15.08.2022 Graveyards, irrespective of their religious belonging, represent important research sources for studying various phenomena unfolding in the community where respective graveyards are located. Also, a funeral monument is in itself a historical source and can be often considered artistic and cultural heritage. Therefore, by researching such monuments we can...
Făgăraș, August 8 – 11, all day (in person, Romanian & English) INSTRUCTOR Sidonia Olea Ph.D.Cand Departments/units: Summer School 2022, Educational Programs Department, Research Department, Young Researchers Club, CRAI Region: Fagaras Country Topics: History, Anthropology, Arts and Culture
The Last(ing) Signs Archival Collection is creating the context for collecting deteriorating artefacts in public spaces which keep stories and symbolical meanings from XX century Romania. All images show objects that were once useful or carried certain meanings, but today they are rather useless and remain present in the urban...
23.03.2022 The Last(ing) Signs Archival Collection is creating the context for collecting deteriorating artefacts in public spaces which keep stories and symbolical meanings from XX century Romania. All images show objects that were once useful or carried certain meanings, but today they are rather useless and remain present in the...
22.03.2022 The FRI Community Archive is an independent community-based archive located in Calbor and Făgăraș, Romania. The archive works on the principles of participation, research, open access, and debate. Participation The archive collaborates with the local community that participates actively in the process of collecting archival records and collections. Our...
11.02.2022 We work together for a green, competitive and inclusive Europe. We ended last year with news about a project that we have been thinking about for a long time and which aims at developing the capacity of NGOs in Țara Făgărașului. We want to contribute together to the development...
The synagogue in Făgăraș has remained an unused building since 1987, following the reduction of the number of Jews in the community. The Făgăraș Community Foundation (FCTF) together with the Insitute, contacted the Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities (FCER) in 2017 and opened the discussion in order to use the...
Civil society drives development in any community. Therefore we are happy to support through research a capacity building project of the Țara Făgărașului Community Foundations in the upcoming three years. Our contribution includes, among others, the mapping of civil society in Țara Făgărașului and developing a study about NGOs active...
After more than 30 years from the Communist regime, Romanian civil society in rural and small-town areas is still in an incipient phase. Furthermore, today it is further negatively impacted by COVID-19. The project aims to research the level of development, networks, and capacity of civil society organizations în Țara...
Online (Zoom), August 13, 2021, 9.00-13.00 (in English) A guided “seminar” type discussion about the original concept of rhythmanalysis coined by Henri Lefebvre and possible applications in 21st-century research in the social sciences, especially of the digital society. Participation in the Summer School activities is free of charge, and we...