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"Put your own house in order first": local perceptions of EU influence on Romani integration policies in the Czech Republic
No full textThis 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
Introducing the New Journal Critical Romani Studies
No full textThe Introduction presents the origins of the new journal "Critical Romani Studies". It discusses why the editors founded a new journal. Finally, the paper presents the main features of the new journal
Romani Liberation
No full textCentered 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
No full textCentered 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
No full textThis 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
No full textThis 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
Bibliography of Modern Romani Linguistics Including a guide to Romani linguistics
No full textThe interest in Romani, the language of the Roma or "Gypsies", has grown considerably in recent years. Romani has drawn attention from a.o. grammarians, sociolinguists, Indologists, language contact researchers, language planners, educators, typologists and historical linguists.This Indic language is spoken by between five and ten million people world-wide. The bibliography also covers two other Indic languages spoken by peripatetic groups, Dom or Domari from the Middle East, and Lomavren or Bosha of Eastern Turkey and Armenia.The bibliography contains over 2500 titles in more than thirty languages, published between 1900 to 2003. English translations are provided for all titles written in less common languages. There are indexes for general and linguistic terms, Romani varieties, other languages and geographical terms.The book further contains a very useful "Guide to Romani Linguistics", which should enable newcomers to enter this highly interesting field by pointing to the essential titles in different subject areas.BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MODERN ROMANI LINGUISTICS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- Period covered -- Translation and transliteration -- Language(s) covered: Romani, Para-Romani varieties, Domari, Lomavren -- Languages not covered -- Other bibliographies on Roma and Romani -- Reliability of information -- Exclusions and limitations -- Format of entries -- The index -- Acknowledgments -- 2. ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR JOURNAL TITLES -- 3. A LIST OF THE. KEYWORDS AND THEIR EXPLANATION -- A GUIDE TO ROMANI LINGUISTICS -- 1. General introductions -- 2. The history of the study of Romani -- 3. Overview of research trends -- 4. Descriptions of dialects -- 5. Dictionaries -- 6. Dialect classification -- 7. Historical reconstruction -- 8. Language contact and grammatical borrowing -- 9. Typology and syntax -- 10. Sociolinguistics -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MODERN ROMANI LINGUISTICS -- INDEXES OF LINGUISTIC AND GENERAL TERMS, ROMANI VARIETIES, OTHER LANGUAGES AND GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS -- INDEX OF GENERAL TERMS -- INDEX OF ROMANI VARIETIES -- INDEX OF LANGUAGES -- INDEX OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMESThe interest in Romani, the language of the Roma or "Gypsies", has grown considerably in recent years. Romani has drawn attention from a.o. grammarians, sociolinguists, Indologists, language contact researchers, language planners, educators, typologists and historical linguists.This Indic language is spoken by between five and ten million people world-wide. The bibliography also covers two other Indic languages spoken by peripatetic groups, Dom or Domari from the Middle East, and Lomavren or Bosha of Eastern Turkey and Armenia.The bibliography contains over 2500 titles in more than thirty languages, published between 1900 to 2003. English translations are provided for all titles written in less common languages. There are indexes for general and linguistic terms, Romani varieties, other languages and geographical terms.The book further contains a very useful "Guide to Romani Linguistics", which should enable newcomers to enter this highly interesting field by pointing to the essential titles in different subject areas.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Where are the Romanies? An Absent Presence in Narratives of Britishness
No full textThe article explores the exclusion or ghettoization of British Romani experience in narratives of historical Britishness, an action that resounds in contemporary politics and identities. It suggests that scholarship might do more to retrieve quotidian and, in particular, shared histories of British Romani culture, integrating those histories into broader narratives about a national past. This scholarly retrieval of everyday Romani life in the past involves reconsidering what might constitute evidence of this experience, and might be open to rewriting established orthodoxies of Romani/Gypsy Studies, with an awareness of the politics of such subversion
Osservazioni sul percorso del giovane Tintoretto
No full textLa prima parte del saggio ricostruisce la questione storiografica e critica inerente la formazione di Jacopo Tintoretto, analizzando gli studi e le esposizioni dedicate al tema tra il 1937 e il 2007 con l'obiettivo di evidenziarne i tratti emergenti e le criticità. Segue la discussione dei dati storici e delle fonti disponibili, a partire dai quali si è tentato di ripercorrere le prime esperienze del pittore, le sue relazioni con la committenza, il rapporto con i colleghi veneziani e con i pittori tosco-romani presenti a Venezia al principio degli anni quaranta del Cinquecento. Si è riesaminato il dialogo con i letterati e gli artisti che fanno capo alla così detta accademia di Francesco Marcolini. Di particolare utilità è risultata la riflessione sul "Cristo tra i dottori" del Museo del Duomo di Milano, restaurato per l’occasione, che ha permesso di prospettare una nuova proposta di assetto del percorso dell'artista negli anni quaranta. Tra le ipotesi formulate per la restituzione del catalogo del pittore che in tempi recenti ha subito discusse contrazioni, vi è il recupero di alcuni dipinti e di un disegno poco noto. Il saggio va inteso in stretta relazione con le schede dedicate alle opere della seconda sezione dell’esposizione (pp. 148-149, 156-189) dedicata al giovane Tintoretto di cui l’autrice è stata curatrice assieme a Roberta Battaglia e Paola Marini. Mostra e volume sono articolati in quattro sezioni (1. Venezia negli anni del doge Gritti, 2. I toscani a Venezia, 3. Esordio del Tintoretto, 4. L’affermazione sulla scena veneziana).
L’iniziativa ha fatto parte delle manifestazioni del quinto centenario della nascita di Tintoretto promosso dal comitato "Tintoretto '500", coordinato da Gabriella Belli della Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia e dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington. Al catalogo hanno collaborato, oltre alle tre curatrici, Paolo Procaccioli (Università della Tuscia), Luciano Pezzolo (Università di Venezia), Robert Echols, studioso indipendente e Frederick Ilchman, curatore dell' arte europea del Museum of Fine Arts di Boston
Frammenti romani
No full textIl numero 18 de “L’Architettura delle città – The Journal of the Scientific Society Ludovico Quaroni” raccoglie alcuni contributi sotto il titolo Frammenti Romani, che proseguono l’indagine su percorsi di ricerca già praticati nei numeri precedenti, proposti in forma di “frammenti”, e riguardano temi di studio sull’architettura e sulla città, che possiamo definire “romani” per l’impostazione teorico- metodologica e per la scelta del soggetto indagato
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