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Proiectul Shrinking Cities in Romania, conceput de curatoarea si arhitecta Ilinca Paun Constantinescu, a luat nastere in urma unei cercetari incepute cu mai bine de zece ani in urma. in formula bilingva si distribuite international, volumele vorbesc despre declinul si contractia oraselor romanesti, privite ca fenomen de amploare. Publicatia urmareste structura expozitiei-eveniment prezentate la MNAC in 2016, ce a reprezentat o premiera in discutarea si aducerea la lumina a acestui proces acut si omniprezent, completandu-i substantial continutul prin articole extinse ale unor cercetatori marcanti.
in ciuda conotatiilor aparent exclusive negative, fenomenul de shrinkage este de fapt o forta motrice a modernizarii si inovatiei, a reutilizarii, a cautarii de resurse alternative, a creatiei artistice, a reevaluarii relatiilor interumane.
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Shrinking Cities in Romania / Orase romanesti in declin
Vol. 1: Research and Analysis / O cercetare critica
Vol. 2: Responses and Interventions / Reactii si interventii
Editor: Ilinca Paun Constantinescu
DOM publishers, Berlin & Editura MNAC, Bucuresti, 2019
ISBN 978-3-86922-372-8 (2 vol.)
Vol. 1:
ISBN 978-3-86922-352-0 (World Edition)
ISBN 978-606-9044-04-9 (Romanian Edition)
Vol. 2:
ISBN 978-3-86922-365-0 (World Edition)
ISBN 978-606-9044-05-6 (Romanian Edition)
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Concept: IDEILAGRAM
Asistenta editoriala: Laura Popa-Florea;
Coordonator Editura MNAC: Daniela Calciu;
Coordonator DOM publishers: Philipp Meuser;
Design grafic: Raymond Bobar;
Infografice: Gabriela Belcineanu;
Ilustratie coperta interioara: Alexandru Paun: Forme de shrinking cities romanesti,
Traducator: Ioana Miruna Voiculescu;
Corectura (Ro): Iulia Paun, Gabriela Belcineanu, Simona Necula, Larissa Luica;
Corectura (En): Miron Huhulea; Liliana Iuga, Iulia Paun, Gabriela Belcineanu;
Autori:
Prefata: Ana Maria Zahariade
Vol. 1: Philipp Oswalt,Tim Rieniets, Ilinca Paun Constantinescu, Vintila Mihailescu, Irina Tulbure, Vasile Ghetau, Gabriel Pascariu, serban Popescu-Criveanu, Augustin Ioan, Dana Vais, Angelica Stan, Toader Popescu, Bianca Mitrica, Bogdan Suditu, Ioan Ianos, Liviu Ianasi, Vera Marin, Sorin Ionita, Maria Voichita Grecu, Manuela Stanculescu, Ioana Tudora, Ilinca Paun Constantinescu, Tudor Constantinescu, Mihai Sima, Anca Trestian, Raluca Sabau, Stejara Timis, Andreea Iancu, Ioana Cirlig, Marin Raica, Irina Tulbure, Andreea Chirica, Celia Ghyka, Alex Calin, Radu Ponta, Oana Iacob, Tudor Giurgiu, Alexandru Belc, Gabriela Alexandrescu, Teodora Ana Mihai
Vol. 2: Cristina Sucala, Ion Barbu, Andrei Dascalescu, Ilinca Paun Constantinescu, Dragos Dascalu, Angelica Stan, Irina Pata, Ana-Maria Paladus, Emil Octavian Zorila, Bogdan Jitea, Razvan Delcea, Luminita Tatarici, Oana Chirila, Patricia Blidariu, Razvan Popescu, Silvia Boeriu, Daniela Calciu, Ina Stoian, Alex Axinte, Cristi Borcan, Oana tiganea, Simona Zarnescu- Braniste, Gabriela Pascu, Marina Neagu, Alexandra Stoica, Mark Lorant Mihat
Postfata: stefan Ghenciulescu, Calin Dan
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Lucrarea de fata analizeaza cazul Romaniei la aproape treizeci de ani de la dizolvarea Consiliului de Ajutor Economic Reciproc (CAER) si a Pactului de la Varsovia. intr-o perioada foarte scurta, conditiile politice si economice s-au schimbat dramatic in intreaga Europa de Est, tarile din aceasta zona trebuind sa faca fata unei economii de piata capitaliste globalizate. Modelul actual de globalizare reuseste sa stimuleze o crestere economica de ansamblu in majoritatea tarilor, dar o face cu pretul clivajelor spatiale si sociale. in studiul substantial si detaliat realizat de Ilinca Paun Constantinescu si colaboratorii sai, gasim o intelegere profunda a acestor probleme, bazata pe analiza fenomenului oraselor romanesti in declin. Studiul merge mult mai departe de atat, avand curajul de a formula si initia moduri constructive de abordare a acestor probleme si de a imagina un viitor pentru aceste locuri marginalizate.
