Europe's Romaphobia: Problematization, Securitization, Nomadization

The economic crisis as opportunity: How austerity generates new strategies and solidarities for negotiating Roma access to housing in Rome

“…Today, in Italy there are mainly two groups, Roma and Sinti (Sigona 2007 former Yugoslavia in the 1960s and 1970s were relatively well integrated into the labour market with jobs in the agricultural sector, or traditional professions such as horse farming and craftsmanship (UNAR 2012). On the contrary, Roma of more recent migration flows tend to live in poor and marginalised contexts in urban areas, often in slums, doing mainly low-skilled and informal jobs.…”

L’Union européenne et les Roms : pauvreté, haine anti-Tziganes et gouvernance de la mobilité

“…Les réformes néolibérales de l'économie et la réduction de l'État providence ont aussi eu un impact sur les pays d'Europe occidentale où, malgré l'amnésie de l'Union européenne et de ses membres les plus riches, les conditions socio-économiques de la communauté rom sont généralement pires que celles du reste de la population. Réduire la question à un simple phé-nomène de discrimination raciale, comme c'est souvent le cas, limite les possibilités d'intervention et de transformation car les causes structurelles de la pauvreté des Roms et, comme l'a récemment fait remarquer Van Baar, les responsabilités des institutions européennes et nationales, ne sont ainsi pas prises en compte, comme l'a enfin reconnu la Commission européenne 26 . La récente communication de la Commission européenne a donné un signal positif pour reconnaitre que la réglementation anti-discrimination ne suffit pas à elle seule face à la marginalisation de la majorité des Roms.…”

Cultural Institutions as a Combat Sport. Reflections on the European Roma Institute

“…The wider picture in which the ERI debate can be situated is that, in modern times, the concept of 'race' has gradually turned into 'ethnicity', and 'ethnicity' into 'culture', which has come to occupy a more subtle, pervasive and versatile social space -a good example of which is what has been labeled "reasonable anti-Gypsism" (van Baar, 2011). In this sense, while the hybridity of Roma identities makes it difficult for Roma to present a coherent 'Romani voice' in cultural terms, McGarry has suggested that "it is the political identity of Roma which has the capacity to change through formal representation in the public sphere with Roma actively determining how they are understood" (McGarry, 2014, p. 770).…”