Why Do Roma Migrate? A Critical Analysis of Academic Silence in Polish Scholarship

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Published Dec 2, 2020
DOI https://doi.org/10.29098/crs.v2i2.37
Michal P. Garapich
Centre for Migration Research, University of Warsaw
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-6780

Kamila Fiałkowska
Centre for Migration Research, University of Warsaw
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1473-9987

Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz
Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3215-7825

Abstract

The article discusses the case of academic silence with regards to the migration of Roma from Poland – both in Polish Romani studies and in migration studies. The absence of Romani migration in migration research in Poland is contrasted with the absence of the subject of migration in Romani studies, offering a glimpse into fundamental assumptions, and politically and ideologically determined paradigms within both areas. Paradoxically, the group associated in the social imaginary with mobility is absent in migration studies in Poland. Quite surprisingly, Polish Roma are static and immobilized in Polish Romani studies. The aim ofthis paper is to critically explore this particular type of discursive silence and how it impacts migration and Romani studies.  

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Garapich, M. P., Fiałkowska, K., & Mirga-Wójtowicz, E. (2020). Why Do Roma Migrate? A Critical Analysis of Academic Silence in Polish Scholarship. Critical Romani Studies, 2(2), 4–22. https://doi.org/10.29098/crs.v2i2.37
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Keywords

Silence, Migration research, Migration of Roma from Poland, Romani Studies

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2019)
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