Interculturality in Banat. Social Practices and Memorial Reconstruction
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INTERCULTURALITY IN BANAT. SOCIAL PRACTICES AND MEMORIAL RECONSTRUCTION Regional conference 22 November 2013, Timişoara AGENDA Interculturality in Banat. Kirwei - an identity celebration Social practices and memorial reconstruction Case Studies Regional Conference 22nd of November 2013 Central University Library " Eugen Todoran " Lidia Stefanescu Bd. Vasile Pârvan nr. 4A, Timișoara Student Hour Program Place Faculty of Letters, History and Theology 9.00- Registration Library Main 9.30 Entrance 9.30- Field Documentation on Interculturality – discussions Timișoara 12.30 with representatives of minorities in Banat (Serbian The first fieldwork I have attended, aimed to observe the forms community, Ukrainian community, Bulgarian through which the identity and memory of the Banat Germans are still community) preserved. Done during 2012 and 2013, it was the continuation of studies 12.30- Socializing coffee Library Main done 15 years ago, which could be a basis for comparison in analyzing the 13.00 Entrance changes that occur . An element often present in the Germans discourse at that time of how it was and how it is the kirwei. Do they retain the identity 13:00- Library even if the needs of the society are changing continuously ? Does the Kirwei 13.30 Welcome introductions Auditorium change ? Conf. univ. dr. Vasile Docea, Central University Differences between the two villages that represented the field work library „Eugen Todoran”, Manager area are to be observed from their geographical location, in the Banat Dr. Vladimir Vasiljev, Public Library „Zarko mountains or plains. Gărâna ( Caras -Severin ) is one of the villages founded Zrenjanin” Serbija, Manager by the German "Pems " settled in the early 19th century for forestry . Now 13.30- Library there are 23 residents in a zone that has become a tourist one, a holiday 14:30 Keynote speaker Auditorium village. Becicherecu Mic ( Timis County) had a majority population of Conf.dr. Smaranda Vultur - Interculturality in German ethnics until the mid 20th century, but there were Romanian , Banat. Social practices and memorial Serbian and Hungarian communities too. Ethnic diversity is still preserved , reconstruction but in other quotas. Romanians are the majority in terms of numbers , the other nationalities come down to a few families . 14:30- Lunch & Coffee break Library Office The common element that defines the Germans settled in Banat stays 15:00 the Kirwei. Originally the role was to shape the identity in a multiethnic 15:00- Library area, but there was an interruption in achieving the celebration. It was 17:00 Session Auditorium resumed after 90 years, as a result of community involvement , but it was Lector dr. Simona Adam - Capitalizing the local not enough. Villages with reduced, aged population received support from and regional memorial sources in intercultural those working in Germany, from Romanians , but also from NGOs . Now the education roles of Kirwei are different ; the intercultural character has become Asist.dr. Nicoleta Mușat - „Decât că religia. Tăt dominant. It is also a good opportunity for social integration and also pământ îi” – About differences and afiliations political. Romanians participate actively in the creation of the celebration, in Crivina de Sus they learn about what it meant to be German in this space, so taking the Claudia Rachici, museograph- The image of the role of the transmitter of memory. The Kirwei remains a link with the past, Romanian as seen by the German . Discovery of but it is in constant transformation, a form of adaptation to the needs of the other . society. Lidia Ștefănescu - Kirvai – An identity celebration. Case studies. 17:00- Discussion Library 18:00 Auditorium , traditional costumes, architecture , psychology and lifestyle . Part of the Dear participants , information are refering to facts and descriptions of objects : traditional costumes, customs, dances, architecture, but nothing is shown for the The objectives of cross-border project entitled "The role of libraries in picturesque sake, all the details of life are seen objectively , discovering strengthening regional identity and social cohesion ", implemented by the the value of reality. The image of the Romanians as seen by the Schott Central University Library " Eugen Todoran " in Timisoara, Romania , in brothers does not lead to a conventional one, the Romanian for them is not partnership with the Library " Zarko Zrenjanin " Zrenjanin , Serbia , during an idealized or generic characters, but characters that are lively, real . In December 2012 - May 2014 include the organization of several thematic some cases, Arthur not only finds, but also advances hypotheses aimed , not conferences . The first, on " Regional