The Struggle for Citizenship and Legitimacy: A Case-Study of the Roma in Romania

整个欧洲的紧缩和民粹主义破坏了少数群体的包容性和社会流动性，使许多人--包括罗姆人--处于社会边缘，谈判他们的公民身份和合法性。在罗马尼亚，这些斗争因罗姆人受压迫的历史而被放大。因此，罗马尼亚政府赋予罗姆人“公民身份”的问题，以及罗姆青年对这种做法的反应，都引起了人们的质疑。我在这个博士项目中解决这些问题，重点是罗姆青年的公民身份和行动。这个跨部门和跨学科的项目将种族边缘化问题与阶级分层、性别和性行为联系起来。方法-人种志-有助于建立能够维持参与性办法的关系。我将在布加勒斯特呆上一年，与青年活动家一起探索罗姆人的公民身份和行动主义。现有的文献并不涉及罗姆人的公民身份或积极性，而是促进受害者和缺陷的话语。这个项目进入对话在罗姆人研究领域对更多的合作和批判性的方法来研究罗姆人的边缘化，填补了关于罗姆青年公民和行动主义的文献空白。最后，该项目探讨了青年公民参与的可能性，以及在这种困难时期重新塑造主导的公民观念，共同努力改善罗马尼亚和欧洲联盟的罗姆人边缘化状况。

Austerity and populism throughout Europe undermine the progress made for the inclusion and social mobility of minorities, leaving many people - including the Roma - on the margins of society, negotiating their citizenship and legitimacy. In Romania, these struggles are amplified by the history of Roma oppression. Thus, questions arise about the making of Roma 'citizenship' by the Romanian state, but also about the reaction of Roma youth to such otions. I address these questions in this PhD project, focusing on Roma youth civic identity and action. This intersectional and interdisciplinary project links questions of racialised marginality with class-stratification, gender and sexuality. The methodology - ethnography - facilitates building relations that can sustain a participatory approach. I will spend up to a year in Bucharest, exploring Roma citizenship and activism with youth activists. The existing literature does not address Roma citizenship or activism, rather promoting discourses of victimhood and deficit. This project enters conversations in the field of Romani Studies toward more collaborative and critical approaches to researching Roma marginalisation, filling the literature gap regarding Roma youth citizenship and activism. Ultimately, this project explores the possibilities for youth civic engagement and re-shaping of dominant notions of citizenship in such difficult times, joining efforts to ameliorate Roma marginality in Romania and the European Union.