Transgressive Terrain: Risk, Otherness and ‘New Age’ Nomadism

Wild, Leah

doi:10.1057/9780230506039_11

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“…Where classification is not possible anything which cannot be classified is viewed negativelyas dirt, pollution and a threat to the collectivity creating uncertainty and a sense of danger. To protect itself the collectivity engages in a strategy of purification restoring boundaries and order by excluding threatening groups and individuals (Powell, 2008, Wild, 2005, Douglas, 1966. Thus when the stranger (such as a Gypsy or Traveller) enters strongly defined communal spaces he or she fractures the entrenched order that prevails within that community, threatens that order and thus becomes subject to ritual control (Wild, 2005).…”

Section: Gypsies and Travellers -Categorised As 'At Risk'mentioning

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“…To protect itself the collectivity engages in a strategy of purification restoring boundaries and order by excluding threatening groups and individuals (Powell, 2008, Wild, 2005, Douglas, 1966. Thus when the stranger (such as a Gypsy or Traveller) enters strongly defined communal spaces he or she fractures the entrenched order that prevails within that community, threatens that order and thus becomes subject to ritual control (Wild, 2005). Gypsies and Travellers are attributed an 'otherness status', that is inextricably linked to notions of risk, by the categories and concepts used to describe them.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, Law (2010) has suggested that Gypsies and Travellers are socially and ethnically identifiable in terms of their shared history, unique cultural tradition, family and social customs and the marginalised position they occupy within British society (Powell, 2008, Mason andBroughton, 2007). Gypsies and Travellers have been defined or classified on the one hand as a group that is 'at risk' and that suffers wide ranging inequalities (Parry et al, 2004) and on the other as the archetypical 'other' posing risks to normative stability (Wild, 2005). Little is known about how Gypsies and Travellers frame, categorise and respond to risk within this context and this paper explores their accounts.…”

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Gypsies/Travellers and health: risk categorisation versus being ‘at risk’

Ruston

Smith

2013

Health, Risk & Society

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Risk categorisation provides a routine and necessary contribution to the way people make sense of and impute predictability in a complex human world of which their knowledge is limited. It is a precursor to the development of risk management strategies. Risk categorisation schemes can vary depending on the underlying perspective and knowledge used in their construction. There are estimated to be between 120,000 and 300,000 Gypsies and Travellers in the UK. They have been categorised on the one hand as a group that is 'at risk' suffering wide ranging inequalities and on the other they can be seen as the archetypical 'other' posing risks to normative stability. Public policies to manage their health risks have been limited in contrast to policies to address their 'otherness' status which have aimed to exclude, relocate and forcibly remove them from public space. Little is understood about the way in which Gypsies and Travellers categorise and manage the risks to their health within the context of adverse public policies. In-depth qualitative interviews were undertaken during 2010 and 2011 with 39 Gypsies and Travellers aged between 18 and 66 comprising 20 females and 19 males living in an area of South-East England. Respondents framed risk in terms of threats to their health, culture and traditional way of life and issues of trust were central to this. They sought to devise risk management strategies that would maintain boundaries between their community and outsiders who were perceived to be the source of risks to their health. A consequence of their risk management strategies was the potential perpetuation of threats to their health and wellbeing.

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Section: Gypsies and Travellers -Categorised As 'At Risk'mentioning

confidence: 99%