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Andreas Eckert and Felicitas Hentschke: Corona and Work around the Globe
In: Comparative Southeast European studies: COMPSEES, Band 69, Heft 2-3, S. 429-432
ISSN: 2701-8202
'Get out of Traian Square!': Roma Stigmatization as a Mobilizing Tool for the Far Right in Timişoara, Romania
In: International journal of urban and regional research, Band 43, Heft 5, S. 833-847
ISSN: 1468-2427
AbstractPost‐communist Central and Eastern Europe has seen far right movements and parties gain considerable ground by drawing on nativist and ethnic claims to call for a return to an imagined past. In Romania, far right groups have been able to capitalize on a sense of injustice while also playing on historically negative feelings towards the Roma community. These patterns have been observed in Timişoara, where the group Noua Dreaptă (New Right) has established a foothold over the past decade by emphasizing claims that blame the Roma for loss of built heritage and corruption in the administration of property restitution. The aims of this article are to examine the emergence of Noua Dreaptă and its use of Roma stigmatization, and to consider the ways in which extreme views are normalized by appealing to beliefs and perceptions. The findings of the article show that pre‐existing prejudices can be a powerful force that not only targets marginalized communities, but also challenges administrative practices and builds organizational support. At the level of the city, it is possible to identify the way in which these claims can be more precisely calibrated to draw on concerns that circulate within the community.
"Little Vienna" or "European avant-garde city"? Branding narratives in a Romanian city
In: Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 19-34
By connecting the literature on urban development processes in post-socialist
cities with debates from the area of place branding, this paper critically examines recent
narratives of city branding in Timișoara, Romania. The aim is to investigate one specific
case in the reproduction and adaptation of global urban development policies and to
examine its relevance for the context of post-socialist urban politics. Our findings indicate a
specific circularity between city branding and urban development, which is used to align the
city to the regional inter-urban economic competition and to promote it as a space of rapid
development. The outcome is a mélange of different narratives, based on disparate
histories and representations of the city, which are assembled in ad-hoc and often
contradictory branding discourses.
The Power of Group Stigmatization: Wealthy Roma, Urban Space and Strategies of Defence in Post‐socialist Romania
In: International journal of urban and regional research, Band 42, Heft 3, S. 423-441
ISSN: 1468-2427
AbstractRecent research on Roma stigmatization has tended to focus on the marginal socio‐economic and spatial position of Roma people within European societies, with poverty, persistent inequalities and substandard housing conditions (for example, ghettoization) highlighting their differential treatment. Central to such accounts are group images and stereotypes of Roma as 'benefit scroungers' and/or 'beggars' lacking notions of self‐restraint and social responsibility. This body of research is hugely important in terms of its contribution to an understanding of the complex dynamics of marginalization and stigmatization of poor Roma households. Yet not all Roma are characterized by poverty and economic hardship. This article explores the neglected experiences of wealthy Roma within urban spaces in Romania. It draws on empirical evidence from interviews with Roma families, leaders and local authorities. Our analysis exposes the way in which Roma are vehemently stigmatized regardless of their economic position or housing circumstances and highlights deep underlying sentiments towards them within Romanian society. We critique Wacquant's concept of territorial stigmatization by applying it to wealthy groups outwith typical areas of relegation (for example, Roma ghettos) within the specific urban context of post‐socialist Romania. While our analysis points to the internalization of stigma, we also identify distinct defensive strategies wealthy Roma employ to counter and avoid stigmatization. We suggest that a focus on the neglected spaces of wealthy Roma groups can facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the distinct urban power relations that shape Roma stigmatization, reveal how this long‐term process has recently been accentuated within Europe alongside a more overt populist and anti‐Roma political agenda, and contribute to the development and refinement of Wacquant's thesis.
The role of identity in the 2015 Romanian shepherd protests
In: Identities: global studies in culture and power, Band 26, Heft 4, S. 470-488
ISSN: 1547-3384
The role of identity in the 2015 Romanian shepherd protests
Shepherds have a particular place in the history and culture of Romania. For centuries they have had rights to graze their sheep in public pastures and manage their flocks using traditional methods. Changes at the national and European level have threatened this way of life and provoked protest, most recently in December 2015 over plans to limit sheepdog numbers and restrict winter grazing rights. This article draws on interviews with participating and non-participating shepherds to examine the motivations behind the protest action and its relation to their position in contemporary society. The findings suggest how marginalised groups in society are able to draw on folk histories and cultural identities in the formulation of contentious politics in defence of their interests. The post-communist setting of the protests also highlights the persistence of traditional practices during a period of social and political upheaval.
