<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper, a revised presentation at a panel on academic exchanges at the 2018 Conference of the Society for Romanian Studies, discusses the challenges of researchers studying small, insignificant places, and particularly when our specific knowledge pushes us to become generalists. Since every country has a ‘<italic>La noi ca la nimeni</italic>’ (‘Nobody has it the way we have it’) discourse, how do we make Romania interesting?</p></abstract>

This paper, a revised presentation at a panel on academic exchanges at the 2018 Conference of the Society for Romanian Studies, discusses the challenges of researchers studying small, insignificant places, and particularly when our specific knowledge pushes us to become generalists. Since every country has a ‘La noi ca la nimeni’ (‘Nobody has it the way we have it’) discourse, how do we make Romania interesting?

How I Became a ‘Romania Expert’

Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Sociologia

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This paper, a revised presentation at a panel on academic exchanges at the 2018 Conference of the Society for Romanian Studies, discusses the challenges of...

How I Became a ‘Romania Expert’

Publié en ligne: 14 févr. 2019

Pages: 13 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subbs-2018-0009

Mots clés
planning, urbanization, systematization, area studies, UMass Romanian Research Group, social anthropology

© 2018 Steven Sampson, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

How I Became a ‘Romania Expert’

Publié en ligne: 14 févr. 2019

Pages: 13 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subbs-2018-0009

Mots clésplanning, urbanization, systematization, area studies, UMass Romanian Research Group, social anthropology

© 2018 Steven Sampson, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
planning, urbanization, systematization, area studies, UMass Romanian Research Group, social anthropology