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"Put your own house in order first": local perceptions of EU influence on Romani integration policies in the Czech Republic
Get PDFThis article examines the influence of the European Union (EU) on the development and implementation of Romani integration policy in the Czech Republic from the perspective of those responsible for policy delivery. Based on analysis of key policy documents and research conducted in the Czech Republic, this article first examines how Romani integration became a more important issue during membership negotiations and then discusses how the criticism of the European Commission's Regular Reports was received by those responsible for implementing pro-Romani policies. Finally, the paper assesses how the status of full EU membership has impacted on integration policy. The article concludes that while funding for Romani integration projects has benefitted some groups, the overall impression of the EU is of a remote institution, quick to criticise and unwilling to practise what it preaches
Romani Liberation
Get PDFCentered on the trajectory of the emancipation of Roma people in Scandinavia, Romani Liberation is a powerful challenge to the stereotype describing Romani as passive and incapable of responsibility and agency. The author also criticizes benevolent but paternalistic attitudes that center on Romani victimhood.
The first part of the book offers a comprehensive overview of the chronological phases of Romani emancipation in Sweden and other countries. Underscoring the significance of Roma activism in this process, Jan Selling profiles sixty Romani activists and protagonists, including numerous original photos. The narrative is followed by an analysis of the concepts of historical justice and of the process of decolonizing Romani Studies. Selling highlights the impact of the historical contexts that have enabled or impeded the success of the struggles against discrimination and for equal rights, emphasizing Romani activism as a precondition for liberation.
The particular Swedish framework is accentuated by a stimulating preface by the international activist Nicoleta Bitu, and afterwords by two prominent Romani advocates, the politician Soraya Post and the singer, author, and elder Hans Caldaras
Romani Liberation
Get PDFCentered on the trajectory of the emancipation of Roma people in Scandinavia, Romani Liberation is a powerful challenge to the stereotype describing Romani as passive and incapable of responsibility and agency. The author also criticizes benevolent but paternalistic attitudes that center on Romani victimhood.
The first part of the book offers a comprehensive overview of the chronological phases of Romani emancipation in Sweden and other countries. Underscoring the significance of Roma activism in this process, Jan Selling profiles sixty Romani activists and protagonists, including numerous original photos. The narrative is followed by an analysis of the concepts of historical justice and of the process of decolonizing Romani Studies. Selling highlights the impact of the historical contexts that have enabled or impeded the success of the struggles against discrimination and for equal rights, emphasizing Romani activism as a precondition for liberation.
The particular Swedish framework is accentuated by a stimulating preface by the international activist Nicoleta Bitu, and afterwords by two prominent Romani advocates, the politician Soraya Post and the singer, author, and elder Hans Caldaras
Romani Minorities and Uneven Citizenship Access in the Post-Yugoslav Space
Get PDFThis paper discusses the position of Romani minorities in the light of the state dissolution and further citizenship regime transformations after the disintegration of the former Socialist Yugoslavia. While observing closely the repositioning of the Romani minorities in the post-Yugoslav space, it explicates that in the case of state dissolution, the unevenness of citizenship does not only manifest in the rights dimension, but also in uneven access to citizenship with regard to new polities
Narrative threads: ethnographic tourism, Romani tourist tales, and fiber art
Get PDFThis thesis examines the need for the ethnographer to process their own emotions and experiences as part of the ethnographic experience. Specifically, it argues for the credibility of artistic expression resulting from fieldwork.
Drawing on the author’s experience during the 2012 inaugural "Romani Music, Culture, and Human Rights" study abroad program at the University of Pittsburgh, this thesis offers an analysis of five works of fiber art. Originally perceived by the author as separate from the thesis writing process, they became an integral part of thesis once they were recognized as the non-verbal processing of the my emotional response to events abroad and, therefore, essential components of the research process.
