cultural identity

Illustrating children's book covers plays a significant role in conveying cultural concepts to them. The cultural identity of children can be indirectly reinforced by images that reference specific cultural concepts of a community or a region.This study aims to answer the question of how the cultural identity of girls and women is represented in the cover illustrations of children's stories in Arabic-speaking countries. To gain insight into cultural identity, particularly Arab identity among Arabic-speaking girls and women, it analyzes the statistical population. In this context, 249 cover designs from six Arab countries including Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE were examined for the age group (B). Results show that the UAE is the most wealthy nation in terms of cultural visual representations, while Syria is the least prosperous in this regard. Arab girls' and women's faces are prominent in most images, and the palm tree, a symbol of natural geography, plays a significant role in Arab identity, especially in Iraq publications. Older women on the cover illustrations are often veiled, and the veil is one of the most prominent visual symbols. Nevertheless, in Lebanon and Syria, this symbol is less prominent across all age categories. It appears that a general conclusion can be derived regarding the identity of Arab girls and women on the covers of children's books in Arabic-speaking countries in the present study. This identity is a combination of Arab and Islamic identity, with a particular emphasis on geographical and natural symbols.

Cultural identity and social behavior are two fundamental elements in shaping both individual and societal values within any community. Cultural identity, which originates from a society's culture, history, geography, and language, serves as a marker for lifestyle and social behavior. The education system plays a crucial role as a key medium for transmitting this identity and behaviors from one generation to the next. This study examines and compares the role of cultural identity and social behavior in the school curricula of Iran and Japan. The aim of this research is to analyze the extent to which cultural identity and social behavior are emphasized in the Iranian curriculum and to compare this with the approaches in Japan’s educational system, a leading country in this field. Data for the research were collected through library sources, scientific and research articles, theses, and a systematic review of the literature was employed. The results indicate that while the Iranian curriculum is primarily focused on specialized subjects in basic and human sciences, Japan places significant emphasis on fostering cultural identity and Eastern ethics in its students. In Japan, the school system is not only viewed as an educational environment but also as a temple for developing individuals with strong cultural and moral identities.

Native and local games symbolize a socio-cultural feature shaped by the environmental conditions and ethnic beliefs of this country. In this applied study, data was collected electronically. The statistical population included individuals aged 17 to 65 residing in Khuzestan Province, from whom a sample of n=384 was selected using Cochran's formula. Data was gathered using a self-administered 14-item questionnaire on native and local games, the 29-item standardized Taheri Cultural Identity Questionnaire (2013), and the 20-item Safarinia and Roshan Social Identity Questionnaire (2011), with a reliability coefficient of 0.88. Data analysis was conducted using partial least squares structural equation modeling. The findings showed that all items (except for items 3, 32, and 46), had a factor loading above 0.4, indicating its appropriateness. Additionally, for all items, except the above three, t-value was above 1.96, indicating their significant effect at a 95% CI. This suggests that native and local games have a positive and significant effect on the cultural and social identity of citizens. Thus, these traditional games, as a valuable cultural heritage, can play a unique role in revitalizing the cultural and social identity of various ethnic groups in the province. In fact, the sustained and strategic attention of relevant organizations to these games can promote health, productivity, and protect society from identity crises, which are manifesting as cultural and generational conflicts.

Arabs in Khuzestan providence same as other Iranian ethnics have unwritten culture that has a great relationship with their past history, ancestors-epic, mother tongue, believes, tribal customs, ethnic pride, religious pride, ethnic prejudice, art and literature. Most of the studies carried out earlier and reviewed in literature focusing on Arabs in Khuzestan are more political in nature, thus cultural studies are deemed necessary and could have great contributions. This study intends to recognize identity components of Arab ethnic in Khuzestan (case study in Shadegan). Participants of this study were 376 native instructors. The qualitative method of focus groups was used as a research method. In numerous meetings and in the form of 13 groups of 10 people, focus groups were discussed and the opinions of the participants were discussed in relation to the subject of the article, discussions were continued until the discussion reached the stage of saturation and no new information was presented. Cultural identity in 7 areas that are proposed by Rouh al-Amini was used as a theoretical framework. Findings showed that language, literature, history, religion, scientists, and famous people and their master pieces, beliefs, geographical and ecological situations, hand-made tools; cultural places are the basic components of cultural identity of Arabs in Khuzestan.

