Workshop
Local and regional museums in Bessarabia
Actors of changing civil societies
as part of the International Forum Moldova (IFM)
Organization and direction: Dr. Heinke Fabritius, Kulturreferentin for Transylvania, the Carpathian region, Bessarabia and Dobruja at the Transylvanian Museum, Gundelsheim am Neckar/D
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 9:00–14:00
Location: Great Senat Hall of USM
Working languages: German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Russian (translation)
Historical awareness in the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine is undergoing a fundamental change. It is not only the national self-image that has to be reassessed since the independence of both countries. New civil society processes are also being initiated beyond this. There is a growing interest in rediscovering the multi-ethnic structures of the regions and understanding historical diversity as an enrichment for the present. Museums, especially minority, local history and regional museums, play a central role in this.
What is the current approach to intertwined histories, some of which have long been suppressed? What is their European dimension? City and local history museums increasingly see themselves as civil society actors that not only reflect social developments but can also have a strong impact on the most diverse sections of the population. In cooperation with associations, municipalities and think tanks, these “small houses” are developing new forms of presentation and communication strategies in order to document the diverse cultural memory of their region/hometown and make it possible to experience it in a new way. This process has enormous significance and political appeal, particularly in view of the current threat.
Participants in this exchange of experiences on the role and new spheres of action of museums (minority, regional and local collections) are curators from the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Germany, as well as academics, independent cultural mediators and representatives of associations.
Participants
| Heinke Fabritius | Workshop leader / cultural advisor |
| Liubov Klym | Management of the Sarata Local History Museum, Budschak, Odessa Oblast |
| Hartmut Knopp | Board member of the Bessarabian and Dobrudja German Association, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Nadiia Kochurova | Management of the Arzys City and Local History Museum, Budjak, Odessa Oblast |
| Sergiy Luzanov | Deputy Mayor and Head of the Cultural Department Izmajil, Odessa Oblast |
| Liudmila Luzanova | University of Odessa, currently in Germany |
| Valeriy Paternak | Head of Izmajil City Museum, Budjak, Odessa Oblast |
| Kathrin Pieren | Head of the Jewish Museum Westfalen |
| Roman Rabinovici | Curator of the Jewish Museum Orhei |
| Olaf Schulze | Exhibition curator at the Bessarabia and Dobrudja-German Association, Stuttgart, D |
| Tetyana Shevchuk | University of Izmajil |
| Petru Vicol | Director General of the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History Chișinău |
| Tobias Weger | Institute for German Culture and History of Southeast Europe at the LMU Munich |
| Andreea Wisosenschi | Museum Gheroghe Celea / Aromunischer Kulturverein, Karamurat/RO |
| Olesya Yaremchuk | freelance journalist, Lviv |
| Tudor Zbânea | Director of the National Museum of Art in/from Moldova (MNAM) |
Kulturreferentin for Transylvania, the Carpathian region, Bessarabia and Dobruja at the Transylvanian Museum, Gundelsheim am Neckar/D
Konrad Adenauer Foundation – Moldova Office
Federal Institute for Culture and History of Eastern Europe, Oldenburg
Moldovan State University, Chișinău
Institute for German Culture and History of Southeast Europe at the LMU Munich