[...]business affairs ='lgc'>[he had three kaniz='lgc'>: Fezzeh (silver), Zaffaron (saffron), Shireen (sweet)='lgc'>]


...complete disappearance of the african diaspora in ="nms">iran (!!='qstn'>?='qstn'>?)


Lee='lgc'>: how Ziba ="ppl">Khanum's life be re="trms">presented and understood='qstn'>?
Spivak forcefully and poignantly de="trms">monstrates the appropriation of subaltern voice of the british imperia="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list “civilizing ="trms">mission” by indian nationa="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">lists and marxist theorists in support of revolutionary ideologies ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the absent and silent subaltern can be re="trms">presented in support of any ="trms">position at all
Spivak sug="trms">gests that a ="trms">history of subaltern people (individual or conceived as a class) cannot be ="trms">written at all ='lgc'>+ should not be attempted
='lgc'>='lgc'>~/=
Eve Troutt Powell ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*the d="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">anger of applying american abolitionist ="trms">narratives and assumptions of atlantic slavery to very ="trms">different ="trms">situations in islamic realms='strcls'>*

(Lee making Spikvak's ="trms">question ="trms">specific ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) can Ziba ="ppl">Khanum ever speak='qstn'>? Lee's answer is no
we have no access to her thoughts or her inner life ='lgc'>--but='lgc'>='lgc'>--> that does not mean her life is without meaning or value to ="trms">history
='strcls'>*we must ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listen for the african voice in ="nms">iran even when it cannot be heard='strcls'>*

="large lg2" stl="font-size:111%"> siah siyah سیاه='lgc'>: afro-="nms">iranian ="trms">children (descendants of african woman slaves served as domestic servants and concubines) who remained in ="nms">iran, married local people, and could live normal lives as ="nms">iranians (although they might be identified as black)
='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>*some percentage of the ="nms">iranian population is of african descent (especially among the wealthy clases who could afford slaves) ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- this ="trms">heritage has never hardened into a clear ratial ="trms">category within the ="trms">society='strcls'>*

we must regard them as actors ='strcls'>*even when we cannot see their choices='strcls'>*

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="trms">childhood Elias chap1

='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">childhood='lgc'>: idealized romantic construct, with denied legal ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rights, reflection of adults about themselves='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•nostalgia for an individual and collective ="trms">past
="lsts lst1">•
='lgc'>=/= ="trms">children vacillate between innocence ='and'>& awareness, morality ='and'>& immorality, cruelty ='and'>& kindness, foolishness ='and'>& wisdom, , , ='strcls'>**="trms">children act as sophisticated ="trms">consumers='strcls'>**
='lgc'>--Elias='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>***="trms">children make emotional, political, ="trms">consumerist choices='strcls'>***

how adults construct ="trms">childhood ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>***="trms">aesthetic ="trms">social ="trms">imagination='strcls'>***

how adults ="trms">imagine ="trms">children (in idealized forms ='lgc'>==> evocation of emotions) ='lgc'>==> give meaning to (individual and) collective realities

="trms">childhood ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> worry ='lgc'>+ ="trms">obligation ='lgc'>=/= adulthood ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ease ='lgc'>+ freedom

(my ="trms">childhood is sometimes re="trms">membered by me so ="trms">different than of my friends ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> makes the universal media objects ="trms">specifically precious='lgc'>: cartoons that were watched by us across border and time ='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="frds">Sina's ="trms">Children's Media Watch ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">List ="trms">childrensmedia.net)

="large lg1" stl="font-size:126%"> ="trms">imagine ="trms">children ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst1">•="trms">nature of emotions
="lsts lst1">•="trms">relationship to ="trms">religion
="lsts lst1">•="trms">relationship to ="trms">society
="lsts lst2">◦="trms">articulation of attitude towards ="trms">society
="lsts lst1">•constructing concept of='lgc'>:
="lsts lst2">◦individual
="lsts lst2">◦="trms">community
="lsts lst2">◦nation
="lsts lst2">◦gender
="lsts lst2">◦age

Elias's notion of emotion ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a broad ="trms">category to index concepts of morally, ethics, politics, aspirational acts,

(everything depends on the ways we re="trms">member our ='lgc'>[emotional experience of='lgc'>] ="trms">childhood)

(="trms">memory='lgc'> = salad of) fragments of ="trms">memory ='lgc'>+ emotions from our experience ='lgc'>+ emotions experienced by others ='lgc'>+ what we have been told by others about our ="trms">childhood


common theory ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> age between two and eleven ="trms">children are most sensitive to external factors ='lgc'>==> most vulnerable to advertising

='strcls'>*age seven='strcls'>*
="trms">children are increasingly controlled by ="trms">symbolic ="trms">relationships and images (='lgc'>+ make judgment about things)

='strcls'>*under five='strcls'>*
='lgc'>{human characters ='lgc'>~='qstn'>?/= animated characters='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> belief in ="trms">imaginary characters and ="trms">monsters, management of emotions

='strcls'>*age two='strcls'>*
(end of) two ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">children begin pretending (until age of five)

='strcls'>*over four='strcls'>*
idio="trms">syncratic ="trms">system of thinking about ="trms">causality (extraordinary plays larger role than adults)


create and identify emotions in visual images

fantasizing ='lgc'>=/= fantastical thinking

(for ="trms">children) wishing='lgc'> = mental ='lgc'>+ magical ='lgc'>+ it exists in relatio to ="trms">skill ='lgc'>[='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="nms">Cinderella, waiting='lgc'>]