The purpose of this research is to identify the Iranian-Islamic cultural model based on the concept of national identity of Iranians, which is a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of extracting concepts, compiling components and indicators of cultural identity from related research literature, obtaining confirmation with the Delphi method, extracting a conceptual model, assessing the situation available and compared with the desired situation, verification of validity and reliability, confirmatory factor analysis through a statistical population of 410 people (10 experts and 400 employees in cultural responsibilities). The findings include 1. Persian literature component with indicators of belief in expansion Persian language and the preservation and promotion of Iranian Islamic identity, 2. The component of Iranian Islamic sciences with indicators of belief in the progress of science and the development of human affairs using it and belief in the civilizational background of Iranian Islamic sciences in the world 3. The component of Iranian Islamic art and music with indicators of belief It is about the influence of Islamic Iranian art in the art of the world and the commitment to preserve and expand their continuity. The results also show that the Iranian-Islamic cultural model is based on the dimensions and components of the national identity, including the cultural identity of Iranians, as well as the integrated cultural identity with other dimensions of the national identity.

Customs play a prominent role in ethnic identity; because ethnic identity is constructed, revealed and experienced in the context and context of everyday life. Patterns of migration and accompanying social and cultural displacement lead ethnic minority groups to find ways of cultural resettlement in new places. Dealing with the cultural identity status of immigrants by emphasizing the component of customs can help to understand the mechanisms of change in identity, the state of acculturation and identification, rethinking and reconstruction of identity. In this regard the aim of research is to study the cultural identity of Lak immigrants living in Namjo district of Tehran, emphasizing the component of mourning and mourning customs.

This article is done with qualitative method. The studied community includes men and women of the Lak tribe who live in Namjo neighborhood of Tehran. The process of gathering information using the techniques of semi-structured and in-depth interviews continued until the saturation stage and finally reached 17 people who were selected using the snowball method. Thematic analysis method was used for data analysis.

The findings include 24 concepts and 6 main categories of "emphasis on the implementation of customs in the hometown”, “limitation of the conditions of the new environment”, “facilitation of participation”, “compulsion of tradition”, “strengthening solidarity" and "collectivism". From the perspective of the participants, the culture of their ethnic hometown is different from the culture of the host society. Due to being traditional, uniformity and cultural-ethnic similarity of the hometown, the challenge of identity or acculturation was not very important for them before migration and there were only small differences between the generation of parents and the generation of children in the field of choosing identity elements. In fact, with migration and change of location, they have faced ambiguities, doubts, questions and choices in the path of finding identity and belonging to the inherited culture or the culture of the host society. As social activists, they are forced to reflexivity and redefine the traditional components and sources of their identity in many situations.

The local customs and rituals of mourning and wedding as a cultural resource can play an important role in the identification and resettlement of Lak immigrants as a minority group of immigrants in the new environment and like a bridge in a symbolic way to and connect it to the hometown. In addition, reflexivity, commitment and adherence to the components of cultural identity are not the same among immigrants, and it is not possible to see an equal combination among people of the same generation or between two generations. Local-trans local identity is more dominant among the second generation than among the first generation. Although in many cases, the local cultural identity of the second generation may fade and they are not very interested in and adhere to some local customs and traditions, and they do not have much knowledge of Laki's identity; Despite this, they have the feeling of being Laki, and in general, Laki identity is a concept to which they have an emotional attachment.

