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Dimensions of Antigypsyism in Europe See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333455821 Questioning ‘Gypsy’-themed Films and Their Technology of Truth Production Chapter · May 2019 CITATIONS READS 0 238 1 author: Radmila Mladenova Universität Heidelberg 4 PUBLICATIONS 4 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: „Stigma ‚Zigeuner‘. Visuelle Dimensionen des Antiziganismus“ View project All content following this page was uploaded by Radmila Mladenova on 29 May 2019. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Dimensions of Antigypsyism in Europe Edited by Ismael Cortés Gómez and Markus End ENAR Anti-Racism in Focus 3 Dimensions of Antigypsyism in Europe Edited by Ismael Cortés Gómez and Markus End Published by the European Network Against Racism aisbl (ENAR) and the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma in Brussels in 2019 www.enar-eu.org © European Network Against Racism and Central Council of German Sinti and Roma 2019 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated or transmitted in any form, by print, web or any other means, without prior written permission from the publisher. ISBN 978-2-9601308-2-9 Layout and printing: Crossmark.be Acknowledgements Acknowledgements 3 Acknowledgements This book was published with the support of the Rights, Equality and Citzenship Programme of the European Union, the Open Society Foundations, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media (Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien) of the German government, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma. ENAR and the Central Council for Roma and Sinti would like to thank the experts, activists, academics and others who contributed to the development of this publication. The views of all authors in this publication are their own and cannot be considered to reflect the views of ENAR, the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, the European Commission or any other body of the European Union, the Open Society Foundations, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, or the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media (Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien) of the German govern- ment. They do not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains. Table of Contents Table4 of Contents Dimensions of Antigypsyism in Europe Authors’ Descriptions 6 Foreword Soraya Post 16 Introduction: Contemporary Dimensions of Antigypsyism in Europe Ismael Cortés Gómez and Markus End 19 Section I: (De)constructing the Other Questioning ‘Gypsy’-Themed Films and their Technology of Truth Production Radmila Mladenova 29 Discourses of Marginalisation and the (Re)constructing of Britain’s Traveller Community Bel Parnell-Berry 44 Subtle Images of Antigypsyism. An Analysis of the Visual Perception of ‘Roma’ Markus End 67 Section II : Discussing European Policies From the Principles of Tolerance and Equality to the Reproduction of Marginalisation – Discussing European Roma Policies Sabrina Steindl-Kopf 89 The Europeanisation of Racial Neoliberalism: The Case of “Roma” and “Refugees” Angéla Kóczé and Márton Rövid 107 Section III : Structural Discrimination The Struggle for the Right to Water for Roma in France Marek Szilvasi and Maylis de Verneuil 124 Hate Crimes and Antigypsyism in the Czech Republic Gwendolyn Albert 150 The EU’s Fight against “Itinerant Crime”: Antigypsyist Policing under a New Name? Eric Töpfer 162 Racial Segregation: Camps for Roma and Slums in Italy Giovanni Picker and Elisabetta Vivaldi 180 TableSugar-coating of Contents Antigypsyism? Subtle Forms of 5 Disciplining Roma in Spanish Welfare Services Sarah Werner Boada 198 Institutional Antigypsyism in the Western Balkans: The Case of Albania, Serbia and Macedonia Suad Skenderi and Deniz Selmani 215 Section IV : Discussion Points If We Are Not Counted, We Do Not Count: A Bottom-up Approach to Ethnic Equality Monitoring in Ireland Ronnie Fay and Lynsey Kavanagh, Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre 231 Data Collection on Equality, Discrimination and Antigypsyism Anja Reuss and Jonathan Mack, Central Council of German Sinti and Roma 246 Antigypsyism – A Reference Paper Alliance against Antigypsyism 261 Reclaiming the Narrative: A Critical Assessment of Terminology in the Fight for Roma Rights Alexandra Oprea and Margareta Matache 276 Section V : Strategies for Emancipation Path to Higher Education: Combating Antigypsyism Building Roma Students’ Aspirations and Resilience Simona Torotcoi and Marko Pecak 301 We are RomaPop. Globalised Pop Culture and the Romani Rights Struggle for Self-definition in the Age of Superheroes Vicente Rodríguez 322 Roma