نشریه فرهنگ یزد
سال یکم شماره 1 (بهار 1398)

With regard to the importance of media in general, and local media in particular, it seems necessary to study the problems of the media. The present study attempts to study the media authorities’ perspectives on the damages to the local media in Yazd Province. A survey was carried out in which the data were collected through a questionnaire. 200 people as introduced by Culture and Islamic Guidance Office in Yazd to have been working in local media in Yazd, participated in the study. Cronbach Alpha was used to obtain the reliability of the questionnaire. The content validity of the instrument was also achieved. The data were then submitted to SPSS. The results indicate that there aren’t significant correlations between age, gender and technology competence of the authorities and their perspectives on the damages to the media. However, there was a statistically significant correlation between the respondents’ positions and publication,  editions and their viewpoints on the damages in that the chief editor has a more positive attitude than the simple journalist and other staff. The authorities in charge of dailies showed a more negative perspective than those in charge of weeklies. Also there was a significant correlation between education, work experience, position, and job satisfaction and perspectives on the damages to the media in that the higher the education level, the longer the experience and the higher the socioeconomic position, the more negative perspectives were. Conversely, the higher the job satisfaction, the more positive the perspectives on the

The present paper is an attempt to study the travels made by late Mirsaleh Ardakani with regard to the social and political situations of that time from a local (Arakan and Yazd), national (Iran at Safavid dynasty) and regional (India, Uzbeks and Othman). What is to be noted more  include; a) his father and ancestors’ immigration to Ardakan, b) his schooling in Ardakan, c) his travel to religenous school in Isfahan, d) his travel to India, e) his return to Iran and stay in Yazd. Although there is not accurate information about his birth date and death date, and there are only a few dates about certain events in his life, the results of the preset research may not seem well supported, however, there are documents that can give a much clearer picture of his life.

Changes in values and attitudes in the society is an important social phenomenon, which has always been in focus by directors, planners, researchers and scholars in different fields. The Natural Plan for Iranians’ Values and Attitudes, the three waves of which have already been conducted, has achieved significant outcomes. The present paper is a report on the secondary analysis of the findings of the third wave of the plan in Yazd Province. Some of the findings have also been compared with those obtained at the first and second waves to yield more accurate results. The findings indicate no significant change in Yazdians’ religious attitudes while pessimism has grown more among them about economic and political issues. To Yazdian people, the space between the rich and the poor has increased and exceptional people are not found as before while the national identity is still strong

The present study has used census data of the years 1986-2016 in Iran to analyze the recent migration flows in Yazd province with an emphasis on the five-year period 2011-2016. The findings of the study shows the presence and active participation of Yazd province in the national system of internal migration during last three decades. Based on the findings, migration as an important component has taken an increasing contribution to the province’s population growth. In the period 2011 to 2016, approximately 39 thousand people were added to the province's population as the result of a positive net migration. In addition, in the same period, about 60 thousand migrants from other provinces moved to Yazd province. The main migration streams to Yazd have been respectively from the origin of the provinces of Fars, Kerman, Isfahan, Tehran, Sistan-and-Baluchestan, Khuzestan and Khorasan-Razavi (with a range from 14.5% to 6%). These seven provinces have been the origin of about 75% of the total in-migration to the destination of Yazd province. On the other hand, approximately 23.5 thousand out-migrants from the province of Yazd have left Yazd for other provinces. Tehran Province (with 19%) and then the provinces of Fars, Isfahan, Kerman (between 11% and 12%) and Khorasan-Razavi (8%) have been five main destinations for more than 62% of out-migrants from Yazd. In addition to the above categories, about 20 thousand movements have occurred within the province border. Also, during the last study period, about 1800 international migrants come to Yazd province, of which about 81% have come from Afghanistan. More scientific research is needed to study the of these demographic movements from the economic, social and cultural perspectives.

Gholam Reza Mohammadi (Kavir) is a gifted and creative poet from the land of Yazd. His dexterous poems are on various occasions and especial events. He has recited with high degree of eloquence and fluency combining imagination and affection. His pen name, Kavir (desert), is drawn from the hot and dry land of Yazd, implying that he is impressed by the nature around him. The present research is an attempt to study the impact of ecological elements in his poetry. The research is descriptive-analytical and library based.

Marriage agreements are documents that can show the historical and national identity of a society. They can help know the culture and history of a nation. A marriage agreement deals with a very important issue in Iranian families, i.e. marriage. It gives the marriage a legal aspect. Since marriage is a recommended religious action in Islam, one can find many examples of marriage agreement. The study of such agreements left from Ghadjar dynasty can help us learn about the cultural, social, economic, and legal situation of that time. Even though marriage agreement is a legal document that needs no color specification, they used to be colored, illuminated and handwritten, that can illustrate the development of painting, illumination and calligraphy during Ghadjar dynasty. A descriptive analytic library study was carried out to investigate the marriage agreement during Ghadjar dynasty.

Local words and their literary beauties such as similes which are found in all areas in Iran are gradually replaced by standard tongue, becoming obscured and the lost for the next generations. This paper introduces some similes in Yazdian dialect along with necessary explanation.