Today, the growth of cultural media and the emergence of information networks in various forms lead to the emergence of new patterns of interaction between different societies and cultures. The purpose of this research is to investigate the mutual relationship between social networks and the cultural identity of young people and their families. For this purpose, based on the theoretical frameworks of identity and media and relying on the latest available sources and information and the data theory research method of the Foundation (31 concepts, and 4 categories), to investigate the impact of social networks on the cultural identity of young people (students of the Faculty of Science Azad University of Tehran, Center) has paid. Given that youth is very important as a social situation, it was chosen for the study. The results showed that social networks are a cultural platform that familiarized young people with the basic roles and processes for civic presence and helped them make social participation a part of their identities. Awareness and respect for values, responsibility, improving communication skills of young people, and active participation in civic and social activities is another opportunity of social networks.

This study aims at designing and introducing a model of policy making for enhancement of cultural identity of youths in Ilam province. This research was an applied study of the purpose and methodologically as mixed methods. After analyzing the data, 27 components of 621 concept codes were obtained and then classified at six dimensions including, cultural identity, religiously, cultural geography, language, cultural memory, and clothing. In the second study, the sample size was estimated as 380 people based on Cochran formula and after data collection, the statistical analysis of survey data was performed in two descriptive levels using statistical parameters (such as frequency, percentage, elongation, and mean) and inferential statistics (Levin test, t-test), confirmatory factor analysis using Spss 22 and Lisrel8.54. Significant coefficients and parameters of factors, home business, culture making of women job involvement, job culture enhancement, neighborhood identity enhancement, Neighborhood oriented approach in urban Management, empowerment of women showed that all of the coefficients obtained are significant. The results of principal component analysis showed that among the dimensions of the enhancement of cultural identity of youths in Ilam, the cultural identity has the greatest impact (0/92) and the cultural geography has the latest impact in the enhancement of cultural identity of youths in Ilam (0/69) and the respondents are not satisfied with all other components of questions and they express negative opinions and all components in the Cultural model for Policy Making for enhancement of cultural identity of youths in Ilam.

The purpose of present article is to analyze the individual-contextual cultural identity elements in the formation and stability of ethnic iIdentity of Turkish people in Iranian Azerbaijan. The method of this study is qualitative through snowball sampling method by interviewing with 22 of Turkish experts in Iranian Azerbaijan who are living in Tehran city and other Azeri provinces` centers in 2020. To validate the concepts of interviews, experts` ideas were applied through two consecutive stages. According to the “thematic analysis” obtained from the experts` interviews, from 144 contents, 74 categorized codes and 12 sub- themes and finally four main themes were recognized which are Geography, Language, Individual Attitude, and Biological Characteristics and their indexes were recognized as individual-contextual cultural identity elements in the formation and stability of ethnic iIdentity of Turkish people in Iranian Azerbaijan. Thus, the recognized cultural individual- contextual identity elements were the main features of Azeri nation`s formation and stability, also their continuity and synchronicity had led to the stability of t ethnic iIdentity of Turkish people in Iranian Azerbaijan.

According to the procedures of developments, plurality of cultures and the growth of urban modernization, local identity has become divergent from its primitive form and it is in fact undergoing constant changes. On the other side of the coin, this issue has a special notion among the generations. Additionally, present research takes into account the methods of constructive local identity rooted in cultural elements among Bandar Abbas’ citizens. The qualitative methodology devised in this study and required Data composed of semi-structured interview with 28 individuals include Men & Women ranging from 20 to 65 years old. The findings reflect generational differences upon constructive local identity and confrontation with. In fact, the first generation (over 50 years old) has a uniform and cohesive cultural-indigenous identity and resists new identities. The second group (31-50 years) puts elements of both indigenous and non-indigenous identities together, and finally the younger generation (20-30 years) has constructed its cultural identity in an incoherent and dual way.

