Rom*nja journalism in the interwar period (1918-1939)

Research questions

How is the claim to social participation justified in Rom*nja journalism? What positions are taken in European debates and how is the intellectual discourse adapted?

To what extent and by what means do self-articulations succeed in counteracting the exclusionary effects of representations of others? What indications are there of broader social reactions?

How do the self-articulations of Roma position themselves in relation to anti-Semitism and colonial racism? To what extent are there similarities (e.g. patterns of exclusion) and to what extent are there contrasts with Jews or colonised people / Native Americans / First Nations?

Co-operation

with other projects:

The conference ‘Self-articulation and the history of European persecution’ will be organised jointly with SP 6. This conference is being prepared and organised in close cooperation with Mercator Fellow Klaus-Michael Bogdal.
Since Subproject 4 is complementary to Subproject 5 in investigating the representation of Roma in Romania by others, the collaboration with Subproject 5 is particularly revealing with regard to the tension between self-articulation and representation by others.
In co-operation with Subproject 4, the field of tension between self-articulation and external representation is being investigated.

with other institutions: University of Bucharest, Elie Wiesel Institute Bucharest

Conference: ‘Self-articulation and the history of European persecution’ SP 5 (Patrut) and SP 6 (Penter/Reuter)
Research areas

Core research area: Romania

Additional areas: Parts of the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary
Objectives

- OBJECTIVE 1 - Clarify the extent and significance of self-articulation and political self-representation in the European context
- OBJECTIVE 2 - Determine the extent and forms of resistance to eliminatory tendencies in Europe
- OBJECTIVE 3 - Map Roma literature and art with a view to emancipation / agency
                             Selected results

- Dissertation: ‘Roma journalism in Romania. From self-articulation to elimination’
- Monograph: ‘Publications by Roma in the context of European journalism in the interwar period’, Patrut
- Coordination of the synthesis publications and conceptual contribution to the multimodal database