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State led vulnerability and the subtle process of constructing the local clandestine – IRINA ZAMFIRESCU / Illustration by Rucsandra Enache

Illustration by Rucsandra Enache State led vulnerability and the subtle process of constructing the local clandestine Irina Zamfirescu Abstract With ten children in their household, a family from Bucharest could not remember how many times they were evicted. Dorina and Ioan kept on hiding and moving because of fear of having their kids taken by […]

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Affording authenticity & strategies for inclusive heritage-making in a World Heritage Site – IRINA DOBRIȚĂ / Illustration by Cristina Barsony

Illustration by Cristina Barsony Affording Authenticity and Strategies for Inclusive Heritage-making in a World Heritage Site Irina Dobriță Abstract A growing critical heritage scholarship interrogates the facets of socio-economic, cultural and even spatial exclusion involved in heritage-making and in preserving the integrity and authenticity – particularly of built heritage, historic monuments or cultural landscapes. In the

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Secrets, lies, and political inequality – RADU UMBREȘ / Illustration by Sveta Parfenyuk

Illustration by Sveta Parfenyuk Secrets, lies, and political inequality Radu Umbreș Abstract Transparency and accountability are fundamental for modern democracies but grassroots governance depends upon social and cultural systems of knowledge which often raise serious barriers to information and political participation. Ethnographic fieldwork in a Romanian village shows how a culture of secrecy and deception

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(Dis)Regarding women’s football: marginalized experiences of a sport phenomenon – ILEANA SZASZ / Illustration by Maria Cucu

Illustration by Maria Cucu (Dis)Regarding women’s football: marginalized experiences of a sport phenomenon Ileana Gabriela Szasz Abstract The article examines how women in different socio-political contexts in Romania have engaged in football and how they negotiated their path in spite of the systematic and systemic disregard of their participation. For over five decades thousands of

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The Nightshift – JULIUS-CEZAR MACQUARIE / Illustration by Alex Săvescu

Illustration by Alex Săvescu The Nightshift Julius-Cezar MacQuarie Abstract Most ethnographic research projects are conducted during the day. But how suitable is such a work schedule in global cities that operate twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, or where potential interlocutors work during the night? Researching at night, as I found out, is

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Putih, Bersih, Cantik (White, Clean, Beautiful). Tracing Beauty and Color among Women in Bali and Closer to Home (Romania) – IRINA SAVU CRISTEA / Illustration by Cristina Pîrvu

Illustration by Cristina Pîrvu Putih, Bersih, Cantik (White, Clean, Beautiful). Tracing Beauty and Color among Women in Bali and Closer to Home (Romania) Irina Savu Cristea Abstract The desire to have a lighter skin color and the efforts to achieve it are rarely just purely individual choices based on personal style and preferences. Rather the

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When We Write We Listen to Ourselves: Letters from the Imaginary Border Between Research and Friendship – ANA CHIRIȚOIU & IZABELA TIBERIADE / Illustration by Andreea Chirică

Illustration by Andreea Chirică When We Write We Listen to Ourselves: Letters from the Imaginary Border Between Research and Friendship Ana Chirițoiu and Izabela Tiberiade Abstract Ami and Izabela are friends. One is an ethnic Romanian and a PhD candidate in anthropology, the other, thirteen years her junior, is an ethnic Roma and an undergraduate

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Material, social and political implications of work in and beyond Galați, Romania – GERARD A. WEBER / Illustration by Andreea Moise

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

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Migration and Changing Expectations in a Roma Segregated Neighborhood – REMUS GABRIEL ANGHEL / Illustration by Alex Săvescu

Illustration by Alex Săvescu Migration and Changing Expectations in a Roma Segregated Neighborhood Remus Gabriel Anghel Abstract The segregation and poverty of the Roma have been debated for the last thirty years in Romania and some other Eastern European countries. Academic research was conducted to better understand the conditions of Roma discrimination, poverty, and segregation,

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Children of Girueta and the Wastelands of Football for All – ANDREI MIHAIL / Illustration by Ferenczy Ándras

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

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