مریم الهدوستی

Abstract

Culture is considered one of the most important components of the life of cities, and urban cultural policies can appear in the role of driving and facilitating urban development policies.   In fact, city-based cultural policies have emerged as the most important innovation in the field of cultural and local policies in recent years.   The city of Tabriz, as one of the most important metropolises of Iran, has always been considered from different dimensions throughout history, and Tabriz is considered as one of the most historical and at the same time the most influential city on the urban and cultural developments of Iran.   In this research, the cultural policies of the city of Tabriz have been studied from the perspective of its residents. Considering the background that Tabriz city has experienced and also the fact that the residents of Tabriz city have special identity, ethnic and linguistic characteristics, we have tried in this research by focusing on axes such as dealing with heritage and the past, naming roads, statues-   Let us study the urban elements and the ethnic policies of the city, the cultural policies of the city and what is happening in the city of Tabriz from the eyes and language of its residents. It seems that the city of Tabriz is becoming more and more different from its past and due to these cultural policies, it is taking on a more modern face. but we have to see how the residents of Tabriz city narrate the cultural policies of their city and what is their understanding of it?   What kind of feeling and pattern of connection with the city do the cultural policies of Tabriz create for its residents?   This research was conducted qualitatively with thematic analysis method.   The statistical population of the research, educated men and women, cultural personalities and activists, are generally citizens over ۲۵ years old, who have lived in Tabriz city for more than ۱۰ years and have sufficient knowledge in relation to understanding cultural policies, issues and   Have research questions.   The sample consisted of ۱۵ people (۸ men and ۷ women) who were purposefully selected and the method of data collection was through semi-structured interviews.   In the theoretical part of this research, we have used Lefebvre and the production of space, Benjamin and memory, Doserto and resistance, Miztal and memory.   The findings of this research have been expressed in the form of seven main themes: "the suffering of forgetting, traces of memory, frequent collapse, politics of memory, the other of the city, channeling the city and resistance activism".   In fact, the narrative of the residents of Tabriz city about the cultural policies of their city has been   described and analyzed in the form of these themes. The findings of this research indicate that in recent years, with the implementation of top-down policies, the city of Tabriz has moved away from its historical and previous urban development model and has adopted a modern model. also according to the findings, the cultural policies of Tabriz city are applied to the city without considering the participation and interests of the citizens.   This has made the residents face resistance to these policies and a kind of prejudice towards their city.

  Keywords: cultural policy, Tabriz city, modernization, memory, forgetting, memory, ethnic and linguistic diversity