فصلنامه مطالعات میان فرهنگی
پیاپی 38 (بهار 1398)

Achieving social acceptance and respect for cultural diversity, requires recognition and awareness of attitudes and behavioral discrepancies among the individuals in multicultural societies. the university atmosphere, as an important educational center that attracts persons with different intellectual and cultural background, plays a significant role in presenting such awareness to the students. Furthermore, given the change in function and outlook of museums in recent century and their focus on social, educational issues, and public interest and needs, the impact of museums on raising such awareness is substantial. This article aims to evaluate the impact of museum experience on intercultural competence of Iranian-Afghan students in academic atmosphere. The conceptual framework is designed based on Deardorff Intercultural Competence Model. This developmental survey was done using questionnaire and holding an exhibition in form of museum experience among Iranian-Afghan students in Kharazmi University. Structural Equation Modeling was applied to analyze the data. Our findings show that raising awareness through museum experience has a considerable impact on intercultural competence.

The Concept of Development is Targeted the may of improvement of the social system.This Concept has located in the field of socio-economic axis, But after the UNESCO Organization for the last decade of the 20th century called the World Decade of Cultural Development, The main axis has allocated to the field of culture and their develops.cultural development as a precondition to achieve the all side develops. So, according to importance of this development, The purpose of this research is to study the role of social capital in the cultural development of Ilam citizens. Survey resarch method  and and data gathering tool is questionnaires.and it’s theories of social capital in used  of ,Bourdieu ,Pattenam, Coleman  and Fukuyama, in direction of research hypotheses.The sample size is 385 has been determinate by multi-stage cluster sampling. Data has been analyzed by softwares SPSS and AMOS.The results show that social trust, social participation, social relations, social commitment and cultural development has a direct relationship and meaningful. The results of structural equation modeling show that social capital variables account for 47% of the variance of cultural development.

The ancient Iran has had a wide variety of races and minorities since the past. Hence, it is possible to refer to the substantial evidence with regard to the impact of various subcultures on Iranian culture. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the role of Zoroastrians in the promotion and excellence of Iranian culture. The premise of this study is that the Zoroastrian activities and practices in the years after the arrival of Islam in Iran to the contemporary period were influenced by the Islamic culture and belief system which contributed to the promotion and excellence of Iranian culture. The data collection tools were library and documentary studies and descriptive-analytical research method was used. The result of this study suggests that the conformity of the Zoroastrianism practices with cultural and ethical basis of their religion, struggling to preserve and safeguard the national identity, as well as striving for social development, has led to the promotion and excellence of Iranian culture. Finally, the impact of the culture on a nation’s individual and social performance is inevitable. The study of historical procedure and social action of nations confirms these points.

Culture is one of the factors that tourists consider when choosing their destination, and what the cultural level of the host society is and what its cultural differentiation is from other nations. Understanding the culture of the community is therefore one of the ways to attract tourists by enhancing their competitive advantages and identify the weaknesses to solve them.The methodology of this research is qualitative and based on the grounded theory. Data is collected through interview and observations. The research community consisted of thirteen people selected from tourism experts including university professors, officials and tourism industry activists. The research was conducted by snowball method with theoretical saturation criterion. The findings of the interviews are coded (open, axial, and selective) and the concepts and categories obtained are analyzed. The core topic of this survey is "Tourism Culture", which covers other categories. The research findings have twenty propositions about this phenomenon. In summary, it can be said that the causal conditions include Identity circles, influencing others, the intrinsic interests of humans, Reflect on behavior and culture, cultural similarities Internal conflicts and self-adaptation, and Demonstrative behaviors. Familiarity with literature and travel algorithm, influencing other cultures, moving away from daily routine were Interfering conditions, and Strategies include identity preservation, interactive spaces, dissent, laws and regulations and policy making, As well as decreasing growth opportunities, declining economic growth, cultural integration, cultural divide, consumerization and commercialization of culture were the consequences.

In the spiritual teachings of Shi'ism in Islam, the infallible as the perfect human being have been a model for believers and are a source of evangelism and guidance for those seeking eternal divine truths in Islamic culture. This article seeks to exemplify the cultural competences of the infidels, especially the Alawite and Razavi cultures, in dealing with other people in cultural relationships, so that by recognizing the cultural competencies as much as possible, this model can be applied to believers seeking knowledge and truth on the basis of their power and potential to apply their own capacity. According to the purpose of the research, the research question is: What is the pattern (dimensions and components) of cultural competences from the Islamic point of view (Quran and infallible) with emphasis on Alawi and Razavi culture? To answer this question, qualitative content analysis method was used by thematic analysis method by Delphi technique to confirm its validity and reliability. After careful reading of the texts (scientific documents and verses and narratives), the concepts derived from it were extracted and assigned a code. Research findings in two main themes include: the first theme, respect and recognition of cross culture while adhering to their culture and the second theme is appropriate intercultural approach and each of the main themes has multiple sub themes which are presented in detail in the research findings section. It's been talked about.

Is the way of the Activity and Growth of humanities, including cultural studies and Cultural Sociology smoothly and without crisis, or this way along the course of its development is faced with faults and abysses, which should be possible while recognizing its problems in the thought of choice. The goal is to reach the logical insight that fill up the gaps in the work of science; And it would be possible for the endless path of The growth of cultural and comparative related sciences to continue to meet the perpetual human needs. therefore Finding and expressing the foundations of consistency and the strength of human science is important to socialand cultural science scholars; And can answer some pseudo-misplaced doubts and make excellent quality researchers in this field of science. The method of this paper is based on the model of qualitative and Thinking sociology and, while utilizing the texts and links with Compilation of testimonials, the findings have been elaborated. In the end, the result is that interpretiveism, with the efforts of the elders of this field, if properly recognized and applied; Regardless of any tangible, subjective, interpretations, the potent bridge is an effective way to go through some of the discontinuities and discourses that are sometimes fragmented in the Cultural and Comparative Sciences . However, In the way of the revival of interpretive culturalogy, theoreticians must also be exploited.