Sociology
Somayeh Rahmani; aboutorab talebi; Mohammadsaeed Zokaei
Abstract
Subjectivity is the reflexive experience of awareness and individual agency in interaction with self and the real, symbolic and institutional others. The purpose of this study is to understand the social and semantic complexities of the Kurdish women subjectivity. This study has been conducted using ...
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Subjectivity is the reflexive experience of awareness and individual agency in interaction with self and the real, symbolic and institutional others. The purpose of this study is to understand the social and semantic complexities of the Kurdish women subjectivity. This study has been conducted using in-depth individual interviews, within the framework of interpretive-constructivist approach and grounded theory method. Based on the findings the subjectivity of Kurdish women can be understood through the experience of suspension as a central phenomenon. This experience was classified under the four concepts of suspension of cognition and agency, suspension of lived experience, conscious suspension of fear, and suspension as a strategy. Normative institutions, regulatory institutions, being in the minority and economic status are among the categories related to background conditions and institutional relations, experience of subjugation, social connections and resources available to the individual are considered as intervening conditions. Protection strategy, resistance strategy and negotiation were recognized as three types of strategies. by showing the complexity of subjectivity in Kurdish women's experiences, this study shows that the subjectivity of Kurdish women is slippery and combined, mixed and multiple, and in the three categories of female subjectivity, passive-unembodied-internal subjectivity vs. Embodied/active and delocalized subjectivity are placed.
Demography
Latif Partovi; Mohammad Shayanmehr
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The elderly are among the most vulnerable groups during crises and gender is one of the most important factors in this regard. The purpose of this study was to explore gender differences of lived experiences of young elderly people during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Using a qualitative method, 13 young elderly ...
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The elderly are among the most vulnerable groups during crises and gender is one of the most important factors in this regard. The purpose of this study was to explore gender differences of lived experiences of young elderly people during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Using a qualitative method, 13 young elderly people (60-74 years old including 7 men and 6 women) were selected through purposive sampling in Mahabad and interviewed using a semi-structured format. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi method. The results were classified in two themes including "Transformed home and dwindling physical and spiritual powers" for women, and "Social distance and disturbed retirement life" for men. Based on the results, it is concluded that during pandemic older women were exposed to double physical and psychological pressures inside home while men faced increasing in emotional pressure due to not being able to go outside. Therefore, it is suggested that in policy formation, while understanding the different position of young elderly men and women, especially the situation of women, pay more attention to the role of family members and their social support in addition to official supportive measures.
Mahdokht Ghorbani; Alireza Shojaeezand
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This study concerns the situation of sociology education in Iran through a phenomenological approach. The question is: “what is the role of sociology education in the current situation of Iran?” In this research, we tried to categorize different influential reasons on sociology conditions, ...
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This study concerns the situation of sociology education in Iran through a phenomenological approach. The question is: “what is the role of sociology education in the current situation of Iran?” In this research, we tried to categorize different influential reasons on sociology conditions, and after demonstrating the importance of the teaching, we straight to the reality of sociology education without any postulated approach. The methodology is grounded theory which lets us look at this subject from a phenomenological approach. The first step is to refer to the involved actors in the education process to explain the reality as they are experiencing and living it. This plan is completed by interviewing seven professors and 15 students from three universities in Iran. These interviews are taken in open and semi-open techniques, which provided us a level of reality based on the lived experience of the actors, the consciousness of sociology teaching, classes, and the university environment. The sample size was chosen based on theoretical saturation. To analyze data, an open and axial codification was applied, and by specifying the central categories, the authors reached a conceptual ordering and a description of the current situation of sociology education in Iran.
Shokouh Afyouni; Asemeh Ghasemi
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Historically men have notably migrated more often than women. However, these migration patterns have changed vastly during recent years; more women are now able to access higher forms of education which often allow them to attain a more privileged level of social status. There has especially been an ...
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Historically men have notably migrated more often than women. However, these migration patterns have changed vastly during recent years; more women are now able to access higher forms of education which often allow them to attain a more privileged level of social status. There has especially been an increase in the number of Iranian women migrating and as a result many authors have been questioning why such changes may have occurred. In this article, we attempt to answer the question: What are the experiences of Iranian immigrant women with a master's degree or higher living in the Canadian cities of Toronto and Montreal? To explore this question, 11 Iranian women (ages 20-40) who had chosen Canada to continue their higher education (masters and doctoral degrees) were interviewed. The study was conducted using the social interpretive approach and during the stage of information analysis the Colaizzi method was used. From the information obtained, it can be said that the lives of the participating women have changed immensely as a result of having migrated. This especially applies to their social lives, which seems to have been impacted drastically.
Minoo Salimi; Ahmad Naderi
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Since earthquake has a wide range of effects on people's lives, we can think of it as an important variable in the changes of societies’ social life. The social consequences of the disaster vary according to age, gender, economic and social class. Children, women and low-income people are among ...
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Since earthquake has a wide range of effects on people's lives, we can think of it as an important variable in the changes of societies’ social life. The social consequences of the disaster vary according to age, gender, economic and social class. Children, women and low-income people are among the most suffering groups. This qualitative research has been conducted with the aim of understanding the women’s lived experiences of earthquakes in Sarpol-e-Zahab. This study has used a phenomenological approach and conducted semi-structured interviews with 30 women affected by the earthquake. As a result, there are 90 interview texts and 10 written texts of informant’s lived experiences and their interpretation, which are recorded in 120 semantic units. The findings of the study, which are 18 sub-themes and finally 5 main themes, show that women go through very difficult conditions. Identity crisis and their incompatibility with the post-earthquake condition, sexual abuse, committing suicide, decreasing in the age of committing suicide, earthquake and post-earthquake phobia, sudden lifestyle change, lack of peace, lack of facilities and financial capacity, qualitative and quantitative difficulties and disorders in schools, the increase in family strife, the increase in divorce, the increase in violence have caused social, psychological and cultural unrest in this city.
