WikiRug:About

WikiRug 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).

Our Team

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  Principal Investigator & Research Director
  Ahmad Hashemi
  DPhil, Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, UK
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  Digital Lead & Managing Editor
  Niloufar Alipour
  BA, Islamic Art, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran
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  Research Fellow & Editor
  Maryam Ghanbari Adivi
  ٍMA, Fine Art (Carpet), University of Kashan, Iran
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  Mediawiki Adviser
  
  Mehdi Halvaei
  ٍBS, Engineering, Azad University, Iran

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  Advisory Board
  
  Jalalodin Bassam
  PhD, Textile Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia
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  Advisory Board
  
  Hamid Kargar
  PhD, Communication Sciences, University of Tehran, Iran
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  Research Fellow
  
  Mohammadmehdi Mirzaamini
  PhD, Art Studies, Isfahan University of Art, Iran
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  Research Fellow
  
  Aghil Sistani
  PhD candidate, Art Studies, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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  Research Fellow
  
  Abdolhossein Ghasemnejad
  MA, Art Studies, Soore University, Iran