Programme: Good Governance

This project addresses the need to preserve and promote the local cultural, historical and folklore heritage of the villages in the municipality of Radomir and to develop the local identity. Building on the academic literature that highlights the importance of oral, folklore history as a tool for connecting the inhabitants of a place over time and as a key to the collective memory and self-expression of communities, the project will collect, document, digitalize and disseminate local stories, legends and myths related to historical figures, folklore images, events and locations.
As a result of the project we will create an illustrated story book featuring 30 selected local stories to be distributed free of charge in digital and printed format; a website with detailed information about the project and a digital archive storing all the objects of the local cultural heritage identified through during the research stage.
The research project to identify and document local stories, legends and myths will include 80 elderly people (60+ years old) from 10 villages, who will participate as informants through a survey. At the same time, the project will actively involve young people from the municipality of Radomir, who will not only gain access to a systematized corpus of local stories preserving the spirit and way of life of the region and its inhabitants, but will also be encouraged to engage and communicate with the elderly through interactive "intergenerational challenges" which will accompany each story published in the collection. Thus, the project will not only contribute to the preservation and promotion of local cultural heritage, but also to the promotion of intergenerational dialogue, knowledge exchange and cooperation.
Project results will be promoted and disseminated through an online campaign on social networks, as well as by providing the illustrated story book to public institutions, museums, community centers and schools in the municipality of Radomir.