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| − | <li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Ahmad-Hashemi-Oriental-Studies-1.jpg|thumb|150px|'''Principal Investigator & Research Director'''<br>Ahmad Hashemi<br>DPhil, | + | <li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Ahmad-Hashemi-Oriental-Studies-1.jpg|thumb|150px|'''Principal Investigator & Research Director'''<br>Ahmad Hashemi<br>DPhil, Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK]] </li> |
<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Niloufar Alipour-Islamic Art.jpg|thumb|150px|'''Digital Lead & Managing Editor'''<br>Niloufar Alipour<br> BA, Islamic Art, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran]] </li> | <li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Niloufar Alipour-Islamic Art.jpg|thumb|150px|'''Digital Lead & Managing Editor'''<br>Niloufar Alipour<br> BA, Islamic Art, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran]] </li> | ||
<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Maryam Ghanbari Adivi-Fine Art Carpet.JPG|thumb|150px|'''Research Fellow & Editor'''<br>Maryam Ghanbari Adivi<br>ٍMA, Fine Art (Carpet), University of Kashan, Iran]] </li> | <li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Maryam Ghanbari Adivi-Fine Art Carpet.JPG|thumb|150px|'''Research Fellow & Editor'''<br>Maryam Ghanbari Adivi<br>ٍMA, Fine Art (Carpet), University of Kashan, Iran]] </li> | ||
Latest revision as of 16:28, 11 May 2021
WikiRug (Wiki Rug) is a bilingual Online Encyclopedia of Rugs and Carpets, based on open collaboration through a wiki-based content editing system. This encyclopedia covers the diverse forms that the art and craft of handmade rug taken over centuries across the world, particularly in Persia (Iran), Afghanistan, India, Anatolia (Turkey), and central Asia. The entries of WikiRug will include but not limited to the following: general terminology, weaving tools, technique and materials, carpet styles, designs, patterns, motifs, carpet production origins (counties, regions, cities, villages), research materials (books, magazines, websites), carpet market and industry, as well as individuals (designers, master weavers, artisans, researchers).
