Explore the vast range of titles available.

'Another Darkness, Another Dawn' charts the history of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers - some of the most marginalised and vilified people in society - through time and place, from 15th century India to modern-day Europe.

Vilified and marginalized, the Romani people—widely referred to as Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers—are seen as a people without place, either geographically or socially, no matter where they live or what they do. In this new chronological history of the Romani, Another Darkness, Another Dawn demonstrates how their experiences provide a way to understand mainstream society's relationship with outsiders and immigrants. Becky Taylor follows the Gypsies, Roma, and Travelers from their roots in the Indian subcontinent to their travels across the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires to Western Europe and the Americas, exploring their persecution and enslavement at the hands of others. Rather than seeing these peoples as separate from society and untouched by history, she sets their experiences in the context of broader historical changes. Their history, she reveals, is ultimately linked to the founding of empires; the Reformation and Counter-Reformation; numerous wars; the expansion of law, order, and nation-states; the Enlightenment; nationalism; modernity; and the Holocaust. Taylor also shows how the lives of the Romani today reflect the increasing regulation of modern society. Ultimately, she demonstrates that history is not always about progress: the place of Gypsies remains as contested and uncertain today as it was upon their first arrival in Western Europe in the fifteenth century. As much a history of Europe as of the Romani, Another Darkness, Another Dawn paints a revealing portrait of a people who still struggle to be understood.

Background The death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic has been hugely downsized by the advent of the currently available vaccines, at least in high-income countries. Nevertheless, there is a huge gap between countries and within countries with respect to vaccination access and coverage. In June 2021, several non-governmental non-profit organizations responded to a call issued by Regione Lazio to help organize and enrol for vaccination vulnerable people such as irregular migrants and migrants living in temporary or informal settlements. Through a huge effort, non-profit voluntary organizations Nonna Roma and Intersos enabled the vaccination of thousands of immigrants from different countries, age and residence status. Methods We obtained a dataset regarding part of the people these NGOs facilitated in accessing the vaccination booking. We had information regarding age, sex, country of origin, nationality and type of document. Results These populations were from different ethnic backgrounds, in majority males and below 50 years old on average. We found an association between the continent of origin and holding any document and between age and holding any document, both at a significant level (p < 0.05). Coming from Asia, as opposed to coming to any other continent, and being younger, i.e. under 25 years of age, were associated with holding any type of document. Conclusions We reflect on the need of rethinking the services for this population, having in mind article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but also, more practically, that often these people work in our elderly homes as caregivers or as cleaners in our offices. Therefore, making it easier to access health services would be in any country’s interest, especially during a pandemic. Policy efforts directed at facilitating migrant access to health services would ultimately help create a safer community for both migrants and residents, for whom migrants often work as strategic employees. Key messages • Irregular migrants have not been included in national vaccination plans everywhere, despite WHO and other entities recommendations. • An integrated national plan for irregular migrants vaccination would be useful for protecting other vulnerable populations such as elderly.

