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The intersecting invisible experiences of Gypsy/Traveller girls in Scotland
No full textMarcus, Geetha – ORCID 0000-0001-5610-5344
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Closing remarks
No full textMarcus, Geetha – ORCID 0000-0001-5610-5344
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Closing the attainment gap [Oral Presentation]
No full textMarcus, Geetha – ORCID 0000-0001-5610-5344
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The politics and complexity of silence in the marginalised lives of young Gypsy/Traveller women in Scotland
No full textMarcus, Geetha – ORCID 0000-0001-5610-5344 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-5344Item not available in this repository.https://ecpr.eu/Events/114pubpu
Plenary closing remarks
No full textMarcus, Geetha – ORCID 0000-0001-5610-5344
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Black feminism and the racialised, gendered experiences of Gypsy/Traveller girls in Scotland
No full textMarcus, Geetha – ORCID 0000-0001-5610-5344
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-5344Item not available in this repository.Item previously deposited in University of Glasgow repository on 10 Jul 2017 at: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/143911/https://woceuropeconference.wordpress.com/2016-conference/pubpu
Marginalisation and the voices of Gypsy/Traveller girls
Full text linkAmnesty
International has accused the media and Scotland’s 32 local authorities of
perpetuating discrimination agai
nst Gypsy/Travellers declaring,
“despite four inquiries by the
Scottish Equal Opportunities Committee over the last 12 years, little or no progress h
as been
made” (AIUK, 2013, p. 1).
The Scottish Government’s
(2010a)
Race Equality Statement
(2009)
acknowledges that Gypsy/Travellers are “a particularly discriminated against and
marginalised group”.
Despite an extensive catalogue of legislation, policies
, and
recommendations, our comprehension of Gypsy/Travellers is underdeveloped.
The ESRC
and the Scottish Government
2
have provided funding for a doctoral research project that
broadly aims to enhance an understanding of the experiences of Scottish Gypsy/T
ravellers.
Interpretations of the image and lives of Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland are riddled with
misperceptions, myths and assumptions based on stereotypical definitions of difference. The
propagation of these images continues to contribute to the orches
tration of interventionist
policies that seek to “civilise” people into assimilation with the majority settled population.
I
am in the third
year of my doctoral studies, in the process of analysing fieldwork data.
This
paper draws attention to preliminary
findings from in
-
depth interviews with Scottish
Gypsy/Traveller girls about their educational experiences,
recognising that
thei
r voices are
missing from the
literature.
In this paper, t
he girls’ accounts are highlighted and juxtaposed
alongside the genera
l problems encountered by Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland, and reveal a
complex narrative. Space, race, gender, culture and poverty appear to intersect where barriers
continue to exist. Equally, discrepancies in levels of empowerment, public participation,
me
dia representations and respect for ethnicity are experienced at these intersections
The racialised and gendered experiences of Gypsy/Traveller girls in Scotland
No full textMarcus, Geetha – ORCID 0000-0001-5610-5344
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-5344Item not available in this repository.Item previously deposited in University of Glasgow repository on 10 Jul 2017 at: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/143910/https://blogs.city.ac.uk/cci/2016/10/16/bsa-race-and-ethnicity-studies-workshop-and-mentoring-scheme/pubpu
Power, silence and agency: The educational experiences of Gypsy/Traveller girls in Scotland
No full textMarcus, Geetha – ORCID 0000-0001-5610-5344
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-5344Item not available in this repository.Interpretations of the image of Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland are riddled with stereotypes and racialised misperceptions and assumptions. The stubborn persistence of these negative views appears to contribute to policies of neglect, inertia or intervention that largely seeks to ‘civilise’ or further assimilate Gypsy/Travellers into the mainstream settled population.
Research indicates that within education Gypsy/Traveller children are the lowest achieving minority group in the UK.
This seminar highlights four key findings relating to:
The cycle of patriarchy in race, gender and age discrimination
The nature of identity and belonging
The use of silence and self-exclusion
Agency, resilience and creativityhttp://www.crfr.ac.uk/power-silence-and-agency-the-educational-experiences-of-gypsytraveller-girls-in-scotland/pubpu
How to bridge Scotland’s attainment gap
No full textMarcus, Geetha – ORCID 0000-0001-5610-5344
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-5344Item not available in this repository.We need to think outside the box when reimagining Scotland’s education system, writes Dr Geetha Marcus
The UK has one of the most socially segregated school systems in the developed world, with academic selection – where children are admitted to a school on the basis of ability – and parental choice at its core.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) believes this has a negative impact on social equality and a young person’s ability to earn a good income in the future. OECD evidence shows that segregated schools present children with two different perspectives of the world and affect their life chances.https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/how-to-bridge-scotland-s-attainment-gap-dr-geetha-marcus-1-4835747pubpu
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