# uzinaduzina

> A non-profit cultural association in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. We work at the intersection of art, intangible heritage, education, and critical technology. We coordinate and participate in projects funded through Erasmus+, AFCN, Polish Institute Romania, Botnar Foundation (via QUB), and FDSC. What is specific to us: a continuous line of work on technology and democratic life since 2020, including the cabinet of retrofuturist curiosities (2024) and the AI4NGOs training in Cluj for CCIF Cyprus (August 2025); education for the whole person in the spirit of Montessori and other child-respecting traditions; working with illustrators and hand-made objects; and an explicitly European approach.

## about the organisation

- [Home](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=home): a stacked-notes entry, with three threads (critical-tech, European mobilities, living heritage)
- [Who we are](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=who-we-are): organisation note, history in cycles, why the website now
- [Manifesto](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto): eleven principles, each anchored in a specific project
- [Contact](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=contact): how to reach us

## projects coordinated as lead

- [Drops of Sustainable Development](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-drops-sustainable-development): Erasmus+ KA220-ADU, €250,000, 2024–2026, ongoing, adult education for sustainability
- [Green Genesis Startup](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-green-genesis-startup): Erasmus+ KA220-YOU as lead, €205,144, 2022–2024, partners in Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Croatia
- [Goana după meteor](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-goana-dupa-meteor): AFCN, €35,547, 2025, interdisciplinary astronomy camp at Mociu, 22 participants, 100% recommendation
- [Cabinet of retrofuturist curiosities](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-cabinet-retrofuturist): Botnar Foundation via QUB / CCCluj, €8,000, 2024–2025, twelve 3D-printed objects designed with Midjourney
- [AI4NGOs](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-ai4ngos): youth-worker training on AI in civil society, hosted in Cluj for CCIF Cyprus, August 2025
- [Atât @ Artă.NonStop](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-atat-arta-nonstop): own festival on children's rights through art, August 2024

## the line on technology and civic life

The thread our project portfolio keeps returning to:

- [Cabinet of retrofuturist curiosities](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-cabinet-retrofuturist): Midjourney in an educational context, 2024
- [AI4NGOs](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-ai4ngos): youth-worker training on AI in civil society, Cluj for CCIF Cyprus, August 2025
- [democraicy](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-democraicy): an early concept document on algorithms with civic conscience, written November 2020. Never funded, kept readable.

## all projects

- [Project index](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=projects): a filterable list of all 17 projects, lead and partner
- [Do the Move](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-do-the-move): Erasmus+ KA105, 2020–2021, Croatia
- [Greenycrafts](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-greenycrafts): Erasmus+ KA152-YOU, partner role, €17,602, 2023–2024
- [Modeling the Future](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-modeling-the-future): Erasmus+ KA151-YOU, beneficiary, 2023, Cyprus
- [A Greener Future](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-a-greener-future): Erasmus+ KA151-YOU, beneficiary, 2024, Cyprus
- [Echoes of Unity](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-echoes-of-unity): Erasmus+ KA151-YOU, 2024, Cyprus, output: A Fresh Youth Worker's Guide
- [Wooden Wonders](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-wooden-wonders): Erasmus+ Youth Exchange, 2025, traditional crafts, satisfaction 9.08/10
- [Belgica 100 Workshops](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-belgica-100-workshops): Polish Institute Romania, September–November 2025
- [Mini-grant FDSC](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=project-mini-grant-fdsc): organisational development, 2020

## manifesto

- [Manifesto](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto): index of the eleven principles
- [01 Sustainability through beauty](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-sustainability-through-beauty)
- [02 Calm technologies](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-calm-technologies)
- [03 Education for the whole person](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-education-for-the-whole-person)
- [04 Active, transversal citizenship](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-active-transversal-citizenship)
- [05 Explicitly pro-European](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-explicitly-pro-european)
- [06 Critical thinking](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-critical-thinking)
- [07 Curiosity and experiment](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-curiosity-and-experiment)
- [08 Critical technology](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-critical-technology)
- [09 Living heritage](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-living-heritage)
- [10 Responsibility toward the future](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-responsibility-toward-the-future)
- [11 Against disorientation](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=manifesto-against-disorientation)

## team and partners

- [Team index](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=team): the people who do the work
- [Liviu Pop](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=team-liviu-pop): president, researcher at the Folklore Archive Institute of the Romanian Academy
- [Mihaela Bidilică-Vasilache](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=team-mihaela-bidilica-vasilache): project manager and educational resources developer
- [Cosmina Timoce-Mocanu](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=team-cosmina-timoce-mocanu): research, methodology, and evaluation; senior researcher at the Romanian Academy
- [Diana Spirleanu](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=team-diana-spirleanu): facilitator and wellbeing
- [Radu Pop](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=team-radu-pop): visual documentation and youth media
- [Partners (constellation)](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=partners): visualisation of partners and projects across seven countries
- [CCIF Cyprus](https://uzinaduzina.org/?n=partner-ccif): strategic partner, five projects together since 2022

## optional

- [Source markdown](https://uzinaduzina.org/content/): each note is also served as plain Markdown at content/<slug>.md
- [data.js](https://uzinaduzina.org/assets/data.js): structured data for the partner-and-project network