Heritage Actors and the Sustainable Development of Rural Communities in Romania. The Case of the RezArt - Museum - Workshop Collection from the Village of Iaz, Sălaj County Cover Image

Actorii patrimoniului și dezvoltarea durabilă a comunităților rurale din România. Cazul colecției RezArt – Muzeu – Ateliere din satul Iaz, județul Sălaj
Heritage Actors and the Sustainable Development of Rural Communities in Romania. The Case of the RezArt - Museum - Workshop Collection from the Village of Iaz, Sălaj County

Author(s): Ana Pascu
Subject(s): Anthropology, Museology & Heritage Studies, Customs / Folklore, Preservation, Civil Society, Ethnohistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Applied Sociology, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Marketing / Advertising, Tourism, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, EU-Legislation, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Editura Universul Academic (SC GOOD LUCK SRL)
Keywords: private actors; non-governmental organizations; sustainable development; ethnographic collection; cultural heritage; local identity; the UNESCO conventions

Summary/Abstract: Cultural heritage has changed its definition for the last decades, slowly becoming an important economic resource especially in areas where the sustainable development through tourism is the only economic development solution. These changes happened based on a strong connection with the worldwide awareness of the important role of social actors, creators and beneficiaries of the heritage. In this study, we focus on the particular case of private actors in heritage (communities, NGOs, individuals), found at the interface between rural communities and state institutions, between constraining laws and the freedom of those who create cultural values, but cannot manage. Among those, we refer to the private collectors of ethnographic objects. The tasks they assume for themselves are difficult. Leaders with distinguished moral qualities are needed, leaders that are true „cultural entrepreneurs”, to whom the work for cultural heritage demands a specialization. The paper discusses the problems and tensions that occur during the management of cultural heritage done by the private actors and also present the fortunate case of the RezArt - Museum - Workshops ethnographic collection, Iaz village, Sălaj county, owned by Ligia-Alexandra Pop.

  • Issue Year: 1/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 61-88
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Romanian