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Dioști Village: a sociological model to follow
Dioști Village: a sociological model to follow

Author(s): Alin Bulumac
Subject(s): Applied Sociology, Social development, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture, Economic development
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Bucharest School of Sociology;model village;Gheorghe Focșa;social role;peasant civilization and spirituality;

Summary/Abstract: The model village represents an innovative idea and project of the Bucharest School of Sociology, which was brought to life in the interwar time frame as part of the continous efforts to improve the quality of life in the rural areas of Great Romania. Thus, thousands of work hours were synthesized and applied at Dioști Village, a small village that was rapidly transforming into a living model-to-follow. The transformation was a holistic one: the architectural specificity was saved and promoted, the cultural and moral values were promoted, the administrative, economic, and social life was upgrading. The entire process was supervised by Gheorghe Focșa, one of Dimitrie Gusti's assistants that also managed to create a brief presentation of what had been done in Dioști in only two years of intensive work.

  • Issue Year: 33/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 25-31
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English