Analysis of Society's perception of visual-urban Memorials of Martyr Soleimani in Kerman City

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Department of Social Sciences

2 Shiraz University, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

3 Kerman, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Faculty of Literature, Department of Social Sciences

Abstract

The martyrdom of Martyr Soleimani in January 2018 created a huge capacity to revive the national and religious identity of Iranians. Since then, various activities have been carried out to keep the memory of Martyr Soleimani alive and to use this capacity for the national and religious identity of Iranians, among them the installation of visual elements in the city of Kerman. This research has been done according to the process approach to cultural policy to measure the effectiveness of these activities. In this research, the RISQ questionnaire was used to measure religious identity, and the Keeler and Halt National Identity Scale (NATID) questionnaire was used to measure national identity, and in addition, the perception of martyr Soleimani's visual memorials was measured on a Likert scale. The statistical population of the research was the adult citizens of Kerman and 336 people were selected for sampling as a cluster from 9 regions of Kerman. The result of the research shows that the visual elements of Shahid Soleimani can explain up to seventy percent of the identity dimensions and have an effect of up to eighty-five percent on the identity dimensions.

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