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

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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

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Course outline and lecturers

• General background Laura Laubeová, Lucie
  Cviklová
• Policies towards the Roma Laura, Slawomir
  Kapralski, Eva Sobotka
• Country studies Laura, Lucie - field research,
  Selma Muhic, Martina Kalinova
• Conclusion Michal Vašecka
• Projct leader and student assessment
• Dr. Ilona Alexander

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Syllabus readings

• http//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 AQCIs                        
  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

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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.

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Unit 1Introduction to the course and terminology

• Laura Laubeová, 23.2. 2005
• laubeova_at_chello.cz

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Terminology

• The 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)

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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

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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 Congress
• ERRC, ERIO, ERF..

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• 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

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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

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Roma in society

• Discrimination, 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

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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.