Archaeological analysis of urban space consumption during the coup d'état of 19 August 1954

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Document Type : Research Paper

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1 tarbiat modares

2 Tarbiat Modares University

10.22081/hiq.2025.62709.2228

Abstract

The present study is a percentage to examine an example of the most important social movements of the people of Tehran in contemporary history and based on the evidence left over from the coup d'état of 19 August 1954, it seeks to determine how to use urban space in Examine the occurrence of this event with the aim of showing the role of the physics of urban space during this social event during which everyday space changes its nature and becomes a space. The method of this research is library (documentary), field (visiting buildings) and with a descriptive-analytical approach. The results show that four stages can be identified during the coup, during which the various political forces present at the event used the everyday urban spaces of the square and the street in the form of a symbolic order according to the characteristics of each stage of the coup. The square changes from a place of urban community to the symbolic use of social solidarity at different levels and the use of the street from crossing to a place for cultural action. However, the use of these spaces in the early stages was based on the order of social classes and in the second and more advanced stages of the based on historical, political and military values of the urban environment. In the final stages with the intervention of the army and changing the nature of the urban system, more Streets have been considered as a means to an end.

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History of Islam

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