The first stage of our project started with a
round table/workshop held at the Moldova Institut Leipzig (MIL) on March 16-17,
2012. The core team of project participants, together with several invited
experts, discussed the general design, organizational details and methodology
of the project. The discussion focused particularly on the best research
strategies to achieve the goals of the project, including on: the elaboration
of interviewing techniques, questionnaires, the selection of interviewees, the
regional specificity to be taken into account, the structure of the student
team which would carry out the fieldwork, as well as the project’s outcomes and
foreseeable results. The experts shared their view on the challenges and tasks
ahead, advising the project team on methodological, as well as practical
aspects. The workshop was also successful in circumscribing the concrete
activities and in suggesting a number of important bibliographical references
for further use. Here are some photos from this rather productive and
interesting event. Our project is surely gaining momentum, and we are already
looking forward to our summer fieldwork! More info and pictures to come soon…