Search the World's Largest Database of Information Science & Technology Terms & Definitions
InfInfoScipedia LogoScipedia
A Free Service of IGI Global Publishing House
Below please find a list of definitions for the term that
you selected from multiple scholarly research resources.

What is Kurdistan

Chapter 16
Handbook of Research on Promoting Peace Through Practice, Academia, and the Arts
Contemporary use of the term is challenging to understand, and the name has come to mean multiple things to different groups of people. Kurdistan refers territories stretching across the countries of Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. Kurdistan is socially recognized by millions of Kurds as their ethnic homeland; however, there is no politically recognized independent state. However, since 1992, the Kurds within the state of Iraq do have a recognized, autonomous territory referred to colloquially as “Kurdistan” and governed by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). Kurdistan as both an imagined homeland and a territorial reality in Northern Iraq is quiet real and is a powerful motivator for many Kurds in the Middle East and around the world.
Published in Chapter:
Art and Agency: Transforming Relationships of Power in Iraqi Kurdistan
Autumn Cockrell-Abdullah (Kennesaw State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3001-5.ch016
Abstract
This chapter places the practices of Kurdish visual artists working in Iraqi Kurdistan within the historical context of the Iraqi state and discusses the production of artwork, particularly the creation of the Museum of Modern Art and the Sulemani International Film Festival, as they demonstrate the transitional nature of power and the struggle for cultural dominance within Iraqi Kurdish society. Once the sole or major patron of most artwork produced in Iraqi Kurdistan, the government is no longer funding most projects. The loss of this major patron has significantly changed the relationship between government (patron) and artist (client) creating opportunities for artists to develop alternative sources of support. The work of these artists reveals the struggle of a nation to transform historical relationships of power and to develop a sustainable civil society and a long-term, sustainable peace.
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
More Results
Chapter 11
Pornification of the Cyberspace During Intrastate Conflicts: VNSAs, Recruitment Strategies, and the Changing Role of Women in the Turbulence of Violence
It is the imaginary state of the ethnic Kurdish people comprising Southern Turkey, Northern Iran, and Iraq.
Published in Chapter: Pornification of the Cyberspace During Intrastate Conflicts: VNSAs, Recruitment Strategies, and the Changing Role of Women in the Turbulence of Violence; From: Fighting for Empowerment in an Age of Violence
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
eContent Pro Discount Banner
InfoSci OnDemandECP Editorial ServicesAGOSR