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National Policy and Community Building in the European Union – Researchers’ Night in NPKI – 2021.

23/09/2021 12:09 0 comments

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The National Research Institute will continue to prepare a diverse programme for the National Researchers’ Night in 2021, which raises interest in the future trends of national policy in the European Union by presenting a few topicalities. Leaving the strict framework of scientific methodology, the programme aims to make the world of Hungarians known to the wider audience. During the evening, you will be able to learn about the main questions of the target groups in the framework of an interactive quiz on what you know about Hungarians abroad. Participants will find out how the first Hungarian stone theatre was formed, but also where the Hungarian school, which is farthest from the mainland, is currently located. The evening is another, on both sides of the interview: in his programme point Life Stories onstage, with the help of an actor, interviews are performed that provide insights behind the scenes of minority research, especially in the practice of qualitative data collection that has a deeper impact. The final event of the programme is the gastrotour in the Carpathian Basin, during which visitors have the opportunity to get to know the gastronomic specialities of the Carpathian Basin and the colour and quality of the wines of the Hungarian winemakers from abroad. The aim of the event is to highlight the everyday life of minority existence through various programme points. Participants can gain insight into the different self-organisation processes of minority communities, the old and new challenges and opportunities of community life. This evening we are looking for answers to topical issues that require a comprehensive solution at European level and, at the same time, require an even closer national state dialogue. This could show the importance of national values and issues for participants with regard to the future of the European Union.

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With this event, the National Policy Research Institute illustrated the issues and challenges affecting European minorities by presenting the everyday life of communities. The results of NPKI’s research to date show that comprehensive research to help the minority community is still needed. The NPKI therefore proposes that the European Union provide broad funding for small-scale research in the future. Support their linguistic and regional diversity at European level by providing them with a platform within the EU’s institutional set-up. The preservation of the European values mentioned above is not only a public task, but also an EU task, which requires continuous exchange of views and cooperation in order to defend them. Cultural anthropologist Clifford Geertz wrote: “if we want to understand a science, we don't have to look at its theories first, and certainly not what its adherents say about it — we have to look at what those who do in practice do.” This year’s Night of Researchers presented the activities of the National Policy Research Institute from this perspective, especially with regard to softer, qualitative data collection techniques. The staff of the research institute selected four interviews: two with Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin; and we made two of them with people living outside the Carpathian Basin, living in diaspora. With these we wanted to give a taste of what we do when we do minority research. Our aim was also to provide an insight into the everyday life of Hungarians abroad with the answers to our questions. Our interlocutors were played by the actress of the Katona József Theatre, Eszter Kiss. The questions were asked by researchers who made the original interviews, Emese Vita, Viktória Ferenc and Dániel Gazsó. Tamás Németh’s guitar solo helped to adjust from one interview to another. After that, we held a quiz with questions about Hungarians from abroad. Finally, the event was closed with wine: With the participation of Mihály Konkoly international wine academy, we held a tasting with the exciting wines of winemakers across the border.