CONSTRUCTING ROMANIANNESS:

SYMBOLS, IMAGES, DISCOURSES

COORDONATOR ȘTIINȚIFIC:
Conf. univ. dr. Elena CIOBANU

ABSOLVENT:
Raluca Daniela FUIOAGĂ căs. DIACONU
 

Bacău - 2018
Contents
 I. ABOUT ROMANIA
I. 1. Territory
I. 2. Political aspects
I. 3. Romania’s economy

 II. ROMANIANS’ EMIGRATION ABROAD AFTER DECEMBER 1989

II. 1. Major reasons
II. 2. Effects

 III. A SURVEY STUDY: THE IMAGE OF ROMANIANS ABROAD

III. 1. Study hypothesis
III. 2. Survey
III. 3. Respondents
III. 4. Countries of origin
III. 5. Symbols associated with Romanians
III. 6.Survey results

 CONCLUSIONS
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Why this topic?

 To reach a more accurate

understanding of how
Romanians migrants workers
are seen abroad;
 To create an online survey:
How are Romanians seen
abroad?
I. ABOUT ROMANIA

 Territory (the 13th place in Europe);

 Political aspects (a democratic country since

the 1990s);

 Economy (the 16th place in the European

Union).
 II. ROMANIANS’ EMIGRATION ABROAD AFTER DECEMBER 1989

 Three important historical periods:

 Before the 1989 Revolution (”the close-out period”);
 Between 1990 and 2006 (”the period of limited border opening”);
 After January 1, 2007 (”the period of intra-European mobility”).

 Major reasons:
 Limited financial resources;
 Education:
 Temporary immigrants;
 Definitive immigrants.

 Effects:
 At socio-demographic level (loss of Romania population);
 At economic level (loss of human resources for the country);
 At family level (negative major changes: divorce and child abandonment).
 3. A survey study: The image of Romanians abroad

 Survey : URL internet www.isondaje.ro

 Title: ”Survey about Romanians”
 Question:”How are Romanians seen abroad?” (figure 1)
 Information about natives: surname, name, gender, location,
occupation and education level. (figure 2)
 Words used to describe Romanians: friendly, hard workers, beggars,
criminals, loyal, beautiful, funny, gypsies, rude, polite, stupid, smart,
thieves, opened. (chart 1)
 Respondents: English;

Dutch;
Norwegians;
Romanians who live in one of these countries.

 Countries of provenance: England;

The Netherlands;
Norway.
Figure 1 Figure 2
Results of the survey
 Symbols associated with Romanians

Spain France

Negative stereotypes: thives and gypsies.

Positive images – heroes
Conclusion
 Romanians can be both positively and
negatively seen by the people in whose
countries Romanians choose to reside.
 It turns out that the opinions about
Romanians living abroad are in a continuous
change, but we can still assume that
Romanians begin to be seen in a more
positive way abroad.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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