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Recovering the Past for Resilient Communities www.ssoar.info Recovering the past for resilient communities: territorial identity, cultural landscape and symbolic places in Năsăud town, Romania Ilovan, Oana-Ramona; Voicu, Cristina-Georgiana; Colcer, Alexandra-Maria Veröffentlichungsversion / Published Version Zeitschriftenartikel / journal article Empfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation: Ilovan, O.-R., Voicu, C.-G., & Colcer, A.-M. (2019). Recovering the past for resilient communities: territorial identity, cultural landscape and symbolic places in Năsăud town, Romania. Europa Regional, 26.2018(2), 14-28. https://nbn- resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-66830-6 Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Dieser Text wird unter einer Deposit-Lizenz (Keine This document is made available under Deposit Licence (No Weiterverbreitung - keine Bearbeitung) zur Verfügung gestellt. Redistribution - no modifications). 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Territoriale Identität, - Kulturlandschaft und symbolische Orte in der Stadt the Land of Năsăud (partly overlapping the former Military Năsăud (Rumänien) Frontier District of Năsăud), Romania, and the present prac tices building symbolic places, cultural landscapes, community spirit and togetherness in Năsăud town, its polarising centre, Bei der Untersuchung der Wahrnehmungen der Bewohner zur we discuss the relevance of recovering the past for building territorialen Identität im Land Năsăud (Rumänien) (teilweise - a resilient community. For collecting research data on locals’ überlappend mit dem ehemaligen Militärgrenzbezirk Năsăud), - perceptions, we administered a questionnaire survey and em und der gegenwärtigen Praxis des Aufbaus symbolischer Orte, ployed a qualitative analysis of the information, while on place von Kulturlandschaften, Gemeinschaftsgeist und Zusammenge symbols, and events organised related to the Military Frontier hörigkeit in der Stadt Năsăud, seinem polarisierenden Zentrum, - District history and heritage, we collected data from the local sprechen wir über die Bedeutung des Wiedergewinnens der mass media and through field trips investigating the cultural Vergangenheit zum Aufbau einer anpassungsfähigen, belastba landscape. Our findings include facts and locals’ perceptions ren Gemeinschaft. Zur Erhebung von Forschungsdaten über die about their history, features of their community (discourse and Wahrnehmungen der Einheimischen haben wir eine Umfrage - - symbolic places), the most recent local initiatives and events re- durchgeführt und eine qualitative Analyse der Informationen creating a landscape of feeling. Despite running the risk of ro vorgenommen, während wir bei Ortssymbolen und Veranstal Recovering the past for resilient communities - manticising a place and a period, one cannot ignore the impact tungen, die sich auf die Geschichte und die Vergangenheit des - of shaping a certain cultural landscape and discourse on com militärischen Grenzbezirks beziehen, Daten aus den lokalen munity’s self-defining process and future prospects. The roles Massenmedien erhoben und bei Exkursionen die Kulturland of culture and community spirit are very strong in empowering schaft untersucht haben. Unsere Befunde umfassen Fakten and building the confidence of the communities in the present und Wahrnehmungen der Einheimischen über ihre Geschichte, - Land of Năsăud, as proved by the perceptions, initiatives, and Merkmale ihrer Gemeinschaft (Diskurs und symbolische Orte), - events in the town of Năsăud. die jüngsten lokalen Initiativen und Veranstaltungen zur Wie Năsăud town; symbolic landscape; Military Frontier District; - derherstellung einer Gefühlslandschaft. Obwohl die Gefahr be community; locals’ perceptions; memory steht, Orte und alte Zeiten zu romantisieren, kann man die Aus wirkungen der Gestaltung einer bestimmten Kulturlandschaft und der Diskussion auf den Selbstbestimmungsprozess und die - Zukunftsperspektiven der Gemeinschaft nicht ignorieren. Die - Rolle, die die Kultur und der Gemeinschaftsgeist für die Stär kung der Identität und den Aufbau von Vertrauen der Gemein schaften im heutigen Land Năsăud spielen, ist sehr bedeutend. Dies zeigen die Eindrücke, Initiativen und Veranstaltungen in der Stadt Năsăud. Năsăud Stadt; symbolische Landschaft; militärischer Grenzbe- zirk; Gemeinde; Wahrnehmungen der Einheimischen; Erinnerung 14 Oana-Ramona Ilovan, Cristina-Georgiana Voicu, Alexandra-Maria Colcer: Recovering the past for resilient communities Introduction social recognition and depiction of a ‘col- “landscapes as spaces rendered distinct environmental change by considering perceptions of territorial identity in the - The aim of our paper is to explore (a) the lective self’ conveys the social expression - through an accumulation and concretisa of territorial identity. As a reaction to calls Land of Năsăud, Romania, which is partly tion of memory, in situ” (Kinsley 2015, for a non-representational method of in overlapping the former Military Frontier p. 167) as the landscape continues to vestigating this territorial identity, the District of Năsăud (1762-1851), part of change in the future. distinction between ‘internal’ self and - - the Austrian Military Frontier, and (b) There is a living connection between ‘external’ landscape in a way that exceeds the present practices building symbolic the territory and the community, a sym the (re)formation vision-oriented attrib places, cultural landscapes, community biosis, as an elasticised sense of time is utes of landscape must be drawn. - - - spirit and togetherness in Năsăud town, embedded in the territory. The concept of In this respect, Storey found this type of - the polarising centre. The most signifi ‘cultural memory’ as a source of this in identity as a “complex, fluid, multi-dimen cant period for the social and economic terpretative framework enables certain sional, multilayered, and processual con development of this region: the Military processes and types of rationality when cept” (Storey 2012, p. 11). In his study, he - - Frontier District of Năsăud traces back planning space, according to a certain underscored the regional symbolic value the present features of the community community-owned knowledge along his of identity as having physical and cul - - culture and landscape. In doing so, we tory. The fact that working with memory tural properties. Firstly, the geographical discuss the relevance of territorial iden means also to recognise what is happen identity behaves as a cognitive product: tity, of recovering the past through the ing now in the territory – new ways of the outcome of an analytical method and - - cultural landscape and symbolic places taking care of the territory, uses of space representation that enables us to gain a of Năsăud, to build a resilient community. – the quality of places, where differenc symbolic control on a given space. Sec - Situated in the northern part of Bistriţa- es are visible, enhanced, and underline ondly, the territorial identity stems from Năsăud County, Romania, the Land of identity through certain ‘identity mark a self-referential process performed by - - Năsăud has over 100,000 inhabitants, out ers’ (Melnychuck et al. 2014, p. 159) in a community that culturally owns a pre- - of which 80 % live in the rural area (Ilo the landscape, argues for its relevance. established symbolic landscape. Conse - - van 2009). Năsăud, the main economic Researchers discuss the role of these quently, the territorial identity repre and cultural centre, is a small town, hav markers, seen as essential symbolic ele sents the local community by collective of regarding identity as a territorial re- ing just over 9,000 inhabitants. ments interlinked to the community’s identification. In other words, this way Theoretical background past, by employing and re-engaging with - - this past to construct territorial identity source that is instantly able to determine ritorial identity and assigning it a role in The topic of community spirit and territo in a still in progress
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