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Kakavand S. (2025). Explaining the Cultural Identity of the Bafgh People Based on the Activism of Woven Mats. JIC. 9(2), 89-120. doi:10.61882/jic.9.2.396
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Explaining the Cultural Identity of the Bafgh People Based on the Activism of Woven Mats
Samaneh Kakavand *
Department of Carpet, Faculty of Applied Arts, Iran University of Art, Tehran, Iran , s.kakavand@art.ac.ir
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The exchange between humans and objects seems far-fetched; but throughout history, there has been an interaction between humans and non-humans. Humans have created artifacts due to their needs, and their creations have gradually given their characteristics to their lives. From this perspective, the importance of woven straw as a non-human network in shaping the lives of the Bafq people is important; that is, functional woven straw objects are effective and meaningful components of the coherent whole of the traditional Bafq culture and are understood as a key symbol in the Bafq identity; therefore, the question is how Bafq woven straw products have shaped human bio-identity in trading with humans? The purpose of the research is to understand the place of woven straw in determining the biological identity of the Bafq people. In addition to classifying woven straw artifacts based on palm fiber; Pisk, Moq and Sis will also be the research concern. It seems that there is a significant relationship between the woven mats and the formation of the cultural identity of the Bafq people. In other words, the woven mats of Bafq have been effective in shaping the identity of individuals in the hot and dry climate of the central desert of Iran. The present qualitative research is in the fundamental category and uses a descriptive-analytical method to study the woven mats of Bafq based on the raw material and based on the actor-network approach. The method of collecting information was library and field.The result is that the humans have created through interaction with the natural environment and based on the climate component, and ultimately, geographical characteristics have led to the weaving of climatic wicker artifacts, and throughout history, the characteristics of the weavings have been passed on to humans.
Keywords: Cultural Identity, Bafq Ethnography, Weavings as Cultural Elements, Bafq Mat Weaving, Activism of Mat Weavings
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Received: 2025/06/19 | Accepted: 2025/12/14 | Published: 2025/12/30
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