Gypsy/Roma diasporas. A comparative perspective

Abstract

Gypsy/Roma diasporas. A comparative perspective* * This article was presented at a workshop on Politico-Religious Diasporas, chaired by Steven Vartovek, at the sixth Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, Krakow July 2000. I wish to thank the participants of the workshop, Huon Wardle and two anonymous reviewers for Social Anthropology for their useful comments. 1 It's most popular and persistent incarnation is the dichotomy 'authentic Romany' versus 'fake drop-outs' which in recent years has underlain the discourse on so-called 'authentic' and 'bogus' asylum-seekers (Clark and Campbell 2000). 2 The names 'Jarana' and 'La Fresneda' are pseudonyms, as are the names of all people in the article.

A Review of Evolving Paradigms in Youth Studies

“…In this way, Beck [20] stresses that the main novelty of the historical stage in which we find ourselves is that individuals have appeared as the biographical solution to systemic contradictions, profoundly modifying the frameworks of action of individuals who have to move in a flexible and shifting panorama; thus, a whole system of "organised certainties", such as work, education, or family, has shifted towards "organised uncertainty", individualising social experience and diversifying the trajectories of individuals, who are now managers of their own lives [25,26]. This has had profound consequences on the transition to adulthood, whereby young people have been forced to take responsibility for this process, which has been significantly prolonged, and in which success or failure has been individualised, sometimes forgetting the importance that the social structure can have both from the outset and in terms of the opportunities available in this transition [27].…”

“…This model was characterised by a sequencing of age-based events such as education, employment/household work, marriage, and the birth of children. Men were seen as the workers and economic providers of households, and women were responsible for the care of the households and the offspring [27,36].…”

“…This model was characterised by a sequencing of age-based events such as education, employment/household work, marriage, and the birth of children. Men were seen as the workers and economic providers of households, and women were responsible for the care of the households and the offspring [27,36]. However, this linear model of youth transition has been challenged across the field of youth studies, with authors advocating a shift to "performative and processual identity" that understands the multiplicity and often circuitous nature of transitions to adult-hood [37,38].…”

Changing Roma Identity : A New Kind of Double Identity and How to Model it

“…Previous research had already drawn attention to change. However, they were either locally concentrated research projects without sufficient external data to draw generalised conclusions, or broad surveys carried out with interviews and some personalised data but lacking representative sampling (e.g., atanasov 2008;Blasco 2002;GoG 2008;luKács 2008;Péceli 2013;Péceli & luKács 2009). …”

Communicating the Victim: Nongovernmental Organizations Advocacy Discourses for Roma Rights

“…It is no longer news that the largest ethnic minority in the European Union—the Roma, commonly known as the Gypsies—is discriminated against in institutional contexts and private interactions. National and international groups have recognized the “Gypsy problem” and have implemented reforms and policies to address anti‐Gypsyism (Blasco, ; Nacu, ; Ram, ; Schneeweis, ). A transnational movement for Roma rights has also emerged to document and prove discrimination.…”