alternativni način života i otpor svakodnevnih, alternativni oblici obrazovanja
avantgarda, neoavantgarda
cenzura
demokratska opozicija društveni pokreti državni nadzor
emigracija/ izgnanstvo
etnički pokreti
film filozofski/ teorijski pokreti
književnost i književna kritika kritička nauka
likovna umetnost
manjinski pokreti medijska umetnost
mirovni pokreti muzika nacionalni pokreti narodna kultura
naučna kritika
nezavisno novinarstvo
pokret za ljudska prava
popularna kultura
preživjeli progona pod autoritarnim / totalitarnim režimima
prigovarači savesti
religiozni aktivizam
samizdat and tamizdat stranački disidenti
studentski pokret
theatre and Performing Arts underground culture
visual arts
women’s movement
youth culture zaštita prirode
artefakti
drugi drugi umetnički radovi
film
fotografije
grafika memorabilija
muzički snimci
nacrt i karikature
nameštaj
odeća
oprema
pravna i/ili financijska dokumentacjia predmeti primenjene umetnosti
publikacije rukopisi siva literatura
skulpture
slike
snimanje glasa
video snimci
The collection was established in the period from 2010 to 2016. It includes personal memories and materials of members of the Turkish minority of Bulgaria, who today live in different countries, most of them in Turkey. The collection sheds light on the life of ethnic Turks in Bulgaria and their responses to the contradictory politics, in long periods - discriminatory and assimilatory, of the socialist state.
The Roma Archive is the first digital collection devoted specifically to the Roma community in Bulgaria. Its aim is to show the history and memories of a people which have been invisible to the general Bulgarian public, and who are usually portrayed by the media in terms of deviant social and cultural behavior. The collection was created by the Balkan Society for Autobiography and Social Communication (BSASC). It includes numerous autobiographic interviews, rich visual materials, and a variety of other documents and images containing information on the Roma community in Bulgaria taken from Bulgarian State archives.
One of the main themes of the collection is the fate of the Roma minority under communism, during which it was subjected to frequent assimilation campaigns and when expressions of Roma culture was severely restricted. The collection aims to contribute to the democratization of historical knowledge, raising the profile of Bulgaria’s Roma community as well as increasing awareness within the community of the value of historical documents. At the same time, the ongoing process of building the collection itself contributes to overcoming ethnocentricity in Bulgaria’s education system. It strengthens intercultural dialogue and aids in the educational potential of Roma community members. The Roma Archive help makes the Roma more visible in Bulgarian society, education, and academia.