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Faces and Bodies: Gendered Modernity and mode Photography in Tehran
Gender & History ISSN 0953-5233 Alec H. Balasescu, ‘Faces and Bodies: Gendered Modernity and Fashion Photography in Tehran’ Gender & History, Vol.17 No.3 November 2005, pp. 737–768. .......................................................................................................................................................... Faces and Bodies: Gendered Modernity and Fashion Photography in Tehran Alec H. Balasescu .......................................................................................................................................................... This article discusses the production of fashion photography in Tehran, emphasising the modes of representation of bodies in public spaces. The empirical argument of this article is based on interviews with mode designers and three photographers in Tehran, observations at two photographic sessions for fashion and observations on di
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Original Research Paper
Application of Linkography method to analyze the teacher-student interactions in the basic architectural design studio
Shima Mehrad; Omid Dezhdar; GHolamreza Talischi
Abstract
Extended AbstractBackground and Objectives: There are multiple challenges in teaching and learning the basic architectural design studio, since students are at their novice skill level, ... Read More Extended AbstractBackground and Objectives: There are multiple challenges in teaching and learning the basic architectural design studio, since students are at their novice skill level, and they are unfamiliar with the nature of the design knowledge and the interaction with their teachers. The most important activity in these studios, which leads to developing the students’ novice design skills, is the “teacher-student interactions” during the student’s progress. “Donald Schon”, a philosopher and researcher in the field of desig•
Russia: Another Hot Front
Is Russia trying to provoke a war on Georgia's border? Last week saw the latest in a series of flare-ups as Georgian troops moved into the remote Kodori valley in the breakaway region of Abkhazia. The Georgians were chasing local tribal leader Emzar Kvitsiani, who had declared that he'd form a private army to resist Tbilisi's authority. Georgia accuses Russia of encouraging Kvitsiani's mini-rebellion; worse, claim the Georgians, Russia's also helping separatists in another restive province, South Ossetia.
Why would Moscow want to set fire to the Caucasus, especially at a time when conflicts are intensifying from Afghanistan to Lebanon? According to Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, Georgia's been "enemy number one" to the Kremlin since its pro-Western Rose Revolution in 2003. This year, though, tensions have come to a head. Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili recently accused Moscow of being behind a mysterious explosion on a gas line. In May, Russia bann