Cultural Heritage and Gender: On the Traces of Women’s Prayer Space in Bitola Mosques
Journal Title: Online Journal of Art and Design - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Women’s attendance to the mosque affected the structure, essence, and architectural entity of the building in the form of women’s prayer space. This research analysed the traces of women’s section in historic mosques of Bitola, with an emphasis on development and comparative analysis of it according to cultural heritage and gender issues. Such an inquisitive analysis is important not only for correct preservation interventions but also for the understanding of social, cultural, and religious dimensions of gendered space divisions in mosque activities. Located in south western part of Macedonia, Bitola has a long history including more than five hundred years of ruling under Ottoman Empire. The rapid Islamic predominance in the region had brought about construction of mosques for the believers. Yet, in-situ analysis, oral history, and literature reviews showed that women were separated in the mosques either in their galleries or on the same floor with men but with a partition such as curtains. In addition to those analyses, considering the smaller, separated, or inferior conditions of spaces allocated for women in case study historic mosques of Bitola, there is little indication that mosque attendance today is a frequent practice of women in the city, if not in earlier times.
Authors and Affiliations
Gülşen Dişli| PhD Architect, Turkish Republic Prime Ministry Directorate General of Foundations Department of Art and Construction Works, Ankara, Turkey Milli Müdafaa Caddesi, 20/ 11, Kızılay, Ankara, Turkey, Tel (Work): +90 3124155251, disligulsen@yahoo.com; disli001@umn.edu.
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP8250
- DOI -
- Views 454
- Downloads 0
A Re-Reading of Turkish Modern Architecture after Derrida
The present article presents a review of modern architectural history of Turkey through a deconstructionist perspective in the form of a re-read. The article providing a universallocal scale discussion of theoretical kno...
Swarm Characters: The Principle of Distinctness in the Character Analysis
To create scenes like battles with thousands of soldiers means to create thousands of different and individual soldiers. For instance, when Gandalf is riding down the hill towards to the army of millions of Uruk-hai duri...
Ekoloji ve Sürdürebilirlik Kavramlar?na ?li?kin Dersler Aç?s?ndan Mimarl?k E?itim Programlar?n?n ?rdelenmesi
Dünya’da enerji kaynaklar?n?n tükenmesi, yeni kaynaklar?n bulunmas? ve var olan enerjinin rantabl olarak kullan?lmas? gereklili?ini ortaya ç?kartm??t?r. Enerji kapsam?nda geli?en, yürütülen politikalar ve sava?lar? tetik...
Görsel ileti?im ö?elerinin yeni bir medya dili olarak sinemada yeniden tasar?m?
Sinema, ke?fedildi?i 1895 y?l?ndan günümüze kadar çok büyük bir yol kat etmi?tir. Özellikle D.W. Griffith’in ke?fetti?i anlat?m metotlar? S. Eisenstein ve takipçileri taraf?ndan zaman içinde mükemmelle?tirilmi?tir. Yak?n...
?ç Mekan Yüzey Tasar?mlar?nda Mesaj - Kullan?c? ?li?kisi Üzerine Deneysel Bir ?rdeleme
Tasar?m bilinciyle yarat?lan mekanlar, kendilerini tan?mlayan ve benzerlerinden ay?ran karakterlere sahiptirler. Tasar?mc?lar kullan?c?lara, iç mekanda uygulad?klar? yüzey düzenlemeleri ile mekan?n karakterini ifade eden...