RomArchive
RomArchive is a digital online archive that provides an overview of the arts and cultures of Sinti and Roma . The name is a compound of "Roma" and "Archive" ( English "Archive"). The website was published on January 24, 2019.
According to its own statements, RomArchive is conceived as a steadily growing collection of art of all genres, expanded to include contemporary historical documents and scientific positions.
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier praised the archive as a “great pioneer project, the largest cultural project ever launched by, with and about Sinti and Roma (...) in which self-representation is at the center and the wealth and diversity of the arts and the cultures of the Sinti and Roma. ” Romani Rose , Chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma , said at the press conference on the occasion of the publication:“ This project is of historical importance for our minority in Germany and Europe. ”
construction
The archive comprises ten archive areas: "Fine Arts", "Film", "Literature", "Music", "Dance", "Theater and Drama", the interdisciplinary area "Flamenco", "Image Politics", "Voices of the Victims" (personal testimonies related to the persecution of Sinti and Roma in National socialism ) and "civil rights movement". In order to make RomArchive internationally accessible, the website is multilingual: In addition to German and English , the archive has used Romanes from the start . At the time the website was activated, the archive contained around 5,000 objects. Most of the objects are unlocked for the public.
In addition to the published material, RomArchive has an “internal archive” in which further material was collected: further documents, additional image material and “orphaned works” whose rights could not be clarified.
history
The idea for RomArchive is based on intensive research and numerous interviews that the project initiators Franziska Sauerbrey and Isabel Raabe conducted with artists, curators, activists and researchers from the minority across Europe. The result of the research was that the Roma and Sinti representatives contacted had a clear need for an internationally accessible place that would make the cultures and stories of Roma and Sinti visible, so that a web-based solution was sought.
The European Roma Cultural Foundation and the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma have advised the project from the start of planning. The principle of “Romani Leadership” was consistently implemented in the RomArchive project development: Roma and Sinti designed the archive in all key positions. An international advisory board, which mainly consisted of representatives of the minority, accompanied the implementation of the project and was responsible in particular for the “ethical guidelines” and the “collection policy”, which the curators guided the creation of their collections. Including the various working groups, around 150 people from 15 countries were involved in the implementation of the project.
The technical implementation was carried out by the Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum for Film and Television .
aims
The main concern of the archive website is the self-representation of Sinti and Roma. "We Roma and Sinti, in Europe and beyond, create our own spaces for cultural production, artistic practice and knowledge production," writes advisory board member Ethel Brooks. "We claim our place as intellectuals, artists and knowledge producers and in doing so are realigning our position, our history and our cultural practice."
The platform is intended to counter the stereotypes and prejudices of the European majority societies of Sinti and Roma themselves told narrations and thus create a reliable knowledge platform that is internationally accessible. The declared goal is on the one hand the self-empowerment of the minority and on the other hand the formation of the majority societies. The online archive is also designed as a means of countering the constant external descriptions and stereotypes to which the Roma and Sinti are exposed with a counter-story told by the Sinti and Roma themselves.
Another goal is - following the archive concept - "to collect and digitize a representative selection of highly relevant artistic contributions by Sinti and Roma to our common cultural history and (...) to (supplement) them with scientific perspectives." In addition to imparting knowledge, it is also about preservation. "
organization
The project sponsor for the development of RomArchive from 2015 to 2019 was sauerbrey | raabe gUG with the two project initiators Isabel Raabe and Franziska Sauerbrey, who also managed the project until it was implemented as an online platform. The Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma has been the host of the online archive since March 27, 2019 . RomArchive will continue to grow under the new sponsorship.
Board of Trustees
An international team of curators was responsible for the conception and content of the individual archive areas up to the launch in 2019.
- Thomas Acton, sociologist (Great Britain), curator archive section "Civil Rights Movement of the Sinti and Roma"
- Katalin Bársony, filmmaker (Hungary), curator archive section "Film"
- Isaac Blake, dancer and choreographer (Great Britain), curator archive section "Dance"
- Beate Eder-Jordan, comparative literary scholar (Austria), curator archive section "Literature"
- Karola Fings , historian (Germany), curator of the archive section "Voices of the Victims"
- Petra Gelbart, musician and ethnomusicologist (Czech Republic / USA), curator archive section "Music"
- Tímea Junghaus , art historian and curator (Hungary), curator of the “Fine Arts” archives
- Angéla Kóczé, sociologist (Hungary), curator archive section "Civil Rights Movement of the Sinti and Roma"
- Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, anthropologist (Poland), curator archive section "Civil Rights Movement of the Sinti and Roma"
- Gonzalo Montaño Peña, musicologist (Spain), curator of the interdisciplinary area "Flamenco"
- André Raatzsch, media artist and theorist (Germany), curator of the archive section "Image Politics"
- Dragan Ristić, cultural manager, theater director, musician (Serbia), curator of the archive section "Theater & Drama"
- Jan Selling, historian (Sweden), curator of the archive section "Civil Rights Movement of the Sinti and Roma"
- Miguel Ángel Vargas, art historian, theater director, actor, musician (Spain), co-curator of the "Theater & Drama" archive section
Advisory Board
An international advisory board supported and advised the curators and determined the strategic guidelines of the project. It consisted of artists, scientists and activists.
