A Comparative Research on Space of Women in Prayer Place Interiors of Celestial Religions: Cases from Istanbul

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dc.contributor.authorDisli, Gulsen
dc.contributor.authorOzcan, Zuhal
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:35:22Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:35:22Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractCross-cultural comparison has been used in architecture mostly to discuss the components of culture, knowledge, and value systems, yet to date there is not a specific comparative study on gendered architecture in prayer places of celestial religions, namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Hence, this study aims to reveal how attendance of women in prayer places with different national, historic, religious, and cultural characteristics shaped architectural space organization and to assess potential similarities and differences of women's section in prayer spaces of celestial religions by examining literature survey, archival and historic research, including field observations. In addition to general observations in building scale, some exemplary historic synagogues, churches, and mosques in Istanbul still in use have been chosen as case studies, and their plan typologies, as well as types and locations of women's galleries/sections have been discussed. Cross-cultural comparison parameters were; development of women's section in prayer places as a structured architectural space and basic architectural terminologies used to define women's section. The major conclusion of the study is that originally women had right to worship in prayer spaces without any physical separation in all three religions, yet in time the place of women had a more defined/divided/structured character especially in Islam and Judaism. The study also indicates that while at present day, gendered architecture is still the predominant approach in Islam and in Orthodox Judaism; mix congregation in a single-unsegregated space for both sexes is more common in contemporary society of Christianity.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.35378/gujs.576146
dc.identifier.endpage295en_US
dc.identifier.issn2147-1762
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85086767773en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage279en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.35378/gujs.576146
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/15990
dc.identifier.volume33en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000539729600001en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGazi Univen_US
dc.relation.ispartofGazi University Journal Of Scienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectWomen's Prayer Spaceen_US
dc.subjectGendered Architectureen_US
dc.subjectSegregationen_US
dc.subjectCelestial Religionsen_US
dc.subjectCross-Cultural Comparisonen_US
dc.titleA Comparative Research on Space of Women in Prayer Place Interiors of Celestial Religions: Cases from Istanbulen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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