- Posted On 30 October 2015
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The associations’ duties in protecting the ethnic groups
Along with the globalization and the modern, cosmopolitan tendencies, the trends of preserving the culture and the authenticity of some ethnic groups have become more and more significant. In order to deal with the daily pressure of complying with the mas...
- Posted On 14 October 2015
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Agora cities and the race for the European Capital of Culture
The end of this year is drawing near and we can see that cultural diversity has been a timely topic on the public agenda. Cluj-Napoca has been this year the European Youth Capital, and the competition for the European Capital of Culture in 2021 is ongoing...
- Posted On 21 September 2015
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Volunteering – a way to discover the world around you
Many times we see around us and on the pages of social networking messages that urge us to get out of our comfort zone because then we shall find wonderful things. The magic is going to happen. We shall find a wonderful world that is not accessible to us ...
- Posted On 7 September 2015
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Stories need to be told to live
“I believe that stories need to be told to live. If somewhere something great happens and it is not shared, then it’s almost as if it would not have happened.” Vlad Petreanu said that in October 2012 before his journeys to the libraries ...
- Posted On 5 August 2015
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Bilingual children, more open to the world
Belonging to an ethnic minority is not as simple as we think, especially when it has to adapt to the society in which it lives and to comply with the new rules. Besides the endless adaptation to the majority community in which they live, learning the lang...
- Posted On 4 August 2015
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Digital stories enrollments in 5 months
Digital stories enlisted in the project Cultural Agora @ Your Library It has been over 5 months since the Agora Cultural @ Your Library project has started and we already have over 300 storytellers and stories from the four counties taking part in the Dig...
- Posted On 23 July 2015
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The Glocalization or the value of local authenticity in the global culture
The globalization and the cosmopolitanism have been fashionable concepts over the last few years, being found in all fields, from economy and politics to gastronomy and fashion. The Romanian traditional blouse has gained ground on the most famous c...
- Posted On 8 July 2015
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The Romanian emigrants’ relationship with their country
More and more Romanians decide to leave their native country and build a life from scratch somewhere else. Romania’s population has decreased under 20 million citizens since 1968, as there would be around 2.4 million of Romanian immigrants...
- Posted On 9 June 2015
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Cultural diversity: an invaluable wealth of Romania:
Why ethnic pride is important? Romania is a privileged country in terms of both cultural and ethnic diversity. The ethnic richness is due to the geographical position and tumultuous history of these lands. The influence of various nations is nowadays felt...
- Posted On 28 May 2015
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The math behind the beautiful stories
People have always found ways to tell their stories, regardless of the channels and communication technologies available. Stories bring us together and carry along our memory – irrespective of their kind – family, personal, love, folk, war or chil...