CULTURE Roma, an unknown culture Very little is widely known of Roma, their history and their culture. What we do know does not get to us through them, but through the perspectives of other peoples. Such views are frequently tainted by ignorance, prejudice and negative stereotypes. Furthermore, historical sources offering data about Roma are not [...]
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CULTURE Philosophy and Roma Philosophy and Roma? Roma and philosophy? Romani philosophy? In the following lines I will, instead of trying to answer these questions, attempt to clarify them – not in order to arrive at definitive conclusions but to generate new questions. The ideas expressed here are provisional and incomplete. They endeavour not so [...]
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CULTURE The Romani women’s association movement The Romani women’s association movement began in 1990 in Granada with the Asociación Romí. The movement arose out of the concerns of a group of Romani women who, aware of the situation of Roma women within their community, decided to raise awareness and help other women, given that such [...]
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CULTURE Romani social participation Democratic progress has led to an increase in both the number and diversity of associations. They organise themselves in a structured way and are beginning to exercise new functions in the social economy and political sphere. The rise of the Third Sector and a transfer of institutional responsibilities is underway. However, [...]
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CULTURE The Romani association movement As we have seen, in a context of diversity a process of education progressively unfolded. New roles and new schools of thought emerged. And also at such a time, the Romani association movement, which we will now examine in detail, emerged at the hand of the Catholic Church. It must [...]
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CULTURE The culture of a long journey Although Roma have been in Europe for more than six centuries, we remain by-in-large unknown. Many things have been and continue to be said about our origins. These range from us being the descendants of Cain and Judas, to us being the survivors of Atlantis. Today many think [...]
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