Roma activism

Roma activism: reimagining power and knowledge

by Beck, Sam Ivasiuc, Ana

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"Exploring contemporary debates and developments in Roma-related research and forms of activism, this volume argues for taking up reflexivity as practice in these fields, and advocates a necessary renewal of research sites, methods, and epistemologies. The contributors gathered here - whose professional trajectories often lie at the confluence between activism, academia, and policy or development interventions - are exceptionally well placed to reflect on mainstream practices in all these field…

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  • Full title :Roma activism : reimagining power and knowledge / edited by Sam Beck and Ana Ivasiuc.

Summary

"Exploring contemporary debates and developments in Roma-related research and forms of activism, this volume argues for taking up reflexivity as practice in these fields, and advocates a necessary renewal of research sites, methods, and epistemologies. The contributors gathered here - whose professional trajectories often lie at the confluence between activism, academia, and policy or development interventions - are exceptionally well placed to reflect on mainstream practices in all these fields, and, from their particular positions, envision a reimagining of these practices."--Provided by publisher.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2020
  • Edition:First paperback edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Berghahn Books
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2020

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) : : illustrations (some color), maps.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781785339493, 1785339494
  • oclc:on1040206807
  • LC Classification:DX145
  • Dewey Decimal:305.8914/97

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations Preface ; Sam Beck Introduction: Renewing Research and Romani Activism; Ana Ivasiuc Part I: Renewing Methods. Renewing Sites Chapter 1. Neoliberalism and the Spirit of Non-Governmentalism: Towards an Anthropo-Sociology of Roma-Related Engagement and Activism; Huub van Baar Chapter 2. Emotions and Procedures: Contradictions of Early Romani Activism in a Post-Conflict Intervention; Ana Chiritoiu Chapter 3. Encounters at the Margins: Activism and Research in Romani Studies in Post-Socialist Romania; László Fosztó Part II: Renewing Epistemologies Chapter 4. Paradigm Shift and Romani Studies: Research "on" or "for" and "with" the Roma ; Andrew Ryder Chapter 5. Transgressing Borders: Challenging Racist and Sexist Epistemology; Angéla Kóczé Chapter 6. Alter-narratives: Seeing Ordinary Agency; Ana Ivasiuc Part III: Renewing Activisms Chapter 7. Policy Input on the Front Line: Dilemmas of the Ethical Academic; Margaret Greenfields Chapter 8. Between Global Solidarity and National Belonging: The Politics of Inclusion for Romanlar in Turkey; Danielle V. Schoon Chapter 9. "Be Young, Be Roma": Modern Roma Youth Activism in the Current Panorama of Romani Affairs; Anna Mirg…

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Subjects

Romanies -- Politics and government Romanies -- Social conditions SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race… SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural Tsiganes -- Conditions sociales

Writers

Beck, Sam Ivasiuc, Ana

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