scholarly journals The Emergence of an Auction Category: Iranian Art at Christie’s Dubai, 2006–2016

Arts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Leili Sreberny-Mohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Global Markets ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Iranian Art ◽  
Auction Houses ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Distinct Category ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Middle Eastern Art ◽  
Key Staff

The expansion of the British auction houses Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonhams to markets in the Middle East has played a crucial role in building an international market for art from the region. They have also been essential in providing an international platform for the sale of art from Iran, a country whose economy is otherwise isolated from global markets. In this paper, I address the growth of the market for Iranian art specifically via Christie’s auctions in Dubai. Through close analysis of auction catalogs, ethnographic data drawn from live auctions and interviews with key staff members, I document the emergence of Iranian art into the international arena and the solidification of both Iranian and Middle Eastern art as a distinct category of sales. In particular, I explore the notion of “seeing with the other eye”, a way that auction specialists nudge local collectors into the arena of “international” taste. Through analysis of the particular tropes used to narrate artist biographies in auction catalogs, I demonstrate how artists are painted as interpreters and translators of “local” and “global” aesthetic registers.

Friending and Funding Through Facebook

2018 ◽  
pp. 256-283
Author(s):  
Debika Sihi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Transmission ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Strategic Emphasis ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Key Staff ◽  
Facebook Pages ◽  
Share Information

Social media may be leveraged as a cost-effective way for nonprofit organizations (1) to share information and (2) as a platform for fundraising. This is especially true for regional nonprofit organizations which may have less dedicated resources for marketing and fundraising. This chapter has two main objectives. First, the impacts of regional nonprofit organizations' leadership and strategic emphasis on the use of social media for information transmission is examined. Insights are gained from leadership at 121 nonprofits and through analysis of 377 days of Facebook data for seven nonprofit organizations. The second objective of this work is to examine regional nonprofit organizations' use of social media for crowdfunding or raising donations through a network of social media followers. The Facebook pages of 647 regional nonprofits are examined, and insights are gained from key staff members at 10 organizations.

How brand visual aesthetics foster a transnational imagined community

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (11) ◽  
pp. 2268-2292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Buschgens ◽  
Bernardo Figueiredo ◽  
Kaleel Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Imagined Communities ◽  
Imagined Community ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Visual Aesthetics ◽  
Brand Building ◽  
Transnational Communities ◽  
Middle Eastern Art ◽  
Critical Visual Analysis

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how visual aesthetic referents used in branding can help foster a transnational imagined community (TIC). The authors use brands embedded with Middle Eastern visual aesthetics as a research context. As such, the study aims to examine how Middle Eastern non-figurative art is used by non-Middle Eastern brands to foster an imagined Middle Easternness. Design/methodology/approach Through a critical visual analysis, the authors apply a visual social semiotic approach to Middle Eastern art canons to better understand the dimensions of transnational imagined communities. Findings The study finds and discusses six sub-dimensions of Middle Easternness, which compose two overarching dimensions of TIC, namely, temporal and spatial. These sub-dimensions provide brand managers and designers with six different ways to foster transnational imagined communities through the use of visual aesthetic referents in branding. Research limitations/implications This research identifies the specific visual sub-dimensions of brands that enable transnational communities to be imagined. Practical implications Understanding the visual aesthetic sub-dimensions in this study provides brand managers with practical tools that can help develop referents that foster transnational imagined communities in brand building to achieve competitive advantage and reach a transnational segment. Originality/value Prior studies have primarily focussed on how visual aesthetics help in understanding issues related to national identity. In contrast, this paper examines the use of visual aesthetics in branding from a transnational perspective.

scholarly journals United States Economic Sanctions on Iran and Their Impacts on the Middle Eastern Art Market

Arts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Ahmad Rafiei Vardanjani
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Art Market ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online Marketing ◽  
Regional Market ◽  
Middle Eastern Art ◽  
Networked Economy ◽  
The Impact

The United States’ sanctions on Iran have limited the Iranian art market’s connections with the international art network. Galleries try to compensate for such limitations through online marketing and exhibition. Thus, the sanctions not only impact the form of marketing exerted by dealers but also directly influence the type of artistic production. Such changes also reshape the art market in the Arab states. The transition from tangible to intangible has become a strategy for the regional market to bypass the sanctions and develop business with the global collectors and institutions. A quantitative analysis was used to demonstrate the impact of the sanctions on the art market in Iran and the United Arab Emirates. This analysis examined all exhibitions in 12 commercial galleries in Tehran and Dubai from 2009 to 2019, statistically assessing the index of changes over this period and calculating the variations, particularly during the years of intensified sanctions. The study indicates how the propensity of galleries for a digitally networked economy is becoming a solution to reduce the impacts of the sanctions in order for the galleries to maintain their clientele of international collectors and dealers.

