Paths to belonging: constructing local identity in Banat by means of monuments, cultural heritage and historiography
Cover -- 1. CULTURAL HERITAGE, MONUMENTS AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION -- Evolution of "cultural heritage" and "historical monument" in Romania -- 1. Semantic development of "cultural heritage" and "historical monument" -- 2. The evolution of the meanings of "cultural heritage" and "historical monument" in Romania. -- 2.1. The period between 1874 and 1948. Emergence and stablishment of the term "historical monument". -- 2.2. The period between 1948 and 1977. New dimension of the cultural heritage. -- 2.3. The period between 1977 and 1989. The end of an era. -- 2.4. After 1989 - new expansion and contemporary roles of cultural heritage -- 3. Conclusion -- Monuments of Public Art and the Intercultural Dialogue. The Case of the Austrian Military Monument in Timişoara -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The antecedents of the erection of the monument, its description and the circumstances of its erection -- 3. The monument and the local community -- 4. Harrison's typology of the symbolic conflicts -- 5. The case of the Austrian military monument in the light of Harrison's typology -- A Failed Monument: Collective Memory and Identity Association in the Case of Ioan Slavici Memorial Church -- Introduction -- What Was Slavici's Church Supposed to Look Like? -- Nationalists and German Supporters: The Association of the Two Identities in a Common Project -- Instead of Conclusions: The Failure of the Project -- References -- Building a New Cultural and Artistic Identity in Timişoara in the 1960s-1970s -- Images -- Digitizing Banat's cultural heritage. Concepts and potential of a regional digitization strategy -- Introduction -- Definition and categorization of digital libraries -- Theoretical guidelines for a national digitization strategy -- The digitization of the heritage of historical national minorities -- Digitizing the heritage of a historical multicultural region.