The present paper proposes a qualitative analysis of the discursive strategies of traditional gold mining memory in two mining villages of the Apuseni Mountains. The three analyzed discourses were registered using as research method the “life story” interview. I followed the way the memory of traditional mining experience was objectified, a profession that disappeared with the nationalization; I also followed the way each of the three interlocutors made use of the period they experienced comparing it to their whole life. The discourses are nostalgic; they emphasize the disappearance of a work culture and the identification of certain survival strategies in a very short period of time. Thus, migration in the area increased a lot. [1]
[1] This work was possible with the financial support of the Sectoral Operational Program for Human Resources Development 2007-2013, co-financed by the European Social Fund, within the project POSDRU 89/1.5/S/60189 with the title „Postdoctoral Programs for Sustainable Development in a Knowledge Based Society”.