One of the main issues that needs to be addressed in all societies is the strengthening of cultural identity. Strengthening the cultural identity strengthens the social solidarity of the society and also increases the social cohesion and social vitality of the society. Another benefit of strengthening cultural identity is the proper socialization of people. This study identified and analyzed the cultural policy to change the cultural identity of the youth of Ilam province. This research is practical in purpose and method, it is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In the first stage, the qualitative content analysis method (comparison) was used for data collection, where the statistical basis is approximately 80 sources in the field of youth cultural identity, which were purposefully selected. Next, the texts were examined and passages relevant to the research questions were selected. Next, the Delphi technique was used to determine the dimensions, components and indicators of cultural identity change among the youth of Ilam province. This study considered 15 experts and lecturers (full-time and part-time) in the fields of sociology and cultural management in Tehran universities as a statistical sample using a purposeful snowball sampling method to determine the validity of the qualitative phase. At the end of the first stage, the determination of the dimensions of the cultural identity change of the youth of the province of Ilam was presented in the six dimensions of the strengthening of the local (indigenous) identity of the youth, taking into account the religion of the youth. young people, to find out cultural geography, to strengthen the Farsi language of young people, taking into account the cultural memory of young people and taking into account the clothes of young people. The core statistical population of the study is the youth of Ilam province, which is approximately 300,000 people according to the county system. The sample size was estimated to be 380 people based on the Cochran formula, and statistical analysis was performed at two descriptive levels using statistical measures (such as frequency, percentage and mean) and the inferential level of confirmatory factor analysis using Spss 22 and Lisrel 8.54. Significance of obtained coefficients and parameters of dimensions of change of cultural identity of young people in Ilam province, strengthening of local (native) identity of young people, consideration of youth religion, identification of cultural geography., strengthening the cultural geography of young people. Focusing on the Farsi language of young people, the cultural memory of young people and the clothes of young people, it showed that all the obtained coefficients are significant.

Investigating cultural issues in multi-ethnic and multicultural societies is a necessity to reduce cultural divergences and realize social solidarity. Considering the emergence of some ethnic divergences in contemporary Iran, it is necessary to investigate such a phenomenon in the context of Iranian society. The ethnic cultural identity of the Arab people of khuzestan province has characteristics of cultural particularism and generalism, and today it has undergone a kind of re-creation. In this research, in order to identify the dimensions of this identity reconstruction, interviews were conducted with 20 experts in the field of cultural identity of the Arab people of khuzestan province. In this research, the method of qualitative content analysis based on theme analysis has been used. In general, the findings of the research about some of the most important variables affecting the re-creation of ethnic identity among the arab people of khuzestan province include: the functional weakness of civil institutions, the reduction of the cultural control of the central government, cultural tourism, greater acceptance of cultural pluralism, programs of local television channels (arabic) of iran broadcasting organization, growth of cultural capital, social mobility, feeling of relative deprivation and indifference of the political system to ethnic cultural identities in cultural policies. These variables indicate the existence of four dimensions of creative action in the studied society: "change", "innovation", "restoration" in the components of ethnic identity and the intensification of "divergence" and confrontation with the official and dominant culture in the society.

The emergence of social networks as a new, attractive and inclusive space has changed the dimensions and the structure of society. As a result, it has transformed previous identities and encouraged the creation of new ones. These changes have directly and indirectly affected the lives of young people. The present article is the result of research that social networks are interrelated with the cultural identity of young people and their families. For this purpose, based on the theoretical frameworks of identity and media, and relying on the latest available sources and information and research method of data theory of the foundation (52 concepts, and 5 categories), the impact of social networks on youth cultural identity ( Students of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Azad University of Tehran (center) has been examined. Given that youth is very important as a social situation, it was selected for this study. The results show that social networks are a series of motivational processes that fundamentally transform social-cultural identity, relationships, individuals, families, and phenomena such as individualism, diminishing parental authority, alienation, and growing anxiety.

