Open borders, unlocked cultures. Romanian Roma migrants in Western Europe
- Submitting institution
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The University of Manchester
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Output identifier
- 63953722
- Type
- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 978-1-138-23948-7
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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A - SALC
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This edited volume examines some of the dilemmas surrounding Europe’s open borders, migrations, and identities through the prism of Roma migrants. The volume challenges myths surrounding the Roma as a ‘problem population’, placing the focus instead on the context of European policy and identity debates. The volume arises from the MigRom project (‘The immigration of Romanian Roma to Western Europe: causes, effects and future engagement strategies’), a European consortium funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (2013-2017) and led by Matras with the support of a Manchester team including Leggio as postdoctoral researcher; the consortium consisted of five research teams (University of Manchester, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, University of Granada, University of Verona, Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities) and two non-academic partners (European Roma and Traveller Forum, Manchester City Council). This multi-site collaboration was the first to give Roma participants a voice in shaping research into their communities. The volume collects contributions from all five academic partners in the consortium, combining historical and ethnographic methods with insights from migration studies. A socio-historical chapter provides the framework to understand the different migration trajectories and their impact on the origin communities explored in the case studies. The editors fully shared all the editorial tasks. They also contributed two chapters: chapter 1 (Leggio & Matras, ‘How open borders can unlock cultures: concepts, methods, and procedures’, pp. 1-25) provides an introduction detailing the innovative conceptual and methodological contributions of the MigRom project; chapter 7 (Matras & Leggio, ‘Community identity and mobilisation: Roma migrant experiences in Manchester’, pp. 151-171) is a case study, presenting the mobilisation of Roma migrants in Manchester and illustrating the interplay between academia and local authorities in this process. Leggio took the lead in drafting chapter 1; Matras took the lead in drafting chapter 7.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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