and Non-Roma Alliances for Political Empowerment: Experiences from Hungary Anna Daróczi, Kinga Kánya, Szilvia Rézmuves and Violeta Vajda 332 A Short Momentum for Roma Rights: How Promising Is the Swedish Example? Jan Selling 353 Escaping the Labyrinth of Roma Political Representation. Reflections on Common Citizenship Ismael Cortés Gómez 366 European Advocacy to Combat Antigypsyism: Looking Back, Looking Ahead Isabela Mihalache and Jonathan Mack 387 Authors’ Descriptions 6 Dimensions of Antigypsyism in Europe Authors' Descriptions Gwendolyn Albert is a human rights activist and ally of the Romani minority. She has advised the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, OSCE/ODIHR and the United Nations on issues such as honouring the Romani victims of the Holocaust, ending discrimina- tion against Roma in education, and redressing the forced sterilisa- tion of Romani women. She translates news into English for news server Romea.cz and has assisted the Center for Policy Studies at the Central European University as part of the European Commission’s Roma Civil Monitor project. She contributed the paper ‘Anti- Gypsyism and the Extreme Right in the Czech Republic 2008-2011’ to The Gypsy ‘Menace’: Populism and the New Anti-Gypsy Politics (2012) and researched Human Rights of Roma and Travellers in Europe (2012) for the Council of Europe’s Commissioner on Human Rights. The Alliance against Antigypsyism is an occasional coalition of or- ganisations that promote equality of rights for Roma. The aim of the Alliance is to advance a better understanding of antigypsyism as the specific racism towards Roma, Sinti, Travellers and other groups that are routinely stigmatised as “gypsies” in Europe’s public domain. Ismael Cortés Gómez currently holds a double academic position as a part-time Lecturer at the Unesco Chair of Philosophy (Universitat Jaume I de Castelló) and as a Visiting Researcher at the Institute DEMOS Paz (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid). Last year he was awarded a postdoctoral position at the Romani Studies Programme (Central European University). His research interest focuses on the inter-relation between law, culture and politics, by analysing how ideologies constitute policy frames and action programmes. He has been a researcher at the School of Critical Theory & Cultural Studies (University of Nottingham), the Institute for Conflict Studies (International University of Andalusia) and the Institute of Human Rights Bartolomé de las Casas (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid). He has worked as a policy analyst for Open Society Foundations from Authors’ Descriptions 7 2016 to 2018; and he collaborates as an associate researcher with the Brussels based think tank Centre for European Policy Studies. Anna Daróczi is a Romani woman and expert on Roma youth is- sues and gender equality. She is currently the coordinator of Phiren Amenca International Network, where she works to empower Roma young people in civil and political participation. She has a degree in gender studies, and has previously worked on minority rights as well as community organising. She is a trainer in human rights education for young people. Markus End is a Political Scientist and holds a PhD in educa- tion from the Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research at Bielefeld University. He currently works at the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University of Berlin and is the chair of the Society for the Research of Antigypsyism. Markus is interested in different aspects of the research of antigypsyism, such as the discussion of theoretical approaches and terminology, practi- cal approaches of educational work critical of antigypsyism and their limits, and qualitative analysis of structural forms of antigypsyism in various social fields such as media, law enforcement and social work. Ronnie Fay is a founding member and Co-Director of Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre which seeks to promote Traveller and Roma human rights both within Ireland and in international arenas. She is responsible for establishing the first peer-led Primary Health Care for Travellers Project in Ireland which was awarded the World Health Organisation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Certificate and has been replicated nationally. She represented Traveller or- ganisations nationally in overseeing the ground-breaking national research Our Geels: All Ireland Traveller Health Study (2010) and supported implementation of Roma in Ireland: A National Needs Assessment (2018). She has represented the community and Traveller/Roma sectors in national social partnership arrangements
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