Roma art: Theory and practice

Junghaus, Tímea

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“…The turning and liberation point, beyond a formal aspect, was the First World Romani Congress in London in 1971, when representational revision crosses the limits of art as spaces of power relations and proclaims one's own capacity for enunciation and agency. In Hungary, the first exhibition of self-taught Romani artists was held in 1979, organised by the activist Ágnes Daróczi, which paved the way for art projects like Elhallgatott Holokauszt/Hidden Holocaust in 2004 (Junghaus 2014). Shortly afterward, in 1985, the French Ministry of Culture hosted the Premier Mondial d'Art Tzigane in Paris, the result of a long journey under the impetus of Tony Gatlif, Sandra Jayat, and Gérard Gartner (Barrera López 2022).…”

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On Romani Contemporaneity: Rethinking the Malgorzata Mirga-Tas Exhibition in Seville

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This essay delves into the representation and reclamation of Romani identity and experience in contemporary art, focusing on the work of Malgorzata Mirga-Tas, viewed from a Gitano point of view located in the South of Europe. Drawing on historical contexts and artistic movements, the essay examines the evolution of Romani portrayal in European art and the emergence of contemporary Romani art as a form of resistance and self-representation. Through an analysis of Mirga-Tas's artistic practice and its intersection with themes of coloniality, gender, and racialization, the essay explores how her work challenges dominant narratives and fosters a deeper understanding of Romani culture and history. Furthermore, the essay discusses the significance of Mirga-Tas's artistic interventions in reshaping perceptions of Romani identity and contributing to broader conversations about representation, power, and agency in the art world, including the cultural field of flamenco. Through a multidisciplinary approach encompassing art history, sociology, and cultural studies, this essay offers insights into the complexities of Romani contemporary art and its role in challenging entrenched stereotypes and advocating for social justice and recognition.

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On Romani Contemporaneity: Rethinking the Malgorzata Mirga-Tas Exhibition in Seville

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The European Court of Human Rights has issued judgements that condemn negative stereotypes and protect vulnerable groups from discrimination. Paradoxically, in cases where the victims' bodily integrity is violated in a racist context, the Court has a particularly dubious record of fully engaging with the discrimination aspect of the complaints. This article analyses five illustrative cases where evidentiary materials indicate the authorities held strong prejudices against Romani victims of police violence. Through the lens of vulnerability and anti-stereotyping, the article examines how the Court responds to the presence of negative stereotypes in anti-Romani police violence cases. It shows that the Court's engagement with stereotypes in these cases is inconsistent. The article suggests that a more conscious engagement with the wider societal context of anti-Romani police violence could strengthen the Court's stance against harmful Romaphobic stereotyping.'Purely Gypsy Behaviour': Interpreting Negative Stereotypes in Racist Police Violence Cases at the European Court of Human Rights abuse. [9] To paint a picture with the Court's own judgements, over 10 incidents resulted in the death of Romani people at the hands of police, [10] a further 7 cases concerned life-threatening situations, [11] and over 20 complaints arose from the abuse of Romani men, [12] women, [13] even children, [14] and sometimes whole families. [15] In the majority of the case law the impression of a hostile, anti-Romani climate is clear; however, hard evidence of it, which the Court tends to look for, hardly exists. [16] This is why the Court rarely found a state explicitly responsible for anti-Romani [17] police misconduct. [18] This article submits that negative stereotypes often play a key role in anti-Romani violence, and their presence in a case file therefore could prompt the Court to pay particular attention to these in its assessments.

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“…Some of these alternative conceptualizations may pave the way to more heterogeneous understandings of Romani ethnic identity, and thus work towards deconstructing existing homogenizing academic narratives. Their use, nonetheless, still remains largely marginal to the contemporary scholarship on Romani Studies although increasing use of critical approaches, including theories of intersectionality, postcolonialism, critical feminist thought, critical race theory, among others, especially by scholars of Roma background, can be noted (Bogdán et al, 2015;Kóczé, 2009;Jovanović, Kóczé, and Balogh, 2015;Junghaus, 2014). [9] In the subsequent section, I will discuss the major currents of scholarship on ethnicity which have been influential in conceptually shaping this field of research but which have only been applied to the field of Romani Studies to a limited extent.…”

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Challenging Anti-gypsyism in Academia

Mirga-Kruszelnicka

2018

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KeywordsAs a social phenomenon and an ideology, anti-gypsyism is sustained on essentialized narratives, which reify ethnic borders (between those considered as Roma and non-Roma) and assumes internal homogeneity of all members of the Romani group based on vaguely-defined and generalized notions of "culture" or "ethnicity". These narratives tend to exclude plural and diverse representation of social realities and intersecting Romani identities, which can challenge the dominant and stigmatizing discourse. In this paper, I analyse how academic discourse contributes to sustaining essentialist representations of Roma and assess how more nuanced, plural, and context-sensitive interpretations of ethnic identity can contribute to challenging anti-gypsyism. By reviewing the scholarship of Brubaker (2002( ), Hall (1996 and Vertovec (2007), I discuss the potential of definitions in deconstructing homogenized and essentialized discourses on Roma in knowledge production and beyond. Furthermore, I discuss how the emergence and dynamic development of Romani scholarship has been gradually challenging the legacy of Romani Studies and providing an entry into new avenues of research, conducted primarily from the standpoint of Romani scholars. I argue that their engagement in knowledgeproduction is essential for promoting diversified, balanced and context-sensitive discourses. In this article, rather than prescribing a specific, normative framework for Romani Studies and elaborating a fixed research agenda, I point to possible directions and promising theoretical avenues which may provide a refreshing counter-balance to an otherwise homogenizing scholarship. In doing so, I assess possible implications for adapting diverse notions of ethnicity as a tool for de-essentializing academic discourses on Roma -including advantages and existing risks. Such an approach enables the mapping out of issues and challenges relevant for the process of elaborating a Critical Romani Studies research agenda. AbstractCritical Romani Studies 10

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Roma art: Theory and practice

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