Rehabilitation's Partnership with the Schools in Vocational Programming for Handicapped Youth: A Survey

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-213
Author(s):  
Carol K. Sigelman ◽  
Robert W. Flexer ◽  
Cynthia L. Spanhel ◽  
Michael DeSanctis
Keyword(s):  
Working Relationships ◽  
Work Study ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Vocational Programming ◽  
Key Staff ◽  
Rehabilitation Personnel

In an investigation of school-rehabilitation partnerships in vocational programming for handicapped youth in Texas, questionnaires completed by each of four key staff members in 69 work-study programs were analyzed. The study indentified typical divisions of labor among school and rehabilitation personnel and perceived strengths and weaknesses of programs. The data pointed to close working relationships between the two figures most responsible for day-to-day programming—the vocational adjustment coordinator and the rehabilitation agencies and for future rehabilitation-school cooperation were discussed.

scholarly journals Urban hydrology in mountainous middle eastern cities

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 953-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Grodek ◽  
J. Lange ◽  
J. Lekach ◽  
S. Husary
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Recharge ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Urban Groundwater ◽  
Urban Runoff ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Natural Terrain ◽  
Peak Runoff

Abstract. The Mediterranean climate together with the type of urban setting found in mountainous Middle Eastern cities generate much lower runoff yields than previously reported and than usually estimated for urban design. In fact, a close analysis shows that most of the rainwater remains within the cities as a possible source for urban groundwater recharge. The present study examined two locales – Ramallah, an old traditional Palestinian Arab town, and Modiin, a new township in Israel – both situated on the karstic Yarkon Taninim aquifer. This aquifer supplies the only high-quality drinking water in the region (one quarter of the Israeli-Palestinian water demand), which is characterized by dense populations and limited water resources. This paper provides the first measured information on the hydrological effects of urbanization in the area. It was found that the shift of the mountainous natural steep slopes into a series of closed-terraces with homes and gardens create areas that are disconnected from the urban runoff response. Roofs drained into the attached gardens create favorable recharge units. Mainly low-gradient roads became the principal source for urban runoff already following 1–4 mm of rainfall. Parallel roads converted single peak hydrographs towards multi-peak runoff responses, increasing flow duration and reducing peak discharges. The remaining urban area (public parks, natural areas, etc.) generated runoff only as a result of high-magnitude rainstorms. All of the above conditions limited urban runoff coefficients to an upper boundary of only 35% and 30% (Ramallah and Modiin, respectively). During extreme rainstorms (above 100 mm) similar runoff coefficients were measured in urban and natural catchments as a result of the limited areas contributing to runoff in the urban areas, while natural terrain does not have these artificial limits. Hence, the effects of urbanization decrease with event magnitude and there is significant potential for urban groundwater recharge. However, frequent low-magnitude rainstorms often generate highly polluted stormwater in urban sewer systems and this water should only be used with great caution.

Interculturality serving multiple interactional goals in African American and Korean service encounters

Pragmatics ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye-Kyung Ryoo
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Ethnic Identities ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Service Encounters ◽  
Korean Immigrant ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Factor Governing

This paper analyzes service encounters between African American customers and Korean immigrant shopkeepers. It is based on ethnographic data of tape-recorded interactions, interviews, and observations made at a Korean immigrant-owned store. The study focuses on analyzing the ways in which the participants constructed various social as well as cultural identities within the situational frames evoked. A close analysis of the talk reveals that the participants’ differing cultural backgrounds was not the most dominant interactional factor governing participants’ talk in their routinized service encounters. Instead, the majority of service encounters revolved around the various types of situated identities of participants (e.g. shopkeepers and customers) rather than their cultural/ethnic identities as African American or Korean. Based on the view of interculturality as a locally managed and situationally bound entity, this study describes the intricate ways in which the participants’ cultural (ethnic) identities were made relevant or irrelevant in the course of their interactions. Furthermore, this paper demonstrates the ways that the participants came to achieve practical ends in their interactions. It specifically shows how interculturality was not a debilitating factor that hindered the communication between the participants, but rather, that it played a positive role in helping participants to achieve multiple interactional goals.

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