The Study of Iranian Government Cultural Policies on Guilan Folklore Music

Subject Areas : Journal of Cultural Management

Mostafa Feyzesabet ¹ , S. Abdolhossein Mokhtabad ² , Fatemeh Baratlou ³

1 - مسئول مکاتبات
2 - ندارد
3 - ندارد

Received: 2014-01-11 Accepted : 2014-03-19 Published : 2013-12-22

Keywords: Local Music, Cultural Policy, Modern Life, Aboriginal Identity, Guilan Folklore Music,

Abstract :

Introduction and purpose: The main aim of this thesis is to study the effect and cause of Iranian Government cultural policy on Guilan Province's Folklore Music. This study addressed the following research question in mind the impact on the local music Guilan Cultural policy is? The answers to these questions, the objectives of this research are considered. Method: The method of this research is also multi-method, including some interviews with influentials people and also analysis of provided data. The population in this study, Cultural policy enforcement organizations in Guilan, Whose function is associated with the folk music of Guilan. Findings: The study shows several factors that had a deep effects on Guilan Local Music, including: cultural policy making, the modernization process in Iran, social and cultural changes, the arrival of broadcasting technologies specially Radio and TV, and the role of cultural managers. Also according to the results, The role of cultural policy in reducing the folk music of Guilan was approved Respectively Factors such as lack of adequate resources devoted to the folk music of Guilan, No need for a musical survey of youth people, Implementation of legislation in accordance with the intellectual property rights of artists, And lack of adequate funding for local groups Guilan have been identified. Conclusion: The writer at the end came to this conclusion that by revising the governmental policies towards folklore music, this dying heritage would be able to continue it's existence and be able to be a part of Iranian local and even national heritage and icon forever.