Imperatives of Cultural Policymaking for Ethnic Communities; A Strategy Based on Master Documents and Viewpoints of Shareholders (A Case Study of Kurdish Community)

An ideal cultural policy in the field of ethnicity is the one that, while heeding master documents, pays special attention to the ecosystem of an ethnic community and is not planned in vacuum. The present article, employing thematic analysis in the field of related master documents and in-depth interview with related interest groups in this field as well as extracting the commonalities of the garnered codes, has found some principles for realistic policymaking.
Given the increasing significance of the Kurdish community, either religiously as the largest ethnic community and a religious minority in Iran, or, because of high percentage of ethnic identity growth rate among them, one may consider this ethnic community as a good example for generalization of policies to other ethnic communities who are religiously a minority group (Baluch and Turkman communities) and apply the findings of this research for cultural policymaking for the said communities.
The findings of the research indicate that the ethnic demands of the Kurdish elites are highly compatible and congruent with the master documents, particularly the Constitution and viewpoints of the leaders of the establishment. Among such commonalities and similarities, mention may be made of faith in Islam and Iran, national identity, protection of territorial integrity and solidarity of the state, boosting the ethnic culture under the umbrella of official culture, constructive intercultural communications, granting the civil and citizenship rights of the followers of other religions and ethnic communities, promotion of social justice and rendering servicing to all ethnic communities.