Un projet « pour les Roms » ? Bricolages, malentendus et informalité productive dans des dispositifs d’insertion et de relogement

Olivera, Martín

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“…These projects happened to be very diverse in terms of size and housing modes. In many ways the products of local bricolages, they were supported by representatives of public authorities and set up by local NGOs as well as by informal volunteers or professional networks (Legros, 2010;Benarrosh-Orsoni, 2011;Clavé-Mercier, 2014;Lurbe i Puerto, 2014;Olivera, 2016).…”

Section: The Logics Of Inclusion Exclusion and Inclusion Policies: Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Originally based in a more or less implicit way on multicultural logic, the project was inspired by ideas of 'minority empowerment' and the 'inclusion of minorities' mobilized by European institutions and NGOs involved in the 'Roma issue' (Craig and Mayo, 1995). However, these ambitions gradually faded away and ended up disappearing completely from local political discourse (Olivera, 2016), whilst the project quickly reintegrated the frameworks of national/state thinking and their normative definition of social integration. Located about 600 kilometers away, the other project we investigated also distinguished itself from typical 'villages d'insertion' by the absence of pre-established lists of 'beneficiaries' and a lack of quotas for defining the maximum places available.…”

Section: The Logics Of Inclusion Exclusion and Inclusion Policies: Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the end, social workers and institutional actors have the most difficulty grasping the contours of the 'community' from which individuals and households would have to be extracted in order to make them 'autonomous.' In many regards, when confronted with the discourse of migrant families, the fabric of this imagined community tends to unravel at the seams (Clavé-Mercier, 2014: 387-400; Olivera, 2016).…”

Section: Roma Identity As a Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Inclusion and the ‘Arts of Resistance’

Clavé-Mercier

Olivera²

2018

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During the last 20 years, processes of social, spatial or economic exclusion suffered by a growing number of people identified as ʻRomaʼ in Europe were progressively investigated and better documented, as, for instance, legal (or para-legal) measures implemented against Roma migrants living in precarious settlements in Western Europe. Over the same period, international or European institutions, national authorities and many NGOs significantly developed local or regional initiatives for ʻRoma inclusionʼ. From ethnographic investigations conducted during several years in two French cities which have implemented social support and housing projects toward Roma immigrants families (Bulgarian in one case, Romanian in the other), this article firstly aims to highlight the effects of the contradictions and paradoxes characterizing the launch and running of many ʻinclusion policiesʼ which, like exclusion policies, are frequently based on stereotypical conceptions of ʻRomaʼ as well as of ʻsocial integrationʼ. Reversing the point of view, we will secondly light the way the ʻtarget familiesʼ of these projects may nevertheless succeed to preserve leeway and to develop different forms of local insertion, using (or not) resources provided by public policies as well as personal and family resources. In so doing, this paper proposes to address the role and value of informality and ʻproductive misunderstandingsʼ in these dynamics of emancipation and effective integration taking place in a strongly binding context.

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Section: The Logics Of Inclusion Exclusion and Inclusion Policies: Tmentioning

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Section: Roma Identity As a Problemmentioning

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Inclusion and the ‘Arts of Resistance’

Clavé-Mercier

Olivera²

2018

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‘We Reach out but we Also Expect Something in Return’: Social Work Engaging with Roma People in Temporary Container Homes at the Edge of the City

Samyn,

Cioarta,

Wagener

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The British Journal of Social Work

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In this article, we critically explore the research findings of a qualitative study of local social policy and work interventions, called ‘the post-mobile project’ in Ghent, Belgium. The project provided temporary housing for families in container units, accompanied by mandatory integration assistance, and was implemented as a potential solution for Romanian Roma families after the dismantlement of two informal settlements in 2020. Our qualitative study explores the underlying ontological assumptions of the social work interventions in this project, and aims to gain insights into the role of contemporary social work practice in Belgium and its impact on advancing or hindering the pursuit of social justice within this Roma community. The study is based on an ethnography as a multi-method approach. Participant observations are complemented by document analysis, semi-structured interviews and focus groups to gain an in-depth understanding of the divergent experiences and opinions of different stakeholders involved in the interventions. The findings reveal different ontological frameworks regarding the way the social problem is defined, the project’s goals and the principles guiding practice, thus exposing tensions between the local policy-makers and the social justice orientation of social work practitioners.

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La création d’un orchestre rom à partir d’un squat de migrants : quels usages de l’« authenticité identitaire » ?

Clavé-Mercier¹

2017

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Cet article entend questionner les discours sur l’« authenticité identitaire » et les enjeux qui leur sont sous-jacents à travers l’analyse de la construction de la musique « rom » comme objet patrimonial. Dans une agglomération française, un orchestre réunissant des migrants roms bulgares a été mis en place par deux acteurs de la société civile. Les membres de l’orchestre étant présentés dans la presse comme des Roms vivant en squat et jouant une musique « traditionnelle des plus authentiques », il est intéressant d’analyser les discours sur ce dispositif en lien avec l’identité ethnique « rom ». Sont également interrogées les motivations des différents acteurs participant à cette construction d’objet culturel, en soulignant l’importance des contextes migratoire et sociopolitique et notamment la fortement présente « injonction à l’intégration ». Les effets de cette construction culturelle et les changements qu’elle entraîne pour les membres du groupe sont ensuite analysés. L’article montre in fine que la création de l’orchestre cristallise les ambiguïtés entre une assignation identitaire et les stratégies d’acteurs qui s’en saisissent à leur façon.

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Un projet « pour les Roms » ? Bricolages, malentendus et informalité productive dans des dispositifs d’insertion et de relogement

Cited by 8 publications

References 29 publications

Inclusion and the ‘Arts of Resistance’

Inclusion and the ‘Arts of Resistance’

‘We Reach out but we Also Expect Something in Return’: Social Work Engaging with Roma People in Temporary Container Homes at the Edge of the City

La création d’un orchestre rom à partir d’un squat de migrants : quels usages de l’« authenticité identitaire » ?

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