Bu makale, Roma mitolojisindeki Nenia Dea ile ilişkilendirilen cenaze ağıtlarının ve çeşitli kültürlerdeki ninnilerin yas, ölüm ve yatıştırma temalarıyla nasıl örtüştüğünü incelemektedir. Ayrıca çalışmada Nenia Dea’nın cenaze ritüellerindeki rolü ile ninnilerdeki hüzünlü ifadeler arasındaki tematik benzerlikler, kültürel bir köken arayışına girmeden tartışılmaktadır. Nenia Dea, Roma'da ölülerin ruhlarını huzura kavuşturmak, çocuk cenazelerinde çocuğun huzurlu bir şekilde öteki dünyaya göçmesini sağlamak için söylenen ağıtların tanrıçası olarak tanımlanır. Aynı zamanda, bu tanrıça yas tutanların acılarını hafifletmek amacıyla müzikle ifade edilen toplumsal bir ritüelin de tanrıçasıydı. Birçok kültürde \"ninni\" kelimesi, çocukları uyutmak amacıyla söylenen şarkılar anlamında kullanılır ve genellikle tekrar eden bir söyleyiş yapısına sahiptir. Ninnilerin hüzünlü temalar içermesi ve ölüme dair metaforlarla bezenmesi, Roma ölü kültündeki ağıtlarla benzerlik göstermektedir. Ninnilerinin ağıt niteliği taşıyan öğeleri ve bu geleneksel formun, kültürlere nasıl adapte olduğuna dair bulgular bu makalenin içeriğini oluşturmaktadır. Roma ölü kültündeki ağıtların ve bu ağıtların barındırdığı temaların, çeşitli kültüre taşınarak bir tür ninniye dönüşmesi süreci bu bağlamda dikkat çekicidir. Ninnilerin sadece bir uyku şarkısı olarak değil, aynı zamanda kültürel bir hafıza taşıyıcısı olarak işlev gördüğü de ifade edilmektedir. Makale, Nenia Dea kültünün, ninni kelimesi ve ağıt ritüelleriyle kültürlere ve çeşitli dillere nasıl entegre olmuş olabileceğini ve bu süreçte geçirdiği evrimi tartışmaktadır. Bu dönüşümde, cenaze ritüellerinden, çocukları yatıştırma amacına evrilen ninnilerin kültürel işlevi de ele alınmıştır. Ninnilerin yatıştırıcı ve hüzünlü doğasının, toplumsal travmaların ve bireysel acıların ifadesi olabileceği vurgulanmaktadır. Ninnilerin içerdikleri ölüm temalı metaforlar ve hüzünlü ifadeler, tarih boyunca farklı kültürlerin bu formu nasıl dönüştürdüğüne dair ipuçları sunmaktadır. Örneğin, ninnilerin sadece bireysel bir işlev taşımadığı, aynı zamanda kolektif hafızayı güçlendirdiği ve toplumsal duyguları ifade eden bir araç olduğu tartışılmaktadır. Bu durum, ninnilerin tarihsel ve kültürel boyutunu anlamak açısından önemlidir. Bu çalışmada, ninni kelimesi Roma mitolojisindeki Nenia Dea kültüyle ilişkilendirilmiş ve bu bağlantının kültürel bir miras olarak çeşitli dillere ve kültürlere nasıl taşındığına dair bir inceleme yapılmıştır. Nenia Dea’nın ninni ile bağlantısı ilk kez önerilmiş, bu bağlamda dil ve kültür etkileşiminin tarihsel boyutu ele alınmıştır. Ayrıca, Roma’dan ve çeşitli kültürlere uzanan bu bağlamda, ninnilerin toplumsal işlevi ve bireyler arasındaki duygusal aktarımı nasıl güçlendirdiği detaylandırılmıştır. Ninnilerin kökeni, bireysel ve toplumsal bağlamda hem duygusal hem de kültürel bir ifade biçimi olarak yeniden değerlendirilmiştir. Bu tür bir analiz, ninnilerin yalnızca bir çocuk şarkısı olarak değil, aynı zamanda bir kültürel ve tarihsel anlatı aracı olarak işlev gördüğünü ortaya koymaktadır. Bu karşılaştırmalı bakış açısı, kültürel etkileşimin ne kadar derin ve çok katmanlı olduğunu gösterirken, ninni kavramının kökenleri ve kültürel dönüşümü hakkında daha kapsamlı çalışmalara zemin hazırlar. Anadolu topraklarına gelen ninni kelimesi Anadolu’nun Türk öncesi döneminden dilimize gelen bir sözcüktür. Kökleri Sümer inancına dayanan, ancak Roma’daki Nenia Dea kültü ile birçok kültüre yerleşen ninni kavramındaki ağıt anlayışı eski çağların günümüze yansıması bu çalışmanın sonuç çıktısını oluşturmaktadır.

