Culture and Creative Practice. Doctoral Research as a Cultural Act
Proceedings of the 2024 Annual Conference of Doctoral Schools „George Enescu” National University of the Arts Iași, Romania

Editori:
Școala doctorală teatru
Prof. univ. dr. Aurelian Bălăiță
Prof. univ. dr. Călin Ciobotari
Școala doctorală muzică
Prof. univ. dr. Cezara Petrescu
Prof. univ. dr. Laura Otilia Vasiliu
Școala doctorală arte vizuale
Prof. univ. dr. Matei Bejenaru
Prof. univ. dr. Cătălin Gheorghe
Asst. univ. drd. Lorena Marciuc
Prof. univ. dr. Monica Elena Pop
Conf. univ. dr. Diana-Beatrice Andron
Editura Artes, UNAGE Iași, 2025
ISSN 3061 – 693X
ISSN-L 3061 – 693X
ISBN 978-606-547-564-9
ISMN 979-0-707669-22-8
(publicație în limba engleză)
Consiliul științific:
Prof. univ. dr. Aurelian Bălăiță
Prof. univ. dr. Matei Bejenaru
Prof. univ. dr. Carmen Chelaru
Prof. univ. dr. Călin Ciobotari
Prof. univ. dr. Anca Ciobotaru
Prof. univ. dr. Cătălin Gheorghe
Prof. univ. dr. Cristian Nae
Prof. univ. dr. Monica Elena Pop
Prof. univ. dr. Laura Vasiliu
Conferința Conferința internațională a Școlilor Doctorale din IOSUD-UNAGE Iași Cultură și creație. Cercetarea doctorală ca act cultural a avut loc la Universitatea Națională de Arte „George Enescu” Iași în perioada 5–6 decembrie 2024 și a cuprins o sesiune în plen precum și trei secțiuni (Muzică, Arte vizuale, Teatru și artele spectacolului).
MUSIC Section
The Cultural Aspirations of Contemporary Musicology – an Exigency or
a Utopia?
Romanian symphonic poems from the first half of the 20th century: Marsyas and Acteon
Ștefana AMARII
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0001 | Full article PDF
New perspectives on Richard Wagner’s opera
George Ștefan COMAN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0003 | Full article PDF
A visit to the lied creation of composer Mihail Jora
Sorana Mihaela DASCĂLU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0004 | Full article PDF
Olivier Messiaen: religious faith and musical expression. Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
Viviana FARCAȘ
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0005 | Full article PDF
Music criticism in the Iași press (1840–1945). Documentary landmarks and quantitative guidelines
Irina Petronela FLORIAN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0006 | Full article PDF
Stylistic Similarities and Contrasts between George Enescu’s Third Sonata ‘in the Romanian Folk Style’ and Childhood Impressions
Doina GRIGORE
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0007 | Full article PDF
A musician’s cultural resistance in the Theresienstadt camp. Viktor Ullmann
Loredana IAȚEȘEN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0008 | Full article PDF
Between globalisation and identity: polystylism and World Music in postmodernism
Maria-Isabela NICA
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0009 | Full article PDF
Adrian Rațiu. The song S-aștept? [Shall I Wait?] with lyrics by Tudor Arghezi. Stylistic and interpretative aspects
Eliza-Paraschiva IRINA-SOLOMON
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0010 | Full article PDF
Feminism – a facet of New Musicology
Mihaela Vosganian: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
Oana Diana ZAMFIR
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0011 | Full article PDF
THEATRE and PERFORMING ARTS Section
Culture and Creation. Doctoral Research as a Cultural Act
Theatre as Eroticism
Călin CIOBOTARI
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0012 | Full article PDF
The dimensions of British humour in theatre
Tiana Elena ALEXE
“Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0013 | Full article PDF
Culture in the digital age
Ana Maria BĂLESCU
“Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0014 | Full article PDF
Doctoral research in art: between the preservation of cultural values and the challenges of the contemporary crisis
Vladimir Bogdan BOCA
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0015 | Full article PDF
From independent cultural worker to professional cultural worker
Simina CORLAT
“Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0016 | Full article PDF
Research and culture. The Middle Way
Tomi CRISTIN
“I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Film, București
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0017 | Full article PDF
Female identity from the perspective of acts of violence
Rape as a weapon of war in contemporary drama
Anda-Florina DRĂGAN
“Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0018 | Full article PDF
How to make theatre attractive for teenagers
Georgiana ENE
“I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Film, București
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0019 | Full article PDF
Cultural dimensions of doctoral research in the field of Theatre and Performance Arts
Alexandra-Sorana EȘANU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0020 | Full article PDF
The actress in research – between emotion and reason
Maria LELEA
“Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0021 | Full article PDF
Open/Closed PhD or How and for Whom Does One Write?
