The article provides a critical assessment of the more recent literature that relies on theoretical frameworks such as post modernism and globalization to deal with national identity, ethnicity and cultural mobility. Explaining sensitive and complicated issues such as identity requires the extensive use of the native historical, cultural and sociological sources related to the Iranian experienc...

An increasing interest in qualitative data archiving and data sharing raises interesting challenges for researchers in terms of the ways in which they approach and treat documentary data and other secondary sources. Exploring the potential of documents to make sense of complex social worlds enables a consideration of the distinctive and multidimensional qualities of ‘documents of life’. In ‘a q...

Abstract The House is Black a lyrical documentary by modernist Iranian poet and filmmaker, Forough Farrokhzad. It kind of symbolic visual poem about leper patients leprosarium in Iran made 1962, which transcends time place. This paper describes the ways emphasis on human body, references to historical religious sources, use Biblical verses replace conventional interviews create narrative film. ...

This article explores the methodological implications of actor-network theory for social research. Pointing to an increasing awareness of ANT in sociological discourse, but assuming that it is more widely known than well understood, the article outlines some of the key features of ANT as an approach to social life, before addressing the tricky question of how these ideas translate into methodol...

Atomic Zone was developed at the Entertainment Technology Center to immerse a student in the after-effects of a nuclear bomb blast through a virtual 3D walkthrough. The tone strives to be apolitical, presenting Hiroshima soon after its 1945 bombing. The Unity game engine was used to present narrative aspects through visuals, sound, and animations, allowing students to witness the damage that a ...