Alirza Quluncu |
This text is a transcript of Alirza Quluncu's speech at the seminar "Forecasting Political Pluralism: Exploring the Role of Nationalities in Iran," organized by the Tabriz Studies Center in Stockholm in November 2016.
As indicated in the seminar program, the topic of my speech is examining the widespread assumptions, stereotypes and prejudices against ethnic movements in Iran. This is a crucial topic as these movements often work towards promoting the linguistic, ethnic, social, economic, and environmental rights and issues of their communities in the face of discursive and institutional constraints. Let us first briefly discuss the concept and function of stereotypes: