Essays about: "Romani"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word Romani.

  1. 1. The Roma's in a color-blind state

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM)

    Author : Dolores Andersen; [2021]
    Keywords : Minorities; Anti-Gypsyism; Romani; Colorblindness; Gypsy; Race.; Romer; anti-ziganism; resande; färgblindhet; ras.;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to explore how the Roma’s fit into the colorblind ideology in Sweden. Roma’s have been stigmatized and victims of severe abuses by the state as they were classified as an inferior race. Sweden has replaced the word race with ethnicity however, these do not directly have the same meaning. READ MORE

  3. 2. Opre Roma! // Up, Romanies! : A Thematic Analysis of Appearance, Voice and Agency of Romani Media Activists’ Platforms in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Leonie Noe; [2020]
    Keywords : Romani Media Activism; Media Activism; Collective Agency; Silence; Structural Discrimination; Othering; Dehumanization; Voice; Appearance; Historicity; Decoloniality; Thematic Analysis; Semi-Structured Interviewing; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research is concerned with Romani media activists’ use of different online platforms in order to counter the stereotypical representation of Roma in dominant discourses, such as in mass media and state policies. Links are made between these platforms and the cultural context of Sweden that they are set in. READ MORE

  4. 3. Contact Effects in Swedish Romani Phonology

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Hannes Lindbäck; [2020]
    Keywords : linguistics; romani; swedish romani; contact linguistics; language contact;

    Abstract : This thesis examines possible contact effects in the segmental phonology in an idiolect of Swedish Romani. From data gathered from one speaker of Swedish Romani I describe the phonology on a segmental level and then compare this with the phonology of its progenitor, Proto-Northwestern Romani. READ MORE

  5. 4. Struggling over Rights of Romani EU Migrants - An Inquiry into Biopower in the Case of the Eviction of the Sorgenfri Camp in Malmö, Sweden

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Johanna Dieskau; [2017]
    Keywords : Roma; Human Rights; European Union; Migration; Foucault; biopower; subjectivity; Sweden;

    Abstract : In 2015, local authorities in Malmö, Sweden, evicted an informal settlement, the Sorgenfri Camp, in which mostly Romani EU migrants were living. No housing alternatives were offered. Critics saw this as a human rights violation, but the municipality found that the people were not entitled to the rights in question. READ MORE

  6. 5. Struggling over Rights of Romani EU Migrants - An Inquiry into Biopower in the Case of the Eviction of the Sorgenfri Camp in Malmö, Sweden

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Johanna Dieskau; [2017]
    Keywords : Roma; Human Rights; European Union; Migration; Foucault; biopower;

    Abstract : In 2015, local authorities in Malmö, Sweden, evicted an informal settlement, the Sorgenfri Camp, in which mostly Romani EU migrants were living. No housing alternatives were offered. Critics saw this as a human rights violation, but the municipality found that the people were not entitled to the rights in question. READ MORE