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'We are not the Wild West': anti-fracking protests in Romania
In: Environmental politics, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 288-307
ISSN: 1743-8934
'We are not the Wild West': anti-fracking protests in Romania
In: Environmental politics, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 288
ISSN: 0964-4016
Development-induced Displacement in Romania: The Case of Roşia Montană Mining Project
In: Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 63-75
This paper proposes a critical discussion of the population displacement
processes involved in the Roşia Montană gold-mining project within the theoretical
framework of development-induced displacement (DID). We begin with an overview of the
geographical context of the rural community, focusing on the social and economic structure
of Roşia Montană. After assessing the relocation and resettlement processes, we examine
several problems related to the compensation mechanism set up by the mining company.
The aim of the research is to highlight the complexity of the consequences of developmentinduced displacement and the limits of the policies of relocation and resettlement in the area.
Museums and Transitional Justice: Assessing the Impact of a Memorial Museum on Young People in Post-Communist Romania
In: Societies: open access journal, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 43
ISSN: 2075-4698
Memorial museums are frequently established within transitional justice projects intended to reckon with recent political violence. They play an important role in enabling young people to understand and remember a period of human rights abuses of which they have no direct experience. This paper examines the impact of a memorial museum in Romania which interprets the human rights abuses of the communist period (1947–1989). It uses focus groups with 61 young adults and compares the responses of visitors and non-visitors to assess the impact of the museum on views about the communist past, as well as the role of the museum within post-communist transitional justice. The museum had a limited impact on changing overall perceptions of the communist era but visiting did stimulate reflection on the differences between past and present, and the importance of long-term remembrance; however, these young people were largely skeptical about the museum's role within broader processes of transitional justice. The paper concludes that it is important to recognize the limits of what memorial museums can achieve, since young people form a range of intergenerational memories about the recent past which a museum is not always able to change.
EVERYDAY ROMA STIGMATIZATION: Racialized Urban Encounters, Collective Histories and Fragmented Habitus
In: International journal of urban and regional research, Band 46, Heft 1, S. 82-100
ISSN: 1468-2427
AbstractRoma discrimination and stigmatization in Europe are well‐documented, with urban scholars emphasizing pervasive prejudices and stereotypes alongside negative policy outcomes. However, the focus on Roma marginality has tended to centre on punitive state and urban governance to the neglect of everyday urban relations. In this article we focus on the micro manifestations of stigmatization—racialized urban encounters—and their neglected longer‐term affects for Roma in Czechia and Romania. Ethnographic research and in‐depth qualitative interviews with Roma respondents expose a complex, dynamic and multi‐layered response to stigmatization that challenges the simplistic binary of resistance versus the internalization of stigma. The concept of fragmented habitus is deployed in capturing this dynamic process and providing a nuanced representation of the urban inhabitation of a long‐term stigmatized and racialized position, beyond generic 'Otherness'. We argue for more attention to the specificities and complexities of everyday relations and their affects in capturing the interdependence between urban encounters, the longer‐term construction of Roma inferiority, and the heterogeneous, dynamic and ambivalent ways in which Roma inhabit their racialized urban position.
Articulating 'otherness' within multiethnic rural neighbourhoods: encounters between Roma and non-Roma in an East-Central European borderland
In: Identities: global studies in culture and power, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 93-111
ISSN: 1547-3384
The role of social capital and interpersonal relations in the alleviation of extreme poverty and spatial segregation of romani people in Szeged
In: Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 33-50
Even more emphasis is set on social capital in understanding, analyzing and planning poverty alleviation measures and policies. However, our understanding of the role of social capital in alleviating extreme poverty, enhancing social mobility and fighting spatial segregation, is still inadequate. Within the present study, we aim to examine and understand (1) the mechanisms that relate to social capital in the case of the segregated urban underclass and (2) the potential interventions for poverty alleviation concerning social capital. In order to examine the dynamics of poverty alleviation measures related to social capital, special attention is paid to the experiences of a cooperative network aimed at creating artificial bridging capital through the introduction of interpersonal relations locally between the middle class and underclass, the patronage network, which was initiated within a broader participatory action research (PAR) process. Our results show that bonding ties and related specific norms as tools for everyday survival easily overwrite system integration efforts for poverty alleviation and social mobility with long-term and uncertain benefits for the segregated urban underclass. In order to overcome this failure, social institutions should place more emphasis on developing meaningful interpersonal relations with the underclass since these might be able to provide personalized help, facilitation, and approximation of perspectives - all being vital for poverty alleviation and social mobility.