Identification of cultural damages of the country; A qualitative study

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Kiyumars Moladoost ¹ , Amirmasoud Amirmazaheri ² , Mostafa Akbarian ³

1 - Master Student of Cultural Affairs Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
2 - Associate Professor and faculty Member of Social Sciences Department, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
3 - Associate Professor and faculty Member of Department of Anthropology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Received: 2023-03-06 Accepted : 2023-03-06 Published : 2022-12-22

Keywords: سیاست‌های فرهنگی, نظام فرهنگی, Cultural system, آسیب‌شناسی فرهنگی, حکمرانی فرهنگی, cultural pathology, governance of culture, cultural policies,

Abstract :

Culture as one of the main elements of development has an important role in thecomprehensive development of a country, so to achieve an ideal and developedsociety, the prevailing culture in any society needs attention and care. The purposeof this study is to identify cultural harms in Iran and classify them. For this purpose,the meta-synthesis method, which is one of the types of meta-study methods, wasused. In this study, a small combination of the results of research conducted in thefield of 'cultural pathology' has been reviewed. In order to do the right thing, in thefirst step, following the answer to this research question, the component of culturalharms was identified, and in the next steps, the articles related to the classificationand identification of the component were searched and received. Findings showedthat qualitative articles in the field of cultural pathology were reviewed andanalyzed and indicators in components in the field of cultural pathology wereidentified. The component of 'cultural ambiguity' with had the highestfrequency in the field of 'cultural pathology'. The components of 'culturalaggression' are , 'change of individual beliefs' is , 'cyberspace' and'poverty' are each, Also, 'weakness of family marriage' and 'ignorance ofIranian culture' each accounted for percent. By explaining the existence ofIranian culture, the cultural authorities of the country provide the cultural growthand development of the country Cultural institutions must provide conditions in asuitable context where all the cultural and artistic abilities of Iran are revealed.