Philipp Oswalt
Ceea ce intreprinde acest volum este o lucrare unica, prima din Romania care pune laolalta cercetari, idei si actiuni privind fenomenul romanesc de contractie urbana. Ne gasim in fata unui format de carte ambiguu, concomitent colectiv si de autor. La prima vedere este un repertoriu de idei si autori in dialog, la intalnirea dintre domenii, perspective si mijloace de interventie specific si nespecifice un volum colectiv. insa, siguranta teoretica cu care coordonatoarea regizeaza dialogul si prezenta ei auctoriala importanta, ii confera si dimensiunea unui volum de autor. Totodata, fuziunea dintre rigoarea cercetarii stiintifice, insolitul nelinistii artistice si generozitatea activismului social ii dezvaluie o cuprindere cu tinte multiple, care face formatul cu atat mai greu incadrabil in obisnuintele disciplinare ale Romaniei contemporane.
Ana Maria Zahariade
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The Shrinking Cities in Romania project, conceived by architect and curator Ilinca Paun Constantinescu, took shape after a research that has begun more than ten years ago. Written in English and Romanian and internationally distributed, the two 800 pages volumes discuss the shrinkage of Romanian cities, as a widespread phenomenon. The publication follows the structure of the exhibition presented at the MNAC in 2016, a pioneering initiative to raise awareness about an acute and pervasive, yet too little discussed matter, and substantially complements its contents through extensive articles by distinguished researchers. Although mostly perceived as a negative phenomenon, shrinkage can be a vector for modernization and innovation, re-use, alternative resources, artistic creation, and reevaluation of interpersonal relationships.
Concept: IDEILAGRAM
Editor: Ilinca Paun Constantinescu
Editorial Assistant: Laura Popa-Florea;
MNAC Press Coordinator: Daniela Calciu;
DOM publishers coordinator: Philipp Meuser;
Graphic design grafic: Raymond Bobar;
Infographics: Gabriela Belcineanu;
Inside cover illustration: Romanian Forms of Urban Shrinkage, Alexandru Paun;
Translator: Ioana Miruna Voiculescu;
Copyediting (Ro): Iulia Paun, Gabriela Belcineanu, Simona Necula, Larissa Luica;
Copyediting (En): Miron Huhulea, Liliana Iuga, Iulia Paun, Gabriela Belcineanu;
Authors:
Foreword: Ana Maria Zahariade;
Vol. 1: Philipp Oswalt,Tim Rieniets, Ilinca Paun Constantinescu, Vintila Mihailescu, Irina Tulbure, Vasile Ghetau, Gabriel Pascariu, serban Popescu-Criveanu, Augustin Ioan, Dana Vais, Angelica Stan, Toader Popescu, Bianca Mitrica, Bogdan Suditu, Ioan Ianos, Liviu Ianasi, Vera Marin, Sorin Ionita, Maria Voichita Grecu, Manuela Stanculescu, Ioana Tudora, Ilinca Paun Constantinescu, Tudor Constantinescu, Mihai Sima, Anca Trestian, Raluca Sabau, Stejara Timis, Andreea Iancu, Ioana Cirlig, Marin Raica, Irina Tulbure, Andreea Chirica, Celia Ghyka, Alex Calin, Radu Ponta, Oana Iacob, Tudor Giurgiu, Alexandru Belc, Gabriela Alexandrescu, Teodora Ana Mihai
Vol. 2: Cristina Sucala, Ion Barbu, Andrei Dascalescu, Ilinca Paun Constantinescu, Dragos Dascalu, Angelica Stan, Irina Pata, Ana-Maria Paladus, Emil Octavian Zorila, Bogdan Jitea, Razvan Delcea, Luminita Tatarici, Oana Chirila, Patricia Blidariu, Razvan Popescu, Silvia Boeriu, Daniela Calciu, Ina Stoian, Alex Axinte, Cristi Borcan, Oana tiganea, Simona Zarnescu- Braniste, Gabriela Pascu, Marina Neagu, Alexandra Stoica, Mark Lorant Mihat
Afterword: stefan Ghenciulescu, Calin Dan
This book looks at Romania as a case study nearly thirty years after the collapse of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance and the Warsaw Pact. In a very short time, political and economic conditions across Eastern Europe changed drastically, with affected countries being confronted with a globalized capitalist market economy. The current globalization model succeeds in stimulating overall economic growth in most nations, but does so at the cost of social and spatial division. The very substantial and precise study of Ilinca Paun Constantinescu and her team and partners provides a deep understanding of these issues by analyzing the shrinking cities phenomenon. And they even go one important step further, by daring to formulate and initiate constructive ways to address these issues and envisioning perspectives for these marginalized places.
Philipp Oswalt
The unique achievement of this work is to have brought together research, theory, and action for the first time to deal with the issue of Romanian shrinking cities. The format of the publication is ambivalent, being at the same time an edited volume and an authored book. Built as a repertoire of arguments and authors that talk to each other at the intersection of disciplines, perspectives, and conventional and unconventional intervention tools, it reads like an edited volume. But then the theoretical confidence with which Ilinca Paun Constantinescu leads the dialogue and her significant auctorial presence point to an authored book. Further, this fusion between the rigor of scientific research, the quirkiness of artistic restlessness, and the selflessness of social activism reveals a multi-targeted approach, which makes the book the more difficult to fit into one of the usual disciplinary categories of contemporary Romania.
Ana Maria Zahariade