identity and social cohesion " already to justify, but to facilitate the understanding of ethnic traits . held on October 24, 2013 was attended by over 30 experts from France, Although the obvious sympathy do not shields the unconcessive lucidity, Germany, Serbia and Romania, belonging to various subject areas : and stands for the close emotional bond of the Schott brothers to the anthropology, biblioteconomy, history, political science , sociology. people of Vlach , whom they see as a cheerful and hospitable people with men, hardworking women, with a particular social attitude regarding the The second conference , that we are organising on 22 November 2012, is community, with customs, legends and tales referring to the origins of called "Interculturality in Banat. Social practices and memorial peoples and negative parts of which could be understood in terms of reconstruction". This time, we propose an approach of Banat identity from oppressions endured. the perspective of cultural anthropology . Specialists in the field of cultural .Besides the unaltered scheme of the collected tales from villages in Banat, studies ( Smaranda Vultur, Simona Adam, Nicoleta Musat, Claudia Rachici the Schott brothers give us a picturesque and stylish image with personal and Lydia Stefanescu ) highlight through their communications, various touches but alsoa socially and culturally filtered image of the German aspects and implications of cross-cultural identity : the celebration of our intellectuals that lived in middle of the 19th century, a documentary image past practices, educational models, mutual images, traditions and festive of the Vlachs . events. We will publish the papers presented at the two conferences so that their content is accessible not only to participants, but to all those interested in issues of regional identity in general, especially of those regarding Banat . Vasile Docea Director General of the Central University Library " Eugen Todoran " Timișoara Banat Region - Multiculturality , Ethnic Minorities, Multiconfesionalism Abstract The Image of the Romanian as seen by the Germans. Vladimir Vasiljev Discovery of the Other. Director Public City Library "Zarko Zrenjanin' Zrenjanin Claudia Rachici Banat is the region defined by the most diverse cultural, linguistic, national and religious Curator characteristics. In Banat region exist the following national communities: Serbian, Museum Resita Hungarian, Romanian, German, Slovak, Hungarian, Hebrew, Russian, etc. Identities and cultures are visible in space, through architecture and landscape, and time, through different means of artistic creations. Basme valahe ( Romanian title of the work Walachische Märchen ) of Cultural development of Banat could be followed since the prehistoric till modern times Arthur and Albert Schott , appeared in 1845, published by Cotta Publishing (buildings since Neolithic period, churches of all confessions, famous buildings in cities and House of Stuttgart and Tübingen, was included in the European circuit as the main source of information of Romanian folk narratives. This is the first villages, a.s.o). Visual arts were developing since the old times as the need for cultural collection of Romanian folklore, the first work through which the Romanian expression (frescoes, paintings, plastic arts…). In modern times, through galeries, artistic folk epic prose arouses interest of foreigners because it is published in a colonies and different ways of gathering, this kind of art is institutionalized. The literature language of wide circulation . is also very developed, from the oldest books and manuscripts to modern literature. There Of the two authors, Arthur Schott is the collector of stories ( during his is also very developed network of cultural institutions for keeping and protection of years in Banat, in the mountainous area of Almaj mine , ( 1836-1841 and written heritage (libraries, archives, museums, etc). Theatres, choirs and different ethnic 1844-1859 ) as an employee -estate administrator on the Bissingen estate, cultural centres also contribute to the development and promotion of all different Iam village, living also in the Oraviţa mining center ) and Albert Schott traditions in the area of Banat in order to strengthen the social and economic cohesion of historian and lingvist , processes the collected texts by Arthur and brings all communities. the historical, geographical , economic , ethnographic documentations , and paying attention to the Latin origin of the Romanian people and its language and Daco -Roman continuity north of Danube . Like all travelers, the Schott brothers judge the world in terms of the values of their own world, lies also in the constellation pattern of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm brothers which gives their work a slightly mythologized interpretation,