What is the role of the Lower Danubian islands in the modern and contemporary history of riparian communities and states of Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine? This interdisciplinary project tells the intricate history of these ecosystems and human societies at the crossroads of environmental history and multispecies anthropology.
Three years (2021-2023) project financed by UEFISCDI through PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-1238 and hosted by the ‘Francisc I. Rainer’ Institute of Anthropology. PI Dr Stefan Dorondel.
Call for Papers: Shifty Muds Land, Water, and Life in a “Patchy Anthropocene”, 8-10 June 2023
Convenors: Ștefan Dorondel, Adrian Deoancă and Stelu ȘerbanInstitutions: Francisc I. Rainer Institute of Anthropology Bucharest, The Institute for Southeast European Studies Bucharest, New Europe College. Institute for Advanced Studies Bucharest This workshop takes mud as a capacious metaphor for all those soggy, dynamicand ambiguous wetland environments – freshwater islands, banks, floodplains, marshes, swamps, bogs, and…
The Danube at Corabia (Olt). Photo essay by Ovidiu Petrita
We continue the guest post series where we invite locals to share their own understanding of the Danube. The following photos and comments are signed by Ovidiu Petrita, a wildlife photographer from Corabia, Olt county. Ovidiu’s snapshots and stories show us the islands of Băloi and Chirța in the vicinity of the city, the animals…
Tourism and the relationship with the environment on the young beaches of the Danube
The year 2020 has brought a lot of changes in our lives, including in the way we spend our spare time, our holidays, or vacations, all of us looking not only for enjoyable journeys, but also for safe conditions regarding our health protection. The most sought-after destinations within the country’s borders were the places that…
State, Communities and Nature of the Lower Danube Islands: An Environmental History (1830-2020) 