The project has a duration of 24 months and will run from January 1st, 2022 to December 31, 2023. It is a journey through time and space to promote, enhance and revitalize the Romani cultural heritage. The project is addressed to the Roma minority as a whole and to the visiting public in Romania and Norway, with the aim of improving the situation of the Roma population. Throughout the project, the Village Museum will benefit from the expertise of colleagues from Glomdal at the Anno Museum in Norway, who will actively participate in research campaigns and discussion sessions on the revitalization and promotion of traditional Roma crafts.
Project promoter: “Dimitrie Gusti” National Village Museum, Romania
Project partners: Anno Museum, Norway
Amount of non-reimbursable financing (85% EEA Grant and 15% national budget): 6,720,404.11 lei
(1,357,794.55 euro)
Duration: 24 months
Implementation location: Romania (Bucharest, Constanța, Călărași, Ialomița, Giurgiu, Teleorman, Olt, Dolj) and Norway (Elverum)
Who are we?
The Norwegian Anno Museum, through its Glomdal Department, has the mission to collect and preserve elements belonging to the old cultures and to provide knowledge about the lives and customs of the people of the past. The museum foundation aims to support the field of minority culture and multicultural society, and the museum has a special responsibility for the culture and history of the Roma. Since 2000, the Glomdal Museum has taken national responsibility for documenting the culture and history of the Tater/Roma people, and has a major permanent exhibition dedicated to them.
Through its exhibition of architecture and folk technique, and implicitly, through the specific inventory of ethnographic objects, the museum succeeds in presenting to the public the image of a village - synthesis of Romania, in its originality, representativeness, unity and diversity. At the same time, the respect and application of the principle of unity in diversity have allowed to capture ethnic differences and interferences between Romanian folk culture and that of other nationalities and ethnic groups in Romania.
What do we aim to do?
Although the Romani people are a historical minority in Romania, the social distance between them and the Romanians continues to be maintained, with stereotypes and prejudices remaining the main vectors that describe them in the minds of the majority population. Based on these considerations, our aim is to revitalize their cultural heritage.
Through all the actions of the project we aim to increase and diversify the cultural offer of the Roma, and to develop new audiences interested in hearing their story and history. One of the essential components in the fight against discrimination is education in the spirit of tolerance and acceptance of multicultural diversity. Through the actions of the project, we aim to provide the public with the tools to raise awareness of Roma cultural specificity, countering stereotypes and promoting multicultural understanding.
Partners
Opening hours
Monday – Thursday – 08.00 AM – 4.30 PM
Friday – 08.00 AM – 2.00 PM
Contact
28-30, Kiseleff Road, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania
021 317 90 68
contact@romanorinterferences.ro
