Coffeehouses (Re)Appropriated
Counterpublics and Cultural Resistance in Tabriz, Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9283124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laleh Foroughanfar (Lund University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 183-192 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/up.v5i4.3309 |
| OpenAlex | W3102320029 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
Over the last decade, traditional coffeehouses have attracted increasing interest in the city of Tabriz, Iran, in the context of consistent state monitoring and restriction of public life—particularly so among non-Persian ethnolinguistic populations. Relying on a combination of ethnographic methods (observations, interviews, and visual documentation), this article explores the everyday life of two coffeehouses in Tabriz through a theoretical lens of third place, counterpublics, and everyday ethics of resistance. Coffeehouses are currently retaining functions as third places; cross-generational venues for preserving cultural, artistic, and linguistic identity as well as institutions of social defiance, resting on elaborate ethical codes and tacit social agreements. Through mechanisms of everyday ethics and cultural practices re-connecting to local history, cultural creativity, and language, insiders are distinguished from outsiders, serving to build trust, security, and solidarity in the context of Iranian state monitoring and restricted social space
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Documentation · Ethnography · Everyday life · Geography · Ontological security · Political science · Resistance (ecology · Security studies · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |