SM 629 European Policy and Practice towards the Roma Ilona Alexander, Laura Laubeova, Lucie Cviklova...

SM 629

European Policy and Practice

towards the Roma

Ilona Alexander, Laura Laubeova, Lucie Cviklova & guests

Department of Public and Social Policy, Institute of Sociology Studies, FSV UK

Summer term 2004/05

Course outline and lecturers1. General background: Laura Laubeová, Lucie

Cviklová2. Policies towards the Roma: Laura, Slawomir

Kapralski, Eva Sobotka3. Country studies: Laura, Lucie - field research,

Selma Muhic, Martina Kalinova4. Conclusion: Michal Vašečka

Project leader and student assessment: Dr Ilona Alexander

Syllabus & readingshttp://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/ik217/courseindex.html

http://tolerance.cz/courses/monnet/monnet.htm

ECTS Credits: 8 (six hours of work per week)

Assessment:Three written AQCI’s                         30% Written field work report           20% Research essay (up to 3,000 words, due

the first day of week 11 – 2 May 2005)   40% Attendance and seminar participation     10%

AQCI

ARGUMENT- QUESTION- CONNECTIONS- IMPLICATIONS

1.CENTRAL QUOTATION

2. ARGUMENT

3. QUESTION

4. EXPERIENTIAL CONNECTION

5. TEXTUAL CONNECTION

6. IMPLICATIONS

Examples are available on the course web page.

Unit 1Introduction to the course

and terminology

Laura Laubeová, 23.2. 2005

laubeova@chello.cz

TerminologyThe Roma/The Romani people/The Romanies (12 m Worldwide)

Rom (sg. masc.) (husband) ; Dom, Domari Romni (fem.),Roma (pl.)Or Romani (sg.), Romanies (pl.) accepted by Sinti (Hancock)She is a Roma (sic.), Romani, a Romni

Romipen, Rromanipen

Gentiles: Gadje, gadjo, gorgio (gaujo, gawjo, gawja Hancock)Adjective

Romani (international documents), Romany (literature)

Language

The Romani language,

Romani,

Romanes (in a Romani way, Romanily)

Vakares Romanes? Do you speak in the Romani way?

Kiravel Romanes. She is cooking in the Romani way

Sanskrit origins:

1760 Valyi Stefan, Univ. of Leiden, NL

Vienna Gazette 1776,

Rudiger 1782, Grellman 1783, Marsden 1785

Introduction – cont.

Identity – reflects attitudes of majority -

- Withdrawal and separation (protect values and culture)- Internalisation of stereotypes

Culture & values - cleanlines, eating, treatment of animals, funerals, sexual behaviour etc (Unit 2)

Romani organisations – Unit 3 IRU; Roma National CongressERRC, ERIO, ERF…..

The first World Romani Congress,

London, 1971:16-spoked wheel as their international symbol,

flag (green and blue),

anthem (Roma arise),

proclaimed April 8 international Romani day

Roma as an ethnic group• National minority (CEE), ethnic minority group (UK - RRA).

Community / communities.• Roma (Rumungro, Vlach, Romanichal, Kalderash), Sinti,

Travellers, playground and circus people, bargee people, new age travellers etc

• Gypsy is not a lifestyle but race/ ethnic group (Hancock)• Minorities autochtonous, immigrant• Roma as European minority/ Roma as European nation

Europe's largest transnational minority; Declaration on "non-territorial" nation

Roma in societyDiscrimination, racism, anti-Gypsyism, denial of racism,

reversed racism Majority relations twds the Roma (annihilation/extermination,

persecution, segregation. Assimilation, integration, accommodation, inclusion)

Major point of departures for Romani studies:a) history – migration from India, early persecution in 15- 18

cent., assimilation under Habsburgs and in Portugal; Porrajmos – Romani holocaust (0,5 m)

b) family and values; c) Romani language, identity and self-determination of Romani

nation But:

Multi-disciplinary approach

• Romani Studies / Romology• Linguistics (Indology)• History (of repression)• Cultural and social antropology / ethnology• Culturology, Musicology• International Relations (UN, EU…)• International law (HR, minority rights law)• Public and social policy• Political economy (WB, UNDP)• Sociology (power issues)• Social psychology (in-group, out-group dynamics)• Psychology (of prejudice) etc.