Category: Research in progress

  • Faces and Causes of Roma Marginalization in Local Context, E-book

    This new e-book edited by Julia Szalai and Violetta Zentai has been published by CEU CPS. http://cps.ceu.hu/sites/default/files/publications/cps-book-faces-and-causes-2014.pdf The book resulted from the contextual inquiry about Roma marginalization conducted in three countries. Foundation Desire acted as implementing partner from Romania. The Center for Policy Studies at the Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) led the research initiative with…

  • Marginalizarea socio-teritorială a comunităților de romi din România. Studii de caz

    Fundația Desire pregătește spre publicare volumul colectiv MARGINALIZAREA SOCIO-TERITORIALĂ A COMUNITĂȚILOR DE ROMI DIN ROMÂNIA. Studii de caz în județele Alba, Arad, Călărași, Dolj și Iași, editori: Enikő Vincze și Iulia-Elena Hossu. Volumul va fi publicat la editura EFES din Cluj-Napoca. Volumul a rezultat din faza doi a investigației coordonate în România de către Fundația Desire, participantă la…

  • Roma marginalization and local under-development

    The contextual research on “Faces and Causes of Roma Marginalization in Local Settings” identified a series of intersecting factors in Romanian localities that (re)produce the ethno-spatial segregation or separation of Roma. These sometimes are interwoven with economic deprivation or extreme poverty. By analyzing data collected in 25 settlements (placed in five of the eight Romanian…

  • “PATA CLUJ-NAPOCA RÂT”. ROMA SOCIO-TERRITORIAL SEGREGATION AND GHETTOIZATION. LOCAL ACTIVIST PERSPECTIVES. 2010-2014

    A (self)-reflexive account – through documents and pictures –  on the visions, aims and actions of anti-segregation activism in the city of Cluj-Napoca since 2010. This is based on the interconnectedness between (1) learning about the production of social exclusion and marginalization, (2) building up solidarities across ethnic groups and people occupying different positions in hierarchies…

  • Mapping Roma Marginalization in Local Contexts

    Based on the long version of the final Romanian report accomplished  in June 2013 as an outcome of the contextual inquiry Faces and Causes of Roma marginalization. Tools and methods for evaluation and data collection (December 2012 – June 2013), a scholarly article with the title Mapping Roma Marginalization in Local Contexts was published in the Special issue…