Two cultures and a common perception of architecture: A reflection on the architecture and architects’ Status from the 7th to the 9th- century A.H

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1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Architecture, Central Tehran Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 professor, Department of Architecture, Central Tehran Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant professor, Department of Architecture, Central Tehran Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/scart.2024.139646.1355

Abstract

Architectural history studies have predominantly concentrated on formalistic investigations and the physical and natural variables' influences on buildings, which has led to neglecting affiliated fields such as immaterial factors or architecture actors. Due to these deficiencies, this study aims to reveal the position of architecture, architects, and immaterial factors that have affected them, in a portion of the Islamic epoch. With the assumption that the past concept of architecture has changed nowadays, and it has a collective nature, the research theoretical foundation is reliant on the actor-network theory, while its implications and denotations have been adapted to the ideas of the research period intellectuals. The study process is qualitative and of an interpretative-historical approach. The results demonstrate that The evolution of the understanding of architecture as an independent knowledge in this era is owed to the legacy of ancient and early Islamic periods, and despite the influences of religion and Sufism on architects and architecture of this time, it seems that the effectiveness of power discourse has been more than them.

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Sociology of Culture and Art

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 21 December 2024

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