Zan-i farangi and women's agency on self-representation in Qajar Iran

我的研究项目集中在伊朗盖杰尔妇女的机构以及她们对Zan-i Farangi的看法，也就是“外国”妇女。我将研究档案文件、信件和VAQF，以了解女性的地位，特别是与艺术赞助有关的地位。我会考虑女性在画布、物品、漆器和类似物品上的表现，以了解女性是否对Farangi女性的表现有什么要说的，这通常是在性别化的镜片下表现的。同样，我将看看伊朗妇女的第一次摄影作品，无论是外国的还是非外国的，看看她们是如何表现自己的。据我所知，关于盖杰尔妇女赞助的研究领域并不是很发达，我想对我的研究做出贡献，因为这将有助于理解妇女及其机构的地位，以更好地了解整个盖杰尔社会，特别是在该王朝的第一个时期，当时对西方思想和生活方式的迷恋开始突出。事实上，对西方主义的迷恋可以追溯到萨法维时期，我想问一下萨法维对西方时尚和生活方式的代表、采纳和适应对卡贾尔人产生了多大影响。我的研究将推进艺术、历史和人文领域的去殖民化进程，因为伊朗妇女机构反对东方主义、欧洲中心论和殖民主义理论。

My research project centres on the agency of women in Qajar Iran and their perception of the zan-i farangi, that is the"foreign" woman. I will research archival documents, letters and vaqfs to understand the position of women, particularly inrelation to arts patronage. I will take into consideration the representations of women on canvases, objects, lacquers andthe like to understand if women had something to say about the representation of the farangi woman, that was usuallyrepresented under sexualised lenses. Similarly, I will look at the first photographic production by women in Iran, bothforeign and not, to see how they represented themselves. The field of studies on women's patronage in Qajar Iran is not,to the best of my knowledge, greatly developed and I would like to contribute with my research as it will be useful tounderstand the position of women and their agency to better comprehend Qajar society at large and particularly the firstperiod of the dynasty, when the fascination with Western ideas and way of life started to be prominent. Indeed, thefascination with "Occidentalism" can be traced back to the Safavid period and I would like to inquire how much theSafavid representation, adoption and adaption of Western fashion and way of life had an impact on the Qajars. Myresearch will advance the decolonising process of the art historical and humanities fields as the agency of Iranian womenopposes Orientalist, Eurocentric and Colonising theories.