ÎNTRE PREZENȚA ȘI DISPARIȚIA TEXTILELOR TRADIȚIONALE BULGA - RE DIN S. STOIANOVCA, REPUBLICA MOLDOVA – PROIECT DE CERCE - TARE, IMPLEMENTAT CU SUPORTUL FINANCIAR AL PROGRAMULUI DE CUNOȘTINȚE MATERIALE PE CALE DE DISPARIȚIE (EMKP)

Summary. The Endangered Material Knowledge Program (EMKP) is an initiative led by theBritish Museum. Since 2018, with financial support from the ARCADIA Fund, the British Museumhas established the EMKP, which has been extended to cover the period from 2021 to 2028. EMKPgrants are awarded to projects aiming to document how things are made, their backgrounds andspecific cultural knowledge, as well as their traditions and practices. The research project “BetweenPresence and Disappearance of Traditional Bulgarian Textiles from Stoianovca, Republic of Moldova” was submitted for funding at the beginning of 2022 and was selected for funding in May 2022. It is currently the only project in Europe being implemented with support from this program. TheDepartment of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the British Museum administer the program.The scientific documentation activities of the textile-making process in domestic conditions amongBulgarians in the Republic of Moldova, carried out under this project, directly contribute to completing the subject dedicated to traditional textile making in communities of various ethnicities in the country. It helps to gain a deeper understanding of the tradition of former Transdanubian settlerspreserved in a different cultural environment, and the original method of processing local resourcesmaintained for over 200 years.Key words: British Museum, Endangered Material Knowledge Program, research project, scientific documentation activities, the textile-making process, Bulgarians from Republic of Moldova