- Pedro Aguilera Cortés, political scientist (Spain)
- Gerhard Baumgartner , historian (Austria)
- Nicoleta Bitu (Chair), Democratic Union of Romanian Roma (Romania)
- Klaus-Michael Bogdal (Deputy Chairman), literary scholar (Germany)
- Ethel Brooks, sociologist (USA)
- Ágnes Daróczi, activist (Hungary)
- Merfin Demir (Deputy Chairman), Terno Drom e. V. - intercultural youth self-organization of Roma and non-Roma in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
- Jana Horváthová, Museum of Roma Culture (Czech Republic)
- Zeljko Jovanovic, Roma Initiatives Office (Hungary)
- Oswald Marschall, Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma (Germany)
- Moritz Pankok, Galerie Kai Dikhas (Germany)
- Romani Rose , Central Council of German Sinti and Roma (Germany)
- Riccardo M. Sahiti , conductor (Serbia / Germany)
- Anna Szász, European Roma Cultural Foundation (Hungary)
- Zoni Weisz , activist and Holocaust survivor (Netherlands, board member until 2016)
Herbert Heuss, Central Councilor of German Sinti and Roma, was a permanent guest on the advisory board.
financing
The German Federal Cultural Foundation supported the development of RomArchive with 3.75 million euros.
The Federal Agency for Civic Education and the Federal Foreign Office also participated in the promotion of RomArchive. The Federal Agency for Civic Education is particularly supporting the editorial management of the archive for a further five years from 2019.
The Goethe-Institut supported the work of RomArchive and flanked it with its own events.
Awards
- 2020 Grimme Online Award in the category knowledge and education for ideas, curation and design. The reason is: "The" RomArchive "counteracts this invisibility in an artistically inspiring, informative and scientifically sound way with the presentation of a diverse and rich culture - and puts everyone to shame, the Sinti and Roma out of pity or secret aversion to the role of eternal victims try to push. "
- 2019 Grand Prix of the European Heritage Prize / Europa Nostra Awards
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About RomArchive | blog.romarchive.eu | The temporary blog of RomArchive - Digital Archive of the Roma. Retrieved March 20, 2019 (American English).
- ^ WORLD: Steinmeier pays tribute to Sinti and Roma . January 23, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed March 20, 2019]).
- ↑ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Sinti and Roma present their cultures for the first time in the "RomArchive" | DW | 01/24/2019. Retrieved on March 22, 2019 (German).
- ^ Curated Sections. Retrieved March 22, 2019 .
- ^ Art History - Archive for Roma Culture goes online. January 25, 2019, accessed on March 22, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Frequently asked questions | FAQ. Retrieved March 25, 2019 .
- ↑ RomArchive | Federal Cultural Foundation. Retrieved March 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Idea - Advisory Board - Team. Retrieved March 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Idea - Advisory Board - Team. Retrieved March 22, 2019 .
- ↑ "We claim our place" | Culture opens worlds! Retrieved March 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Your own picture. January 24, 2019, accessed March 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Why It's Time to Reclaim Romani Art History. Retrieved March 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Online archive for the arts of the Sinti and Roma opened. January 23, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Frequently asked questions | FAQ. Retrieved March 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Sinti and Roma - detailed view. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
- ^ Curated Sections. Retrieved March 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Sponsors | Partner | blog.romarchive.eu | The temporary blog of RomArchive - Digital Archive of the Roma. Retrieved March 20, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ About RomArchive | blog.romarchive.eu | The temporary blog of RomArchive - Digital Archive of the Roma. Retrieved March 20, 2019 (American English).
- ^ Language and culture of the Hungarian Roma. Event overview on the website of the Goethe Institute Hungary, accessed on June 26, 2020.
- ↑ Gwendolyn Albert: RomArchive showcases the cultural contributions of Romani people. RomeaCZ website , accessed June 26, 2020.
- ↑ above: Grimme Online Award 2020. The winners. Grimme Online Award website , accessed June 26, 2020.
- ↑ Europe's top heritage award winners celebrated in Paris. October 29, 2019, Retrieved November 4, 2019 (UK English).