During Iran’s 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, the arts harnessed diverse cultural referents to celebrate the country’s ‘champion girls’, from Persian mythology to the modern era’s lores of revolution. But Islamic signifiers were nearly entirely absent in these non-governmental narratives. Dr Siamdoust discusses some of the recurrent tropes in the visuals and music produced in the wake of the uprising, the significance of the waning of ‘Fatima’, and the Islamic Republic’s policy of cultural duality.
Pitt Rivers Museum Research Seminar in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology, Michaelmas Term 2024
Fridays, 12pm-1.30pm (Weeks 1-8)
In person at the Pitt Rivers Museum Lecture Theatre, except for Week 3, which will be in 64 Banbury Road.
Convened by Chihab El Khachab and Charlotte Linton
