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Fariborz Dolatabadi

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The field of appresentation: a phenomenological–semiotic model of sacred presence in ritual architecture

Time and Mind October 11, 2026 Sevil Mehdilou, Fariborz Dolatabadi, Masoomeh Yaghoobi

This article proposes a four-layer phenomenological–semiotic model of appresentation, understood as the symbolic and affective co-presence of unseen dimensions within embodied spatial experience. Drawing on phenomenology, archetypal symbolism, and theories of cultural memory, the study conceptualizes sacred architecture as a dynamic field in which symbolic meaning and lived presence emerge...