Erasing boundaries: Researching the emancipation process of Roma women within the framework of the heroines project
Contemporary societies, both globally and locally, are becoming increasingly aware of the need for inclusiveness and equality, especially when it comes to those social groups that have historically been neglected or marginalized. Women’s empowerment, in a broader context, is becoming one of...
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| Language: | English |
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Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU |
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| Online Access: | https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2025/0350-08612501147B.pdf |
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| Summary: | Contemporary societies, both globally and locally, are becoming increasingly
aware of the need for inclusiveness and equality, especially when it comes
to those social groups that have historically been neglected or
marginalized. Women’s empowerment, in a broader context, is becoming one of
the key mechanisms in the fight against discrimination and inequality. Its
role is particularly significant in cases where women, in addition to
gender-based, also face other forms of structural inequality - ethnic,
social and economic. This is precisely the situation that characterizes the
life contexts of Roma women, whose emancipation, despite the existing
history of research, remains insufficiently known, especially in the context
of creating deeper and more comprehensive insights into their struggles and
achievements. This paper seeks to provide a new perspective on the process
of emancipation of Roma women, mapping the paths of the empowerment through
the analysis of the obstacles they face, but also the practices of
resistance, solidarity and independent actions that build spaces of freedom
and subjectivity. The authors do this based on the research conducted within
the framework of the HEROINES project, supported by the Centre for the
Promotion of Science, and implemented by the Institute of Ethnography of the
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in cooperation with the Faculty of
Philosophy of the University of Belgrade and the Roma Women’s Centre
“Bibija”. By applying the participatory methodology of community mapping -
relatively new in Serbian social sciences and humanities - Roma women gain
an active role in shaping their own stories, thereby destabilizing the
traditional, paternalistic epistemological position of researchers. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-0861 2334-8259 |