Ciganos as a Traditional People: Romanies and the Politics of Recognition in Brazil

0569186 - EÚ 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Fotta, Martin - Dolabela Pereira, H.
Ciganos as a Traditional People: Romanies and the Politics of Recognition in Brazil.
Ethnopolitics. Roč. 22, č. 2 (2023), s. 157-176. ISSN 1744-9057. E-ISSN 1744-9065
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) LQ300582201
Institutional support: RVO:68378076
Keywords : Romanies/Romani people * multiculturalism * politics of recognition * traditional communities
OECD category: Antropology, ethnology
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17449057.2021.2008671

Within the Brazilian multicultural regime of recognition, Ciganos (Romanies) are recognised as belonging to ‘traditional peoples and communities’. The article discusses how this concept became applied to Ciganos raising questions of belonging, commonality and representation. It describes the emergence of novel ways of presenting one’s culture as distinct and even traditional among Calon Ciganos. It shows how demands to overcome invisibility, led to the creation of new spaces for dialogue with state institutions and reshaped how Calon politics are enacted. Finally, it describes the first successful case of guaranteeing Calon land rights.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0340619