ABSTRACT This thesis examines how Iranian students living in Italy preserve a sense of cultural identity through everyday objects and domestic practices. Focusing on the home as a cultural threshold between the Italian outside and the Iranian inside, the research explores how objects such as carpets, saffron, tea, photographs, books, and artwork carry memories of Iran and help create a familiar emotional environment abroad. The thesis also considers how practices such as hospitality, shared meals, and taarof are adapted within Italian apartments. Using a qualitative methodology based on anonymous surveys, digital photo-elicitation, visual analysis, and auto-ethnographic reflection, the study investigates how Iranian students curate their living spaces in response to nostalgia, displacement, and the need for belonging. By focusing on small domestic objects and everyday rituals, this thesis shows how heritage is preserved not only through public cultural institutions, but also through private spaces, personal memories, and ordinary acts of home-making.
ABSTRACT Questa tesi esamina il modo in cui gli studenti iraniani che vivono in Italia preservano un senso di identità culturale attraverso gli oggetti quotidiani e le pratiche domestiche. Concentrandosi sulla casa come soglia culturale tra l’esterno italiano e l’interno iraniano, la ricerca esplora come oggetti quali tappeti, zafferano, tè, fotografie, libri e opere d’arte custodiscano memorie dell’Iran e contribuiscano a creare all’estero un ambiente emotivamente familiare. La tesi considera inoltre come pratiche quali l’ospitalità, i pasti condivisi e il taarof vengano adattate all’interno degli appartamenti italiani. Attraverso una metodologia qualitativa basata su questionari anonimi, foto-elicitazione digitale, analisi visiva e riflessione auto-etnografica, lo studio indaga come gli studenti iraniani curino e organizzino i propri spazi abitativi in risposta alla nostalgia, allo sradicamento e al bisogno di appartenenza. Concentrandosi su piccoli oggetti domestici e rituali quotidiani, questa tesi mostra come il patrimonio culturale venga preservato non solo attraverso le istituzioni culturali pubbliche, ma anche attraverso gli spazi privati, le memorie personali e gli atti ordinari del fare casa.
Soglie del patrimonio culturale: cultura materiale, spazio domestico e preservazione dell’identità iraniana tra gli studenti iraniani in Italia
KAMALI, SHEIDA
2025/2026
Abstract
ABSTRACT This thesis examines how Iranian students living in Italy preserve a sense of cultural identity through everyday objects and domestic practices. Focusing on the home as a cultural threshold between the Italian outside and the Iranian inside, the research explores how objects such as carpets, saffron, tea, photographs, books, and artwork carry memories of Iran and help create a familiar emotional environment abroad. The thesis also considers how practices such as hospitality, shared meals, and taarof are adapted within Italian apartments. Using a qualitative methodology based on anonymous surveys, digital photo-elicitation, visual analysis, and auto-ethnographic reflection, the study investigates how Iranian students curate their living spaces in response to nostalgia, displacement, and the need for belonging. By focusing on small domestic objects and everyday rituals, this thesis shows how heritage is preserved not only through public cultural institutions, but also through private spaces, personal memories, and ordinary acts of home-making.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kamali_Sheida.pdf
accesso aperto
Dimensione
2.52 MB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
2.52 MB | Adobe PDF | Visualizza/Apri |
The text of this website © Università degli studi di Padova. Full Text are published under a non-exclusive license. Metadata are under a CC0 License
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12608/111984