Workshop I
October 7, 2014
WORKSHOP 1: Who are the Roma people? – Ko si e Roma ?
Workshop I will briefly discuss the history of the largest minority in Europe: the Roma (Roma, Gypsies, Travelers, Kale, Sinti, Gitanos, Romanichal, etc.). It explores the current political, economic and cultural situation of European Roma with a special focus on Roma life in the Nordic countries. The introductory speeches and keynote will trace the impact of the critical theoretical turns (the cultural turn, feminist turn, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, holocaust studies, medial turn, multi- and pluriculturalism etc.) and their significance to Roma discourse. A non-verbal break in the discussion will be provided by a mythical cinematic history of the Roma people, the silver-screen classic Lacho Drom by Tony Gatlif. The concluding panel discussion will examine how this relates to the development of (self-) organization, academic research, representation, art and politics of Roma in Europe.
Programme:
3.30 pm: Introduction to the workshop series by Senija Vurzer and Fredrik Elg. National and a local perspectives.
3.50 Introduction to the Outside Insiders project by the Curators Marita Muukkonen, Ivor Stodolsky and Tímea Junghaus.
Coffee Break
4.30: Film Screening: Latcho Drom (1993) by Tony Gatlif. Introduction to the film by Ivor Stodolsky
Break
6 pm: Keynote by Tímea Junghaus
6.20 pm: Panel discussion: The speakers below, and John Peter Nilsson, Renata Anderssen and Dušan Marinkovic. Moderated by Marita Muukkonen and Ivor Stodolsky.
Speakers:
Renata Anderssen. Malmö Roma Knowledge Centre
Fredrik Elg. International coordinator and project manager, City of Malmö Culture Department
Tímea Junghaus. Art historian, Roma activist
Marita Muukkonen. Curator, Director of Perpetuum Mobilε. www.perpetualmobile.org
John Peter Nilsson. Director, Moderna Museet, Malmö
Ivor Stodolsky. Curator, Theorist, Director of Perpetuum Mobilε www.perpetualmobile.org
Senija Vurzer. Project assistant, City of Malmö Culture Department
Dušan Marinkovic. Roma activist and rap artist
Moderna Museet, Malmö in partnership with Perpetuum Mobilε and the City of Malmö Culture Department.