Balkan Society for Autobiography and Social Communication

In 1997 in Blagoevgrad, lecturers at the Neofit Rilski South-West University founded the Balkan Society for Autobiography and Social Communication (BSASC) - one of the first centers for oral history and autobiographical research in Bulgaria. The team, bringing together lecturers and students, has developed a number of projects in the field of oral history. The main aim is to highlight the “blank spots” of recent history and the personal experience of those who lived through political repression and the so-called “revival” process, as well as to increase interest in the history of those groups whose voice was overlooked by official history during the totalitarian regime period: women, minorities, residents of remote villages, prisoners and others. The projects include the following: Language Behavior and Living Worlds of Muslims in the Western Rhodopes, Tradition, Fashion, Modernity in the Western Rhodopes, My Dossier, pardon, Biography, From Suburban Village to an End-city Quarter, Tolerance in Diversity and many others.
BSASC has an archive that is used for research and work by students. Based on experience and research, a Master's degree course in oral history was developed at the Neofit Rilski South-West University, where students learn methods of conducting interviews as well as transcribing and analyzing texts. The team has experience not only in scientific publication, but also in working with the civic sector, as well as in popularizing project results by organizing exhibitions, working with students, with older people, etc.

Founder:
- Roma Archive Digital Collection
Location:
- Blagoevgrad 2700, ul. "Ivan Mihaylov" 66
Name:
- Balkan Society for Autobiography and Social Communication
Date of founding:
- 1997
Creator at:
- Everyday Life in Southwest Bulgaria during Socialism
Operator roles:
- Everyday Life in Southwest Bulgaria during Socialism
- Roma Archive Digital Collection
Owner of:
- Everyday Life in Southwest Bulgaria during Socialism
- Roma Archive Digital Collection
Main actor of:
- “Enough - We Won’t be Silent Anymore!” Archives of the Transition in Blagoevgrad 1989-1991
- Roma History and Culture

Balázs Béla Studio Foundation

The Balázs Béla Studio (BBS) as a production facility was set up in 1961 in the framework of MAFILM, originally for young artist graduates of the Academy for Cinematographic Art. Through its board, which consisted of elected members of the Studio, the BBS enjoyed partial autonomy over the redistribution of the yearly budget. At the beginning of the 1970s the Studio opened its doors to "outsiders" from various fields, who have not been involved officially in film production. During the decades the studio produced hundreds of moving images from documentaries to experimantal films and became known on a global scale. As of January 1990, it continued its activities as a foundation. The Balázs Béla Studio Foundation signed its last production in 2005 and ceased to exist in 2010.

Founder:
- Béla Balázs Studio Research Archive
Name:
- Balázs Béla Studio Foundation
Date of founding:
- 1990
Founder at:
- Béla Balázs Studio Research Archive
Main actor of:
- The founding of the archive

Band 'planlos' (without plan)

'Planlos' (without a plan) was one of the first punk bands in the GDR. It formed in East Berlin in 1980 and broke up in 1983. Its members were Michael Kobs (guitar), Bernd-Michael Lade (drums), Daniel Kaiser (bass) and Michael "Pankow" Boehlke (vocals).

The origins of ‚Planlos‘ can be traced to a basement project called AFS (Antifaschistischer Schutzwall, or Anti-fascist security wall) which began in 1979 and featured Bernd Michael Lade (Vocals), Frank Straßburger (Guitar; later drummer in Cadavre Exquis) and Martin Leeder (Drums, later, among others in Elektro Artist). ‚Planlos‘ formed in 1980 when Lade joined together with Michael Kobs (Guitar; previously, Betonromantik ‚Concrete Romanticism‘) and Daniel Kaiser (Bass).

By 1982, the band was so well-known to the security services of the GDR that they changed their name to Exzess (Excess) before the quartet finally broke up in 1983. Kaiser joined Namenlos (Without a Name) and Fatale in 1984 while Lade, Kobs and Straßburger founded Cadavre Exquis in 1985.

Location:
- Berlin (Ost)
Date of founding:
- 1980
Creator at:
- Substitut. Punk in the GDR 1979-1989

Baylor University

Baylor University is a private university in Waco, Texas. It is a Christian university, established in 1845.

Location:
- Waco South University Parks Drive 1301, United States of America 76706
Name:
- Baylor University
Date of founding:
- 1845
Owner of:
- Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society

Baylor University Libraries

Baylor University Libraries is the library of Baylor University and the institutional home of the Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society.

Location:
- Waco South 5th Street 1429, United States of America 76706
Name:
- Baylor University Libraries
Date of founding:
- 1886