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The Department of Anthropology presents
Freedom to move (Somewhere else): The Spatial Politics of Roma "Inclusion" in France
Daniel Manson, Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of Medicine
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use
University of British Columbia
Friday, March 19, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Zoom Link: bit.ly/AnthroMar19
Roma people from Eastern Europe and Romani people who are French citizens are experiencing ongoing attempts by the French state to limit their ability to move and settle in France. This talk examines how members of these groups are being affected by a number of spatial and administrative practices that cities like Strasbourg have deployed in order to control them. I analyze how certain places that officially aim at “integrating” Roma people living in urban squats accelerate eviction and exclusion of Roma from other parts of the city. I connect these observations to a longer history of bureaucratic attempts to confine and control French Gens du Voyage—Travelling People—including their confinement in “nomad camps” during the Second World War. I argue that questions about how citizenship in the European Union and in places like France are being articulated through local debates about Roma belonging
Contact:
Jenny Oseen | oseejs@uleth.ca | (403) 329-2551