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.
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List of Illustrations
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 Anthroposociology of Roma-Related Engagement and Activism
Huub van Baar
Chapter 2. Emotions and Procedures: Contradictions of Early Romani Activism in a Postconflict Intervention
Ana Chirițoiu
Chapter 3. Encounters at the Margins: Activism and Research in Romani Studies in Postsocialist 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 Mirga-Kruszelnicka
Index
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Ana Ivasiuc is an anthropologist affiliated with the Centre for Conflict Studies at the Philipps University in Marburg, Germany. Through her past activity as a research coordinator within a Romani NGO in Romania, she has conducted research at the confluence between Romani activism and academia. She is the winner of the 2017 Herder–Council for European Studies Fellowship.