Ethnicity: a political, social and/or cultural construct.
The work, vision and contribution of Nicolae Gheorghe in understanding the Roma, was held in Bucharest, 12 November 2014.
Sam Beck, Ciprian Necula, Claudia Bercuș and Irina Ilisei attending the workshop.
The workshop took place at the Museum of Roma Culture (welcome on 11th of November) and venue of the Representation of the European Commission in Bucharest, 31, Vasile Lascar Street, Bucharest/Romania (12th of November).
Conveners: Sam Beck and Ciprian Necula.
Speakers: Ioana Vrabiescu – Transnationalism in the Roma movement: nomads, migrants and territorial identity, Adrian Schiop – Trick and mistrust versus pakiv. Vicious circles and virtuous circles, László Foszto – From ethnogenesis to Roma political involvement at different levels in the post cold war Europe, Claudia Bercus – From victimization paradigm to valuing paradigm of Roma, Irina Ilisei – Roma participation in education. Needs, challenges and goals in the vision of Nicolae Gheorghe, Corșatea Gabriela-Simona – Advancing Freedom of Equality – The Path from Education to Recognition.
Other participants: different political stakeholders and representatives of the NGOs.