The
project
Institutional
Partnership:
Intercultural research in Romania to achieve better standards
in human rights
Romania,
as many countries of South-East Europe, has faced constant
confrontation of cultures during its history, particularly
during the 20th Century when major transformations repeatedly
affected its social, political and cultural life. Banat and
Transylvania have thereby accumulated a very rich inter-cultural
experience. Nevertheless it is necessary to consider this
experience within the framework of the new order, i.e. the
existence and development of Europe (and politically the European
Union) and the resurgence of inter-ethnic conflicts in the
whole region.
The Institutional Partnership (IP) between the Centre for
Inter-Ethnic Research (CCRI), Cluj, the Department of Ethnology
at the University of Fribourg and the Intercultural Institute
of Timisoara (IIT) aims at contributing to the development
and systematisation of "good practices" in the field
of intercultural relations. To achieve this purpose the IP
will assess existing research in this field (with the help
of its networks) and propose new directions for research,
in order to design new models for positive intercultural relationships.
The three partner institutions are working together for the
first time on a common project, establishing closer links
between the Banat and Transylvania on the one hand, and with
the other regions of Romania on the other hand.
The publications, printed and on line, will give Romanian
intercultural research worldwide audience and will constitute
a well for researchers in this field. It will encourage also
young Romanian scholars to devote their research to this important
topic for the future of South East Europe, where cultural
conflicts are endemic.
The reinforcement of research in the field of interculturalism
in Romania will also permit to produce clearer and more reliable
concepts and knowledge in order to offer better arguments
for social and political practices concerning human rights
in South East Europe.
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