Elias's study of ="trms">children images (visual ="trms">material featuring ="trms">children) in Persianate cultures (turkey, pakistan, ="nms">iran) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (role of) ='strcls'>***="trms">childhood/="trms">children='lgc'> = location of enacted emotion='strcls'>***
="trms">childhood ='lgc'>+ ="trms">religion ='lgc'>+ visual culture ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- implementation of ideology in ="trms">society

turkey, pakistan, ="nms">iran='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•strongly ideological (like other states)
="lsts lst1">•multiethnic
="lsts lst1">•shaped by encounter with colonial empire
="lsts lst1">•strategic (='lgc'>=/= cultural) engagement with (west) global powers
="lsts lst1">•belief in the existence of charismatic ="trms">religious ="trms">authority
="lsts lst1">•belief in barkat برکت

="nms">Iran special ="trms">relation to ='strcls'>*="trms">religious visual art='strcls'>*


(Elias's) ="trms">aesthetic='lgc'>: ="trms">social ="trms">imagination, creating reaction without words (= showing)
='lgc'>=/= telling
='lgc'>=/= nonutilitarian form of contemplation of art
='lgc'>=/= cognitive


Western mid 18th century philosophy ='lgc'>==> “="trms">aesthetics”
lower cognitive faculties
experience of sensate body
how the ="trms">world strikes the body
emotional and ="trms">affective ="trms">response

="trms">modern ="trms">aesthetics ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> contemplation of beauty (superior to idleness and boredom ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- some ="trms">sort of fai="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">lure of moral vigilance)
“art='lgc'> = description of beauty”
='lgc'>==> ="ppl">Kant='lgc'>: ="trms">aesthetics='lgc'> = ="trms">sublime beauty (='lgc'>=/= quotidien)
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (="trms">fable of) ='thdf'>the idea that ='strcls'>**beauty engenders virtue='strcls'>** ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the beauty must be formal


(="trms">social ="trms">system ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> people) ="trms">interacting with visual objects
making ="trms">consumer choices ='lgc'>[='lgc'>--(is not always)='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>] ="trms">interacting with visual objects in ways that further ideological formations


='strcls'>*="trms">religious reaction to sensory inputs are ="trms">aesthetic='strcls'>* ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- they anticipate knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge to be revealed in the future ='lgc'>=/= rest contemplatively in the ="trms">present
='strcls'>*="trms">religious gaze='lgc'> = apocalyptic glance='strcls'>*
='lgc'>=/= ="ppl">Kantian ="trms">aesthetics (non="trms">instrumental form of enjoyment)

="ppl">Plato ='lgc'>+ Aristoteles ='lgc'>==> pre="trms">modern islamic thinkers ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> “beauty='lgc'> = virtue” (harmony of physical and moral)


(problem with) philosophical ="trms">aesthetics of dis="trms">interested contemplations ='lgc'>--Elias='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst1">•ignores majority of human experience
="lsts lst1">•(favors) apophatic (transcendent ='lgc'>+ inef="trms">fable غیر قابل توصیف) ='lgc'>=/= cataphatic (immanent ='lgc'>+ experiential)

unstable ='and'>& somatic ways we ="trms">respond to (and seek out) everyday images

evocative ='and'>& powerful (='lgc'><='lgc'>--="frds">Sina='lgc'>-- nonartisitic images)

(art or not art) ='strcls'>***="trms">aesthetic ="trms">response='strcls'>***


='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="trms">children's media='lgc'>: ="trms">aesthetic ="trms">social ="trms">imagination

(moral components of='lgc'>:)
cruelty, hurt, disgust, disdain
kindness, happiness, admiration, ="trms">love

="large lg3" stl="font-size:112%"> physical, ="trms">material, somatic ="trms">relation to the ethereal, ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphysical, intellectual

(='qstn'>?how can we) confidently treat “images='lgc'> = sources of ="trms">socioculturel information”

(from) Islamic culture ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> cultures as="trms">sociated with isalm


="large lg4" stl="font-size:110%"> strong op="trms">position to re="trms">presentational ="trms">religious art ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ="trms">modern Islamic ="trms">societies ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> unproblematic accepting of re="trms">presentational ="trms">religious ="trms">materials intended for ="trms">children

didactic islamic visual media='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•(Kuwait) the 99 ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> heroes for each name of the God
="lsts lst1">•(Pakistan, India, Afghanistan) burqa avenger ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> burqa clad superhero against a corrupt view of traditional ="trms">religion, using ="trms">veil as costume
="lsts lst1">•(Pakistan) Ferozsons publisher
="lsts lst1">•Uysal press
="lsts lst1">•Timas press (Cem Kiziltug)
="lsts lst1">•

age-graded sequences of ="trms">children's ="trms">religious ="trms">books ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> progressively decreasing use of images


="trms">questions (> Elias='lgc'>:)
="lsts lst1">•are there culturally ="trms">specific ways of seeing ='lgc'>--answer='lgc'>='lgc'>--> yes
="lsts lst1">•does ="trms">religion requires its own ="trms">categories for understanding visuality and sensory ="trms">systems='qstn'>? ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*="trms">religion is a problematic ="trms">category='strcls'>* ='lgc'><== inherently unstable ='lgc'>{="trms">religion referring ="trms">simultaneously to ="trms">systematic ideological ="trms">systems, atomized and multivalent beliefs, range of individual and cultural practices='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> constant flux ='lgc'>+ relative to each other ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">religion='lgc'>: discrete ="trms">phenomena

="large lg5" stl="font-size:160%">
="lsts lst1">•scholars who argue for a transcendental quality to ="trms">religion
="lsts lst1">•Durkheim ='lgc'>+ Weber ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">religious='lgc'> = behavioral
="lsts lst1">•Otto ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> location of ="trms">religion='lgc'>: a fascinating incomprehensible force outside of the human pers[...]