I argue that emotional processing is an integral part of writing an ethnography, for as the ethnographer works through their experiences, their understanding of the events changes, and this in turn impacts the ways in which the ethnographic is perceived and analyzed
Título: De irreformabili Romani Pontificis in definiendis Fidei Controversiis Judicio
No full textNa port. do 1º v.: F. Josephi Augustini Orsi ... De Romani Pontificis in Synodos Oecumenicos et earum Canones PotestatePort. do 1º t. a dúas tintas: vermella e negr
The Romani Archives and Documentation Center: A Migratory Archive?
Get PDFThe purpose of this review is to outline the history of the Romani Archives and Documentation Center (RADOC), its origin, mission, function, and what sets it apart from other archives in the world. Ian Hancock, emeritus professor at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and author of The Pariah Syndrome (1987) and We Are the Romani People (2002), initiated the collection and was responsible for its organization and preservation for the
last 50 years. Due to Hancock’s recent retirement, RADOC will soon move from Texas to Turkey. It seems appropriate to reflect on this unique collection through Rodrigo Lazo’s concept of the migratory archive. RADOC differs from hegemonic national archives because it represents a heterogeneous group of people
dispersed throughout the world who speak different languages. Romani history has been largely written by outsiders, but the experience of Roma has also been recorded through other means, including literature and music. Regardless of the format, RADOC is committed to preserving the diversity of Romani voices. It is crucial that new generations of Romani and nonRomani scholars fight for the conservation of this archive and the
preservation of Romani history
Romni among the Romani. Women in Romani Culture
Get PDFThe paper discusses the position of women in Romani society. The author presents the var-
ious roles a romni (Romani for woman) plays. She refers to the rules of the moral and ethical
code (romanipen) that significantly affects female behavior, determines the relationship be-
tween females and males, and assigns women a lower position in society than men. The paper
also discusses the ‘impurities’ that constitute a specific weapon Romani women can wield
against men.
The author observes the changes that are taking place in the world of modern romnis. They
are increasingly more educated, professionally active and make independent decisions con-
cerning their own future. It should be borne in mind, however, that they continue to live in
a closed community that guards its traditions, language and privacy. To change the life of
Romani women would mean their leaving this community and abandoning the fundamental
principles of Romani life, which is difficult. Romani women do not struggle for these princi-
ples to be abandoned completely, thus giving them equal rights. They continue to guard their
traditions and hearth and home
Beginning of Romani literature : the case of Alexander Germano
Get PDFFunding: European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 694656).The article traces the beginning of Roma literature. It focuses on the work of Aleksandr Germano in the context of the history of a unique Romani literacy project developed in the USSR before WW2. It shows the peculiarity of the Soviet Roma literature and especially the personal activities and contributions of Aleksandr Germano, who was in fact, the man who can be considered the progenitor of contemporary Romani literature (who worked in all the three main literature genres: poetry, prose, and drama). The study is done on the basis of a few years of archival work in different archives in the Russian Federation and mainly in the Alexander Germano’s personal archive, preserved in the town of Orel (Russian Federation). The documents studied allow us to illuminate the blurred spots in his biography, to reveal his ethnic background and to highligt reason of success of the Romani literacy project. The example of Germano shows that the beginning of national literature is not absolutely necessary and obligatory related to a particular author with respective ethnic origin and identity, but from significance here is his literary work and its public impact.Peer reviewe
Ritual purity in Romani communities
No full textThe thesis "Ritual purity in Romani Communities" compares indian socio-cultural figures with romani ones and demonstrates that concept of ritual purity and pollution has probably its roots in indian caste system. The main marks of indian caste as well as closed romani community are: endogamy, specific group-profession, residential segregation, strick rules for contact and commensality with members of other groups, taboos relevant to some people, animals, things, parts of body and activities. The thesis describes control mechanisms such as romani tribunal or social control and talks about the process of Sanskritization. The author believes that all romani communities share awareness of potential ritual pollution hence it is possible to consider concept of ritual pollution to be a part of collective romani identity
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