The course will be led by Luiza-Maria Medeleanu (Roma Education Fund) and Adrian Furtună (National Center for Roma Culture – Romano Kher) and is aimed at professionals working in the fields of cultural heritage, education, culture, or those active in heritage-keeping communities.
The two trainers propose a framework that brings together practices of cultural mediation, critical reflection, and open dialogue around contested heritage and collective memory.
A particular focus will be placed on Roma history and memory, on how narratives about this community have been constructed and represented, and on how these narratives can be reinterpreted today through multivocal and collaborative practices.
The course is designed as a participatory learning journey, where participants will explore together the role of forgetting and cultural amnesia, as well as the potential to transform these silences into fertile spaces for dialogue and inclusion.
Participants will have the opportunity to experience facilitation methods that encourage active listening, recognition of diversity, and ethical responsibility in tense or complex contexts.
Another objective of the course is to develop intercultural mediation competences, reflection on memory, and the ability to build more inclusive spaces.