Roma ethnicity presents scholars with plenty of conceptual and methodological challenges, which in the light of the increased mobility of that largest European minority after EU enlargements has additionally perplexed academics and policymakers alike. This article presents our fieldwork data derived from encounters and conversations with Roma individuals in Poland and England. Our approach to this issue is rooted in the emic perspective, examining how Roma people navigate and cope with their own heterogeneity. By focusing on the relationship between two Roma groups from Poland, namely Polska Roma and Bergitka (or Carpathian) Roma, we shed light on Roma’s practical approaches to their group identity. We explore what is at stake when boundaries are encountered, negotiated, and occasionally bridged, in particular when it comes to gender and conflict resolution strategies. In the article, we account for the two groups’ interconnections through the history of migrations and current modes of transnational living. We show how, interestingly, nationality or common country of origin may become the binding factor. This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.

Inspired by recent Hungarian legislative developments that, in reference to the Roma minority, exchanged the term “ethnic minority” with “nationality”, by providing a detailed case study of the development and morphology of policy measures and frameworks in Hungary, the article provides a general assessment of the relationship between policy instruments and terminology: that is, definitions and conceptualizations in international and domestic legal and policy documents for minority groups. The author argues that while terminology in itself is not a reliable signifier for policy frameworks, it may reveal contradictory group conceptualization and inconsistent policy-making. In regards to the Roma, the author claims that the inconsistent labelling as an ethnic, racial and national minority reflects the lack of consistent conceptualization of who the Roma are, and what should be done with them.

Over the past three decades, a series of documentary films featuring performing artists from Rajasthan have been produced. Extending the scholarly notion that the Roma historically migrated from India, these documentaries often portray present-day Rajasthani communities as descendants of Roma ancestors in India, and therefore as ‘Indian Gypsies’. These ‘realistic’ films have greatly influenced public perceptions on Gypsy cultural representations and express identity politics of Gypsy unity, but have hardly been studied so far. To gain insight into both the portrayal of Rajasthani artists as Gypsies and the representation of the Indian background of the Roma, this article presents the results of a contextualized content analysis of the films, complemented by ethnographic research. It shows that the image of the Indian Gypsy is grounded in the discursive interplay between Roma politics, commercial music industries and self-exoticizing marketing by Rajasthani artists.

[...]Part V offers some concluding remarks. Though a country would not be listed as safe if it had not established that it guarantees and protects all the necessary rights of its inhabitants (albeit through the use of questionable criteria), the process of removing a country from the safe list poses many more political complications than placing a country on the safe list.1\" Therefore, many countries may remain on the safe list without consistently demonstrating their commitment to democracy and human rights.1\" Conclusion The current asylum frameworks of the EU and Canada -the two main regions where the Roma turn to for protection - are progressively closing themselves off to Roma claims.

This systematic review evaluated micronutrient intake inadequacy of ten micronutrients for adult ethnic minority populations residing in Europe. Pubmed was searched for studies, related references were checked and experts consulted. Ten studies were identified and six were included in the final analysis representing Albanian, Roma, Sub-Saharan African, South Asian and African-Caribbean minority groups. The Estimated Average Requirement cut point was applied to estimate inadequate intake. With the exception of a sub-Saharan African study, of seven micronutrients analysed, inadequate intakes were markedly elevated (>50 % of the population in most cases) in both genders for folate, vitamin B₁₂, calcium and iron (the latter in females only). A pressing need exists for intake adequacy studies with sound methodologies addressing ethnic minority groups in Europe. These populations constitute a vulnerable population for inadequate intakes and results substantiate the need for further investigation, interventions and policy measures to reduce their nutritional risk.

Since Slovakia joined the European Union in 2004, Sheffield has seen a steady increase in the arrival of migrant workers and their families to the city. Most of these families are from a Roma background, marginalised within Eastern Europe and the subjects of recognised health inequalities in their country of origin. As newcomers to the UK, they have had no previous experience of the health visiting service or primary care provision. The impact of their migration on health services has been significant. As a vulnerable group, they consume a disproportionate amount of universal services. An understanding of their background and of their socioeconomic position in the UK is essential in determining their health needs. Attempts to address these effectively require good communication with both the public and voluntary sectors and the involvement of the community itself.