26.02.2025 / Publications Authors: Ștefan Cibian At one of our FRI Media Lab workshops, students did not know what World War II was, who Hitler was, or what happened during the Holocaust. That illustrates a specific difficulty in teaching history, as well as broader challenges faced by post-totalitarian societies...
12.02.2025 / Expert Comments Global changes challenge the present, affect the lives of individual citizens, and require changes in daily life. Politics follows these changes, both at the local and international levels—or rather, at the supranational level, as in the case of the European Union. For many years now, the...
12.02.2025 / Expert Comments In Italy, the climate crisis is no longer a distant concern—it is an immediate, pressing reality. Among the most urgent challenges we face is water scarcity, a threat that impacts food security, local economies, and the quality of life for millions of people. This issue is...
12.02.2025 / Expert Comments Calabria, with its breathtaking landscapes and unique cultural heritage, is facing one of the most critical challenges of the 21st century: depopulation. The small inland villages, once the heart of vibrant communities are emptying at an alarming rate. Younger generations are emigrating to urban centers and...
12.02.2025 / Expert Comments The processes of globalization have caused significant transformations in the world economy, significantly affecting both urban and rural areas. The rural regions of Transylvania, part of Romania, have been no exception, experiencing phenomena such as industrial relocation, migration to cities or other countries, and the transformation...
21.01.2025 / Expert Comments Between rolling hills, historic villages, and breathtaking beaches, the Marche region stands as one of Italy’s true gems. A precious treasure whose growing popularity as a tourist destination raises a crucial question: how can the influx of visitors be managed without compromising the natural beauty and...
04.04.2025 / News We kicked off the Community Foresight meeting with the network partners who arrived last night in Făgăraș. We’re at the House of Foundations and Associations of Țara Făgărașului, hosted by the Țara Făgărașului Community Foundation. Our agenda includes: an imagining exercise about local communities in Romania in...
05.11.2024 / News How do we learn from the past to better understand the present? The “Țara Bunicilor” (Grandparents’ Land) workshop gave children and young people the opportunity to explore recent history through interactive experiences and role-playing games. Starting with the rigged elections of 1946 and continuing with experiments on...
15.10.2024 / News End of project: Share Location – The Făgăraș Resistance reached six counties this year. The documentary-theater show brought the powerful stories of women in the anti-communist resistance to the public, transforming each performance into a community dialogue about memory, suffering and collective healing. Between June and August...
28.10.2024 / News On October 20th 2024, the “Messages from the Future” exhibition, the last event in the Share Location: Făgăraș Resistance project, was opened in the Dungeon Tower of the Țara Făgărașului Museum. The exhibition brought to the forefront the works made by children and young people who participated...