Constructing meaning around Jafarabad neighborhood

Gholipoor, Siavash; Amiri, Nader; Ahmadi, Ziba

doi:10.22054/qjss.2025.78460.2766

Constructing meaning around Jafarabad neighborhood

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

siavash gholipoor ¹

nader amiri ²

ziba ahmadi ³

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

³ M. A Student in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjss.2025.78460.2766

Abstract

This article examines the process of construction of meaning in Jafarabad neighborhood in Kermanshah metropolis. The theoretical framework of the research is based on the opinions of Rob Shields about ‘social spatialization’. The research method is ethnography and data collection techniques include interview and observation. The findings of the research show that the poverty of the infrastructure and service facilities of the neighborhood along with the various activities of the residents in their everyday life has caused a kind of ‘social spatialization’ around the neighborhood, which is supported by many images. 1. The Jafarabad peoples' encounter with the Lats at the beginning of the formation of the neighborhood led to the creation of the myth-space of "Bravery" and "Courage" in the neighborhood; 2. Repeated mass fights gradually added the concept of "violence" to it; 3. The lack of public spaces, along with women living in alleys, caused the emergence of a "rural" image in the neighborhood; 4. In the last four decades, a dynamic and self-sustaining economy in the field of waste, livestock sales and chicken sales started in the neighborhood, which made the face of the neighborhood ugly in terms of morphology. ".

Keywords

"ایماژه"

"جعفرآباد"

"خشونت"

"فضاسازی اجتماعی"

"کرمانشاه"

"نزاع‌های دسته جمعی"

Subjects

Sociology

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