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

Summary

Sub-project 5 examines publications by Roma in the interwar period and determines their significance for the tense relationship between (artistic and journalistic) self-development and (state and academic) repression in the European context. Journalism and journalism, political programme papers and protocols of meetings of Rom*nja organisations in multilingual Romania from 1918 to 1939 are to be evaluated from the point of view of self-articulation as a minority and in the field of tension with state surveillance.
Important newspapers and magazines analysed are: Timpul (The Time), Craiova; O Rom (The Roma), Craiova; Foaia Po-porului Romesc (The Gazette of the Roma People), Rupea; Neamul Țigănesc (The People of Țigani), Făgăraș; Glasul Romilor (The Voice of the Roma); Ţara Noastră (Our Country), both in Bucharest.

Research questions

1.       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?

2.       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?

3.       How do the self-articulations of Rom*nja 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?

Cooperations

with other projects:

-          The conference ‘Self-articulation and the history of European persecution’ is organised jointly with SP 6. This conference is being prepared and organised in close cooperation with Mercator Fellow Klaus-Michael Bogdal.

-          Since sub-project 4 is complementary to sub-project 5 in its investigation of external representations of Romn*ja in Romania, the collaboration with sub-project 5 is particularly informative with regard to the tension between self-articulation and external representation.

-          In cooperation with SP 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 2: ‘Self-articulation and European persecution history’ SP 5 (Patrut) and SP 6 (Penter/Reuter)

Research areas

Core research area: Romania

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

Aims

- AIM 1: Clarify the extent and significance of self-articulation and political self-representation in the European context

- AIM 2: Determine the extent and forms of resistance to eliminatory tendencies in Europe

- AIM 3: Map Rom*nja literature and art with a view to emancipation / agency

Ausgewählte Ergebnisse

— Dissertation: "Rom*nja-Publizistik in Rumänien. Von der Selbstartikulation zur Elimination"
— Monografie: "Veröffentlichungen von Rom*nja im Kontext der europäischen Publizistik der Zwischenkriegszeit", Patrut
— Koordination der Synthesepublikationen und konzeptionelle Mitwirkung an der multimodalen Datenbank

Selected results

- Dissertation: ‘Rom*nja 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