Migration of Roma to Western Europe Under the Iron Curtain in the Light of Memories of the Witnesses

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F24%3A10488381" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/24:10488381 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=XLo3.39cwF" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=XLo3.39cwF</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/SN.2024.4.39" target="_blank" >10.31577/SN.2024.4.39</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Migration of Roma to Western Europe Under the Iron Curtain in the Light of Memories of the Witnesses

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article applies the slow memory approach to the study of the pre-1989 migration of Roma from Czechoslovakia to the West. It focuses on reconstructing this phenomenon from memories of Romani witnesses. It analyses the ways in which the process of migration to the West was remembered, described and interpreted by the witnesses. The emigration of Roma from communist Czechoslovakia to Western Europe is almost entirely absent in Romani studies and migration studies literature, with only a few random references by some authors. There is no data about the number of Romani migrants, and, generally, the topic is very under-researched. Oral historical methods and studies of memories of Romani witnesses who emigrated to Western countries present a unique possibility with which to research this phenomenon. The concept of slow memory enables the researcher to focus on how the Roma remember sociocultural and political events in the past and how they interpret them. Their testimonies showed a variety of motifs and descriptions of events that had various coinciding elements. Using the slow memory approach thus offers new perspectives on past events, especially by considering the marginalised and under-represented perspective of the Roma, which emphasises mainly the role of kinship and social networks and the big role of Romani solidarity in these stories.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Migration of Roma to Western Europe Under the Iron Curtain in the Light of Memories of the Witnesses

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article applies the slow memory approach to the study of the pre-1989 migration of Roma from Czechoslovakia to the West. It focuses on reconstructing this phenomenon from memories of Romani witnesses. It analyses the ways in which the process of migration to the West was remembered, described and interpreted by the witnesses. The emigration of Roma from communist Czechoslovakia to Western Europe is almost entirely absent in Romani studies and migration studies literature, with only a few random references by some authors. There is no data about the number of Romani migrants, and, generally, the topic is very under-researched. Oral historical methods and studies of memories of Romani witnesses who emigrated to Western countries present a unique possibility with which to research this phenomenon. The concept of slow memory enables the researcher to focus on how the Roma remember sociocultural and political events in the past and how they interpret them. Their testimonies showed a variety of motifs and descriptions of events that had various coinciding elements. Using the slow memory approach thus offers new perspectives on past events, especially by considering the marginalised and under-represented perspective of the Roma, which emphasises mainly the role of kinship and social networks and the big role of Romani solidarity in these stories.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60500 - Other Humanities and the Arts

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GX19-26638X" target="_blank" >GX19-26638X: Genocida, poválečná migrace a sociální mobilita: provázanost zkušenosti Romů a Židů</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Slovenský národopis

ISSN

1335-1303

e-ISSN

1339-9357

Svazek periodika

72

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

504-518

Kód UT WoS článku

001391247500007

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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