This paper examines the ways in which nationalism, folklore, peasant material heritage and concern for traditions and identity are intertwined in the case of promotional campaigns for rural tourist sites and folklore festivals in the Transylvanian area. I start from the premise that these types of campaigns are representative of a vast folklore entertainment industry and part of tourism...
This study aims to explore the ways in which local cultural festivals can be used to achieve social and cultural inclusion. For data collecting we conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with festivals organizers from Sibiu, Romania. Interviews took place between March 2023 and September 2023, were conducted in person, in Romanian, and were transcribed afterward.
The results show that...
Many heritage buildings in Romania are degrading over time. The Ambulance for Monuments (AfM) project intervenes to protect their further decay.
A major challenge they encounter is the shortage of appropriately skilled labor, craftspeople proficient in using traditional materials and techniques. This is part of broader phenomena of declining interest in traditional crafts and increasing...
A low level of trust, solidarity, and community values is well documented in post-totalitarian Romania. This low level of social capital affects many areas of public life, including protecting heritage buildings. Recognizing this, the Ambulance for Monuments (AfM) has engaged since 2016 in interventions to safeguard heritage buildings from collapse or decay. They use an intervention model to...
In Pierre Bourdieu and Axel Honneth’s terms, the literary realm is underpinned by a fierce “struggle for recognition” that structures the field in terms of unequal relations of power, cultural prestige, and public visibility. In line with this sociological perspective, literary success is not the direct result of the aesthetical merits of writings, but should be conceived as deriving from the...
Safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) also includes its promotion. The Journal of Cultural Anthropology (with an annual appearance) was founded in 2018 and its editorial board consists of second-year students from the specializations Conservation-Restoration, Heritage Study and History, Faculty of Socio-Human Sciences, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania. Each issue of the...
“NUMMI DIGITALI is a PON “Research and Innovation” project 2014-2020, which aims to enhance the numismatic collection of the Archaeological Museum “Salinas” of Palermo, thanks to the interrelation between numismatic-archaeological methodologies and the IT approach.
To this end, a digital database was created, in line with the standards and cataloging tools of the ICCD (Ministry of Culture)...
The current study presents the results of non-invasive diagnostic investigations conducted in situ on the medieval frescoes in the complex of St Mary of the Cave, Marsala (Trapani, Italy). The aim of the study was to assess the frescoes' state of conservation and execution technique. The state of conservation of the wall paintings is compromised due to the characteristics of the environmental...
The preservation and understanding of cultural heritage artifacts are of paramount importance for connecting with our historical and artistic past. The use of spectroscopic techniques, combined with chemometrics and artificial intelligence, offers a novel approach to analyzing the composition and structure of archaeological goods, shedding light on their conservation status, provenance, and...
Lithic artefacts are important remains for comprehending the life of our Prehistoric ancestors. Indeed, reconstructing raw materials supply strategy is crucial in order to better understand socioecological dynamics, including mobility, territorial control and possible contacts. In the last years, analytical characterisation protocols have employed to identify the origin of lithic tools from...
The Jiu Valley region in Romania is known as the country former largest coal mining area, with 14 mines that we’re still active until 1997. After that year, many mines we’re closed and some demolished later on. But the mine of Petrila, which was programmed for demolition in 2016, was saved by local community actors efforts and was included in the National Register of Historic Monuments. Today,...
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