A Sample of Resilient Intercultural Coexistence in Ethnic Hungarian, Serbian and Bulgarian Communities in Western Romania

Iancu-Constantin Berceanu and Nicolae Popa
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Iancu-Constantin Berceanu: Doctoral School of Geography, West University of Timisoara, 300223 Timisoara, Romania
Nicolae Popa: Department of Geography, West University of Timisoara, 300223 Timisoara, Romania

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-24

Abstract: This article sets out to highlight the way in which the phenomena of co-construction and territorial deconstruction make themselves apparent locally. We focused our study on Timiș County, core of the historical Banat region, for the reason that it is still an ethno-cultural mosaic linked to its cross-border space. We based our analysis on the exploitation of a specific bibliography and, especially, on a survey through questionnaire and interview. The regional socio-cultural identity of Banat was founded on the dialogue and intercultural co-construction that have been practised since 1718. The repeated processes of socio-spatial co-construction and deconstruction, due to the changes of sovereignty and limits, prove a remarkable identity resilience, Banat being a model of continuity of regional territoriality. In the current context of European integration and of regionalisation, these processes have been reactivated, with the ethnic minorities cultivating solidarity with their co-nationals over the border while also preserving solidarity with the present host country, Romania.

Keywords: deconstruction of territory; intercultural co-construction; regional identity; ethnic minorities; cross-border relations; Banat; Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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