The cultural identity is one of the issues that play an important role in the cultural and social cohesion of a society. To this end, this study begins with the main question of what is the cultural identity represented in the Persian lyrics of popular music? For this purpose, an attempt has been made to extract this concept by analyzing the lyrics of popular music in Iran.This research is qualitative and descriptive-exploratory. The method that is used is thematic analysis with thematic network technique .And the data analyzed in this method are collected using documentary technique. The sampling in this study is qualitative and of the purposeful sampling type. It has been analyzed by N Vivo 10 quality research software. The results show that identify cultural identity in the lyrics of popular music in Iran can be the following aspects:-aspect of WHY (religion, moral values, history and collective memory)-aspect of WHAT (Persian Language and Literature, Geography, Common political and cultural symbols in the land, A sense of social belonging, Cultural and ritual heritage, Refers to spiritual wealth)-aspect of HOW (Unity and integrity, Symbolic Mythology (Heroes), Historical milestones of Iran)

The purpose of this article is to identify and prioritize the elements of contextual-cultural identity in the creation and stability of the identity of the Turkish ethnicity.

The present research uses a mixed-methods (qualitative-quantitative) approach. In the qualitative phase, 22 Azeri experts living in Tehran City and other Turkish-speaking province centers in 2020 selected through snowball-sampling method to reach theoretical saturation were interviewed. In the quantitative phase, 384 residents of the centers of the Azeri provinces were selected through stratified random sampling method using Cochran's formula. Research instruments in qualitative part were checklist and semi-structured questionnaire. The instrument of the quantitative part was a researcher-made questionnaire extracted from the identified indicators of contextual-cultural identity in the creation and stability of the Turkish ethnic group. To validate the content of the interviews, two consecutive stages of surveys with experts were used. Content validity and structural validity were used to assess the validity and Cronbach's alpha was used to assess the reliability of the researcher-made questionnaire.

The findings of the qualitative section revealed that based on the “thematic analysis” obtained from the interviews with experts, from 144 contents, 74 categorized codes, 12 sub-themes and finally four main themes were recognized, inclusding:1. Geography, 2. Language, 3. Individual Attitude, and 4. Personality Characteristics; their indexes were recognized as contextual-cultural identity elements in the creation and stability of Turkish ethnicity. Moreover, the results of the quantitative section, according to the exploratory factor analysis, showed five factors affecting the creation and stability of the individual-contextual cultural identity element of Turkish ethnicity, including 1. Personality characteristics, 2. Language, 3. Gender differences, 4. Individual attitudes, and 5. Geography. The results of one-sample t-test proved that the contextual-cultural identity, to a large extent, affects the creation and stability of the identity of the Turkish ethnicity. In this category, geography and language had the most important and gender differences had the least important role.

Hence, geography and language are the most important elements of contextual-cultural identity in the creation and stability of the identity of the Turkish ethnicity.

Today, in addition to special opportunities providing through globalization of media, it increases interpersonal and cross-cultural relations and makes changes in culture of people and in their identity. Because the dominant aspect of media is cultural area, as a result it involves more power and rate in forming cultural identity of its audience. The present study investigates the influence of Global Mass Media such as Internet and Satellite TV on Cultural Identity of students at Kashan University. The theoretical discussions are based on Mark Poster, Stuart Hall and John Tomlinson in New Communication Media, Globalization and Cultural Identity area. The empirical research method is Survey and statistical population is the students of Kashan University in 2014-2015. The statistical sample size by Cochran’s formula is evaluated about 250 persons. The obtained results indicate that there is significant relationship variable such as “Duration and extent of use of the Internet”, “Duration and extent of use of the Satellite TV”, “Using Scientific sources (in Persian) of Internet” and “Using various programs of Satellite TV” with “Cultural Identity of Students”. Also in multi variable analysis “Using Scientific sources (in Persian) of Internet”, “Duration and extent of use of the Internet” and “Duration and extent of use of the Satellite TV” have the most influence on “Cultural Identity of Students”, respectively.

