Roma Activism

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.

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.

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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