Analyzing Rural People's Attitudes to Traditional Methods of Retaliation in Resolving Ethnic Conflicts Between Nomads and Villagers and The Required Cultural Extension and Education

الموضوعات :

Maryam Pourgholami Sedaghati ¹ , Batool Mehregan ² , Seyed Alireza Hosseini ³

1 - PhD student, Department of Theology and Islamic Studies, Mahalat Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahalat, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Theology and Islamic Studies, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Theology and Islamic Studies, Mahallat Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahallat, Iran.

تاريخ الإرسال : 17 الإثنين , محرم, 1444 تاريخ التأكيد : 27 الجمعة , صفر, 1444 تاريخ الإصدار : 27 الجمعة , صفر, 1444

الکلمات المفتاحية: Iran, Attitude, extension and education, ethnic conflicts, Nomads and Villagers,

ملخص المقالة :

The purpose of this research is to analyzing people's attitudes to traditional methods of retaliation in resolving ethnic conflicts between nomads and villagers and the required cultural extension and education, Iran through qualitative method. To achieve the objectives of the research, semi-structured interviews and brainstorming techniques were used to collect data, and triangulation was used to evaluate the validity of qualitative findings. In order to implement the qualitative method, three types of open, axial and selective coding were used. MAXqda12 software was used to analyze the collected data. Based on qualitative analysis, 21 initial codes with 257 repetitions with 12 sub-categories in 4 main categories of culture building in reducing conflicts, paying attention to religious traditions in solving ethnic conflicts, paying attention to the views and opinions of tribal elders and holding educational and extension courses in the development of participation and social and cultural interactions were identified. By considering the results of this research, cultural affairs planners can aim to reduce conflicts and the number of court cases.

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