Coffeehouses (Re)Appropriated: Counterpublics and Cultural Resistance in Tabriz, Iran
(2020) In Urban Planning 5(4). p.183-192- Abstract
- Over the last decade, traditional coffeehouses have attracted increasing interest in the city of Tabriz, Iran, in the context
of consistent state monitoring and restriction of public life—particularly so among non-Persian ethnolinguistic populations.
Relying on a combination of ethnographic methods (observations, interviews, and visual documentation), this article
explores the everyday life of two coffeehouses in Tabriz through a theoretical lens of third place, counterpublics, and
everyday ethics of resistance. Coffeehouses are currently retaining functions as third places; cross-generational venues
for preserving cultural, artistic, and linguistic identity as well as institutions of social defiance, resting on... (More) - Over the last decade, traditional coffeehouses have attracted increasing interest in the city of Tabriz, Iran, in the context
of consistent state monitoring and restriction of public life—particularly so among non-Persian ethnolinguistic populations.
Relying on a combination of ethnographic methods (observations, interviews, and visual documentation), this article
explores the everyday life of two coffeehouses in Tabriz through a theoretical lens of third place, counterpublics, and
everyday ethics of resistance. Coffeehouses are currently retaining functions as third places; cross-generational venues
for preserving cultural, artistic, and linguistic identity as well as institutions of social defiance, resting on elaborate ethical
codes and tacit social agreements. Through mechanisms of everyday ethics and cultural practices re-connecting to local
history, cultural creativity, and language, insiders are distinguished from outsiders, serving to build trust, security, and
solidarity in the context of Iranian state monitoring and restricted social space. (Less)
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- Foroughanfar, Laleh LU
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- publishing date
- 2020-11-12
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- coffeehouses, counterpublics, cultural resistance, everyday ethics, Iran, third place
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- Urban Planning
- volume
- 5
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Cogitatio
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- scopus:85098967110
- ISSN
- 2183-7635
- DOI
- 10.17645/up.v5i4.3309
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- English
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- yes
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- 4917fd7e-b461-4eff-84ae-24e39cd97b62
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abstract = {{Over the last decade, traditional coffeehouses have attracted increasing interest in the city of Tabriz, Iran, in the context<br/>of consistent state monitoring and restriction of public life—particularly so among non-Persian ethnolinguistic populations.<br/>Relying on a combination of ethnographic methods (observations, interviews, and visual documentation), this article<br/>explores the everyday life of two coffeehouses in Tabriz through a theoretical lens of third place, counterpublics, and<br/>everyday ethics of resistance. Coffeehouses are currently retaining functions as third places; cross-generational venues<br/>for preserving cultural, artistic, and linguistic identity as well as institutions of social defiance, resting on elaborate ethical<br/>codes and tacit social agreements. Through mechanisms of everyday ethics and cultural practices re-connecting to local<br/>history, cultural creativity, and language, insiders are distinguished from outsiders, serving to build trust, security, and<br/>solidarity in the context of Iranian state monitoring and restricted social space.}},
author = {{Foroughanfar, Laleh}},
issn = {{2183-7635}},
keywords = {{coffeehouses; counterpublics; cultural resistance; everyday ethics; Iran; third place}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{11}},
number = {{4}},
pages = {{183--192}},
publisher = {{Cogitatio}},
series = {{Urban Planning}},
title = {{Coffeehouses (Re)Appropriated: Counterpublics and Cultural Resistance in Tabriz, Iran}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v5i4.3309}},
doi = {{10.17645/up.v5i4.3309}},
volume = {{5}},
year = {{2020}},
}