Teodora MEDELEANU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
University of Gdánsk, Poland
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0022 | Full article PDF
Research for the benefit of the community
Ionuț NICULAE
“I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Film, București
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0023 | Full article PDF
Dance in the realm of ethics
Ileana OCNEANU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0024 | Full article PDF
The performance of doctoral research
Simona PUSTIANU
“I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Film, București
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0025 | Full article PDF
Writing a doctoral thesis in the field of theatre – a voluntary, necessary or “imposed” act
Ioana SOREANU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0026 | Full article PDF
The post-1989 Romanian theatre dynamics in relation to the legislative and fiscal framework dedicated to performing arts in the independent sector
Doru TALOȘ
“Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0027 | Full article PDF
Animation theatre: creativity and socio-cultural determinations
Giuseppe TORBOLI
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0028 | Full article PDF
VISUAL ARTS Section
Cultural Practices in Techno-Scientific and Eco-Creative Contexts
Affective imagination as a form of temporal resistance in technocapitalism
Lorena MARCIUC
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0029 | Full article PDF
Interdisciplinary approaches in historiographical curatorial practice
Cristiana URSACHE
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0030 | Full article PDF
The relationship between artistic research and the urban environment in the context of global urbanism
Ioana ROȘU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0031 | Full article PDF
Aesthetic dissonances in the local urban context – eclectic spaces and street advertising
Dumitrița GURĂU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0032 | Full article PDF
The bazaar as an unconventional exhibition space. A case study
Cătălin MARINESCU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0033 | Full article PDF
The anti-user: between author and user
Mihai-Aureliu SAVIN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0034 | Full article PDF
From concept to algorithm – self-reflections on the personal artistic practice
Radu Mihăiță MARȚIN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0035 | Full article PDF
Forms of artistic transposition of philosophical ideas through conceptual re-staging
Cristiana URSACHE
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0036 | Full article PDF
Can Real Artwork Be Created with Artificial Intelligence?
Müberra BÜLBÜL
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0037 | Full article PDF
Science fiction dystopia – the influence of technology on views of the future
Sabina BENESCU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0038 | Full article PDF
Aspects of the horror genre in graphic novels
Cristina CHIORESCU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0039 | Full article PDF
A brief exploration of the history of book illustration in Europe
Bianca Ionela TULEA
West University, Timișoara
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0040 | Full article PDF
Hybridisation of the Contemporary Self-Portrait
Cristiana-Emanuela TĂRBUC
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0041 | Full article PDF
The memory of communism in Romanian art after 1989
Diana-Beatrice MOLNOS
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0042 | Full article PDF
Two forms of resistance: Ion Grigorescu and the KwieKulik duo
Georgiana-Cristiana IFTODE
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0043 | Full article PDF
Moldovan cultural values through the lens of the exhibition „100 Years of National Graphic Art”
Iuliana GHERMAN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0044 | Full article PDF
Why can’t we find goldsmiths alongside contemporary artists?
Miruna ȘTEFAN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0045 | Full article PDF
Reconfiguring artistic paradigms in contemporary jewellery: sustainable practices, upcycling and eco-ethical discourses
Raluca Bianca STOICA
University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0046 | Full article PDF
Interactivity and creativity in design, through the lens of materiality
Rareș Alexandru CREȚU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0047 | Full article PDF