Author Archives: Museu Virtual
Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People in Catalonia at the European Parliament
On Wednesday 8 November 2017, the social impact achieved by the Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People in Catalonia was presented to the European Parliament in Brussels. As part of the project “IMPACT-EV. Evaluating the impact and outcomes of EU research in social sciences” – a study funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme […]
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Inauguration of the first archival collection about Roma in Catalonia
On Wednesday, the first archival collection dedicated to the Romani people and open to the general public was inaugurated at the Biblioteca del Nord library in Sabadell. Apart from being amongst the least understood cultures, the Romani culture also tends to be highly prejudged and under-valued. It took six centuries of coexistence between Roma and […]
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Recovering our language is a way of loving and being proud of our culture
Romani – or Rromanes, as it is called by the Romani people – is an Indo-European language whose origins can be traced to the Indian subcontinent and to Sanskrit. It is also a language used by Roma from around the world to communicate. Variants of Rromanes are spoken in almost all European countries. However, the […]
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Romani mini-conference in Hostafrancs
The Romani Sociocultural Union of Hostafrancs has organised a mini-conference whose aim is to increase the visibility of Romani culture in Barcelona’s Hostafrancs district. The presence of Roma in the Hostafrancs district goes back to the 18th century and was linked to the industrialisation of Barcelona. Thanks to lots of hard work and horse traffic, […]
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Launch of #GispsyFilter, an online campaign against racism
The Fundació Secretariado Gitano foundation and the Aire Nuevo Caló Romani youth association have jointly launched an online awareness campaign to encourage young people to reflect on the discrimination suffered by the Romani community. Throughout history we have seen racist attitudes propagated through print, radio and television media outlets. Today this reality is multiplied by […]
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The Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People launches the sixth University Access Group for people over 25
The sixth University Access Group for people over the age of 25 was launched in Barcelona on Monday. This educational initiative organised by the Comprehensive Plan for the Roma People in Catalonia is targeted at the Romani population. The University Access Group (GAU) is an initiative launched in 2012 by the Comprehensive Plan for the […]
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“Uncle Manel” dies at 82
Manuel Giménez Valentí, popularly known as Oncle Manel (Uncle Manel), one of the great defenders of the rights of Roma in Catalonia and a pioneer of the Romani association movement, died Thursday at the age of 82. Manuel Giménez was born in the Gràcia district, where he lived until six years ago, when he moved […]
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