The process of globalization has provided the condi[1]tions for the emergence of local and ethnic cultural identities, and was not leading to cultural unification in practice. Identity is a variable that changes during the social experience and with the formation and expansion of new communication tools and methods. This study identify and describe the construction of the  Arab people of Khuzestan province's identity in virtual social networks by qualitative content analysis method and tries to identify a pattern for recreating the ethnic cultural identity of this people in their activity in the virtual social network Instagram. For this purpose, 30 selected posts from 20 active channels related to the cultural-ethnic identity of this people in the virtual social network Instagram were selected and through studying them based on the content analysis unit, users' action patterns were discovered. The results indicate the existence of three action models: confrontation with official culture, Repetition, and innovation in the elements of ethnic cultural identity of the Arab people of Khuzestan province.

The process of globalization has provided the conditions for the emergence of local and ethnic cultural identities, and was not leading to cultural unification in practice. Identity is a variable that changes during the social experience and with the formation and expansion of new communication tools and methods. This study identifies and describe the construction of the Arab people of Khuzestan province's identity in virtual social networks by qualitative content analysis method and tries to identify a pattern for recreating the ethnic cultural identity of this people in their activity in the virtual social network Instagram. For this purpose, 30 selected posts from 20 active channels related to the cultural-ethnic identity of this people in the virtual social network Instagram were selected and through studying them based on the content analysis unit, users' action patterns were discovered. The results indicate the existence of three action models: confrontation with official culture, repetition, and innovation in the elements of ethnic cultural identity of the Arab people of Khuzestan province.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between cultural identity and the consumption of cultural goods in young women in Shahinshahr. The theoretical framework of the research is based on the cultural identity and consumption of cultural goods of Iranian society. This study was conducted by quantitative and survey research method and using a questionnaire and in terms of practical purpose and nature of correlation. The statistical population of this study was young women in Shahinshahr. The sample size was estimated to be 377 according to Cochran's sampling formula. The data of this study were based on classification sampling. The content validity of the questionnaire was calculated by the experts and the reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data analysis was performed by statistical methods in 23 Spss and Amos software. At the level of inferential statistics, Kalmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equations were used. The correlation results showed that there is a significant correlation between cultural identity and consumption of cultural goods. Analysis of structural equations showed that the model variables namely language, religion, cultural geography, history and historical memory, social system, respectively 190 /, 185 /, 308 /, 218, / 182 with the consumption of cultural goods at a significant level 001 There is a meaningful relationship. Based on the research results, according to the context of society, it can be said that the dimensions of cultural identity affect the consumption of cultural goods.

The study of "form," which means components of perceptible artwork, requires distinctive considerations in different works and arts, in such a way, that the form is in numerous media formats as well as various social and cultural contexts. There is a different presence and existence, and this different entity has led to some works titled "fine arts" and others "applied arts." The study, description, and analysis of form in the applied arts is an incomplete process without considering the biological, social, and cultural identities of the productive societies and the practical necessities of these works. The main issue in this research is the analysis and analysis of the type of feminine component of carpet as one of the essential applied arts in Iran with the cultural context of its production, to recognize and interpret the kind of impact of the components of cultural and social relations and interactions of carpet manufacturing communities on the formal characteristics of the product. The type of research correlates with the required information gathered by library and field methods (observation card). This information has also been analyzed using "third type quantization" and "cluster analysis" methods as efficient methods in social and cultural studies. The results of this study, while presenting a clear picture of the type of distribution and clustering of form characteristics of the carpet as well as the cultural components of the production of this product in the target community, show the association of the various orientations of the femoral features with the social and cultural context of production; Specifically, these orientations are more evident concerning the type of social-cultural structure of urban/non-urban carpet producing groups Including the influence of formal characteristics of the carpet production system and how it continues, as well as the geographical dependencies of producers (especially in areas where the lifestyle and cultural context of production communities are more dependent on geography and natural environment).