The Semiotic Analysis of Intercultural Relations Mechanism in Discursive System of Kerman Carpets

Today, change of attitude to carpet studies is seriously felt because such area is experiencing changes in its value system. Carpet has changed from a purely functional object into a significant and multi-dimensional medium. Discursive system of Kerman’s carpet with its brilliant history can be considered as one of the most important centers for the production of discourse and meaning in Persian carpet system. Discursive system in Kerman’s carpet has several dimensions in which intercultural process can be considered as one of the active discursive fields. A number of Kerman’s Qajar carpets belonging to pictorial genre display deep intertextual relations with French pictorial tapestries. These carpets depict mythic narrative in the form of visual texts by a translating process based on visual system.These visual translations can imply the deep meanings of intercultural relations in a discursive action. Using semiotic approach and comparative analysis method, this research aims to answer the following main questions: which mechanism does intercultural relations process in discursive studies of Kerman’s carpet follow and which discursive elements can be effective in semiotic analysis of the intercultural relations process?By studying intercultural relations in two kinds of visual texts of Kerman’s carpet and French tapestry, this article has tried to show intercultural relations mechanism in different media and cultures. In order to achieve this overall purpose, meaning or meanings that are searchable in the communication process will be evaluated.