional architectures of the region, associated with their respective socio-spatial organizations, have been comparatively explored: the “Introvert” and “Extrovert.” These two almost ageless “Introvert” and “Extrovert” architectures, evolved through centuries in different geographical parts of the country, are spatial patterns aptly illustrating how the “gender structure” of each social organization has contributed to the formation of the relevant “physical space” and, further, how the specific “gender relationships” are pertinently structured within each one of the two types of the spaces. Based on a systematic approach and through concentration on the macro-socio-spatial organization, this article is to explore the gender/space associated variations within either of the social systems they belong to. This perspective is particularly instrumental in pinpointing the Introvert and Extrovert architectures in the context of their social organizations and carefully scrutinizing “gender” and “space” categories as systematically integrated variables.

【 授权许可】

CC BY