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The early "research of Gypsies", romology, then the visible and the hidden processes of"tziganology" in anthropology included a shift in the state of understanding between thehillside of critical interpretation studies and that of local group psychology. They also involvedthe research of folk tales, dancing, poverty, examining segregation and participatory actionmethodology as well as innovation and rebirth of the musicological research of Gypsy music.The terminological aspect of "us" and "others", expressing alterity and identity, points towardsthe more complex study of (ethnic) "minorities", moreover knowledge and field studies, andresults of examining narratives (such as tales, dances, visual worksof art, publicity, religion andcommunity), bring us closer (by way of political and scientific pragmatism) to signalling a newera of empathic understanding. The aim of the paper is to highlight the ways leading to thatgoal, putting the musical aspects of the shift in focus, consisting of stylistic inventions, a worldmusic-based openness towards instruments and performance cultures, which nevertheless stillcarries the signs of a new era of projection and knowledge contents, first-person-narrative andnarrative identities. Finding answers to the question "where did it come from" might be aidedby contemplating "where does it go". This would be both the aim and partially the structure ofmy thematic essay.

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