Illustration by Andreea Moise Material, social and political implications of work in and beyond Galați, Romania Gerard A. Weber, Ph.D. Abstract In the last greater than thirty years, the work lives of blue-collar people in Galați, Romania has fundamentally changed. After decades of state-guaranteed employment, many starting in the 1990s were forced into early retirement […]

Illustration by Ferenczy András Children of Girueta and the Wastelands of Football for All Andrei Mihail Abstract Football can be more than a sport. Obviously, playing football can help improve the health of city dwellers. Accessible pitches, modernized facilities, or well-trained coaches can harness the sport’s popularity to get people to play it. But there

Illustration by Andreea Dumuța Uncitizenship through Evictions Irina Zamfirescu Abstract Two years, seven evictions, almost 300 people for whom the only prospect of housing after eviction was the street. The structural violence in Bucharest is as subtle in its manifestations as it is obvious when we look at the city’s evictions. For the evictees, the waiting

Illustration by Sorina Vazelina Reindustrialization, Labor, and Precariousness in Romania: A Case Study of Factories in Baia Mare Raluca Perneș Abstract Tens of thousands of workers are currently employed in factories in the Baia Mare area. Most factories are greenfield projects, while old industrial sites in Baia Mare have been abandoned. Most employees working in

Illustration by Simina Popescu The Construction of an Olfactory Other Ruxandra Păduraru Abstract Sensitivity to certain smells is in fact simply a mask of privilege. The significance of a particular smell is not discovered by differentiating it from other smells (there are no independent forms/means to encode these distinctions) but by discriminating the contexts in