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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.
“The text as a whole, in summary, is extremely stimulating and interesting. The use of scholarly literatures outside the somewhat narrow field of Romani Studies makes the book suitable also for those interested in many other subaltern groups, and in the more general themes of action research.” • Social Movement Studies
“This edited volume brings together authors, whose different perspectives on engaging with Romani Studies through activism, academic study and policy development, bring new insights and provocations. The book has been published at a very important juncture in the evolution of Romani Studies and the reflections of the authors are very timely and important…good work is being done to renew Romani Studies and ensure that the discipline thrives in a more critical and engaged environment.” • Ethnic and Racial Studies
“Overall, Roma Activism does what the best academic work should do: it engages the reader from start to finish while challenging the binaries too often accepted as the status quo. The cohesion among the authors of this volume builds a strong case for the future of Romani Studies and Romani activism.” • Critical Romani Studies
“The book offers meaningful insights and opens newmethodological and epistemological pathways, especially with regard to the key issue of the agency of Roma communities, to be understood not as passive subjects at the mercy of external institutions and non-governmental organizations, but as independent actors able to act on the political scene.” • Anuac. Journal of the Italian Society of Cultural Anthropology
“This volume offers a wide array of perspectives for those wishing to better understand critical debates within Romani studies and Roma/pro-Roma activism. It will in particular be a welcome contribution for those already invested in these spheres and wishing for in-depth analyses of shifts and trends in knowledge production and mobilisation.” • Social Anthropology/anthropologie sociale
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