نشریه فرهنگ یزد
سال سوم شماره 10 (تابستان 1400)

This paper reports on an analysis and description of the manifestations of popular culture in the memoirs of the Sacred Defense in Yazd province. It can be said that the authors and memoirists of Yazd province pay special attention to the folk culture or folklore in their works, which are written in a colloquial and informal language. These works are a manifestation of popular culture. In these works, beliefs, traditions, customs, superstitions, occupations, slang and colloquial expressions, proverbs, idioms, melodies and tunes, traditional medicine, marriage rituals, magic and sorcery, etc., have been artistically crystallized. Establishing communication with the audience and considering the current circumstances and employing popular culture in the works, as well as creating new themes, have led to these memoirs being met with public interest as written documents and finding their place in society. In this paper, the most important manifestations of popular culture in the memoirs of the Sacred Defense in Yazd province are analyzed and described analytically

Leisure time is a significant issue in the lives of adolescents today as they are currently the main focus of business and entertainment. Ignoring this important issue can have many negative consequences. The present study used grounded theory approach to carry out the research on all female students living in Yazd with a history of self-harm. In order to collect the data, the purposeful sampling process was used until the saturation stage was reached, and finally 23 female high school students were interviewed about self-harm during leisure times. The collected data were analyzed using open, axial and selective coding and presented in the form of a story line (including 18 main categories and 1 core category) and a paradigm model. The results of data analysis showed categories such as the difficulty of happiness in Yazd, father-child longing, recreation, depressing entertainment, effects of cyberspace, acquaintance with the opposite sex in social-virtual contexts, minimal media literacy of parents, lifestyle, and the imposition and simpleness of cyberspace led to the emergence of the central phenomenon of research. As a result, adolescents in such an unsuitable leisure environment perform certain behaviors such as popular freedom, seeking alternatives, and a sense of social indifference. It is associated with certain consequences such as gender failure, dysfunction of virtual dependence, disinterest in the homeland, and seeking guilts of others. Leisure difficulties lead to situations in which families find their functions lost and are unable to make positive changes

Proverbs are an important dimension of the oral literature of any nation. The level of taste and eloquence of a society can be recognized by examining their expressions, metaphors, and common sayings. Proverbs often use humor and clever criticism to better understand situations or to warn and encourage individuals. They serve as a reflection of the thoughts and experiences of previous generations in identifying the societies' development and the course of cultural history. In this research, after selecting proverbs that were adorned with metaphors, the type of metaphor in terms of proximity and remoteness of secondary meaning, as well as its ambiguity and clarity, was examined. After conducting a frequency analysis, it was determined that over forty percent of the metaphors fall under the category of ambiguous means. This result indicates the difficulty in understanding and the breadth of vocabulary in Yazdi dialect

A governmental administrative system plays a fundamental role as a facilitator in the process of societal development. However, one of the most crucial drives of development today is human factors, particularly talents. The aim of this qualitative and descriptive developmental study is to analyze the influential factors on attracting and retaining sustainable human talents in the province of Yazd based on experts' opinions. Furthermore, it proposes a comprehensive theoretical model of interaction between these factors and elements while providing a clear picture of influential forces. In this regard, key concepts related to the motivation for their presence in the region are extracted through interviews with 28 national talents who are active in various fields such as science, art, economy, politics, sports, etc. These concepts are then adjusted within a theoretical data-driven framework to form a theoretical model. The research findings indicate that the central concept in the theoretical model of talent attraction in Yazd province is "urban environment," which, in interaction with other concepts such as "personal and family conditions," "culture," "governance system," "natural environment," "economic factors," and "talent management," leads to the formation of a comprehensive and sustainable system for attracting superior national human resources in the province

Nowadays, the increasing use of social networks as an integral part of individuals' social activities and the expansion of relationships among people have led to the emergence of more discussions on topics such as audience rights, media rights, and media laws. Social networks such as Telegram, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter, etc., with their influence on the attitudes and behaviors of their audience, exert a significant impact on society and public opinion. They have the ability to strengthen or weaken social norms and can bring about changes in culture, social patterns, and individuals' thoughts. In this research, an attempt is made to examine user’s rights and social network laws for Instagram using a content analysis method. In this regard, this paper includes an introduction to the research problem, its importance and necessity, its novelty aspects, and its conceptual model. Furthermore, some specialized terms are briefly defined. The conclusion of this paper includes objectives, research questions, and hypotheses

In recent economic years, the category of "art economy" has a special and cultural place in studies that hold that economy and art can coexist and that art economy considers art with economic results. This research aimed to study the development of art economics (with an emphasis on performing arts) through a descriptive-analytical and library method. The findings show that, in today's highly competitive cultural world, arts can maintain and develop their survival, and have positive effects and are profitable, though they face many challenges. The most important challenges facing the economy of art were identified to be (a) fanatical idealistic view of art and artist in culture and society and architect from managing the economy in the field of art, (b) government intervention in the economy of art, (c) concern about the instrumentalist view of art, and (d) material valuation of works of art. Moreover, concerning the specific factors that affect the development of the economy of art, especially in the theater, the findings show that these factors have an effect on the economy of art including: Special attention to artistic products (primary material), attention to production costs, attention to the distribution and type of audience, attracting private investment, and attention to the presence of the government.