Country of residence

Moldova

Brief introduction

Head of the Section “Ethnical Minorities” at the Centre of Ethnology, Institute of the Cultural Heritage of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova

Education

PhD in Political Sciences, 2006, Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (Chisinau)

Academic profile

Till now I have been studied historical and ethnographic aspects of the community of Moldavian Roma. Therefore, 11 ethnographic communities of Moldavian Roma have been identified: „lingurari”, „curteni”, „ursari”, „chiocanari”, „chiurari”, „catunari”, „lautari”, „popeshteni”, „laiesh-brazdeni”, „laiesh-chiori”, „laiesh-cheache”. For the first time in the Republic of Moldova have been investigated geographical location, social relationships, traditional occupations specific to their communities, unknown to the international scientific community. The results achieved by the researchers of the Group „Ethnology of the Roma” contribute to the development of world science – Romology – and promote cultural values of the ethnographic heritage of the Republic of Moldova. At the same time these researches facilitated the elaboration of the Action plan to support the Roma population of the Republic of Moldova (2011-2015) by the govenment authorities.

Publications

• SALI Nicolae, DUMINICA Ion. Emergenţa societăţii civile. Romii în Republica Moldova: între toleranţă şi prejudecăţi. C.E. Monograf & Chişinău:  2006.
• DUMINICA  Ion. Roma in the Republic of Moldova. An Ethnic Community Limited in Space and Integrated in Time / Ion Duminica // Gesis. Lebniz Institute for the Social Sciences. – Berlin, 2009. – Nr.2. Thematic Series: Social Sciences Eastern Europe. Roma in Central and Eastern Europe. – P. 23-26.

Keywords

Political science, Ethnology, National politics, Oral History, International Relations

Contact

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