roma issue - Groupe de sociologie politique et morale

THE « ROMA ISSUE » IN EUROPE TODAY. CONTENTIOUS
POLITICS AND THE FORMATION OF A SO-CALLED “PUBLIC
PROBLEM”
The conference will take place on March 24th and 25th at the Centre d’Etudes Supérieures de la Renaissance, in
Tours.
CESR
59 rue Néricault-Destouches
37 000 Tours
00 33 2 47 36 81 70
Free entry, but please register by sending an e-mail to : Laurence Durry 0033 247361170
The lectures, which are deliberately short in order to give space to discussions and debates, are grouped
together in thematic panels. These latter are led by panel chairpersons (managing discussions, summarizing the
debate) and discussants (analyzing the lectures, opening debates and collective reflections). Drafts of the papers
will have been sent to the organizers and put on the Urba-Rom website ((http://urbarom.crevilles.org/) before
March the 10th to make the work of panel chairpersons and discussants easier, as well as to facilitate the
comparative approach and collective reflections.
First Day
9.30: Welcome
10-10.30: Olivier Legros and Jean Rossetto (Univ. Tours): Introduction (overview of the problematization and
the scientific goals of the conference)
WORKSHOP 1: THE « ROMA ISSUE » AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: GENESIS, CATEGORIES AND
CONTROVERSIES
Recently, the public authorities and organizations of the so-called “civil society” have put the spotlight on the
European dimension of the “Roma Issue”. However, from the point of view of mainstream society and its
institutions, it is at the local level that the presence of the so-called Roma/Gypsy groups first poses a problem.
Based on six case studies in French cities (Parisian suburbs, Montpellier), in Italy (Roma, Pescara), and in
Kosovo (Mitrovica), this workshop aims at identifying convergences or divergences in the formation of the
“Roma Issue”: shall we consider the latter as a spatial issue which is linked to the presence of poor housing (or
housing which differs from the prevailing norms and conventions) and/or is linked to the survival activities?
Which lead to rejection or, on the contrary, to empathy? What are the effects of the juridical and administrative
contexts (at the national level) and local contexts on the configuration of the “Roma Issue” within European
towns? What are the effects of debates and controversies about the “Roma Issue” on the structuring of the
political arenas?How do the target groups react when being faced to this situation?
Loïc Blondiaux (Univ. Paris I): Chair
Tommaso Vitale (CEE, Sciences Po Paris): Discussant
10.30-12.00: The « Roma Issue » in French Cities (Panel 1)
- Norah Benarrosh-Orsoni (Univ. Paris 10), Controverses autour de la “question rom” à Montreuil (région
parisienne)
- Jean-Baptiste DUEZ (Post Doc programme RESPECT), La gestion des personnes Roms en Seine-SaintDenis. Une approche en anthropologie politique et sociale, à la recherche d’une pérennisation des trajectoires
- Marion Lièvre (Univ. Montpellier 3), Processus d’ethnicisation : le cas des immigrés roms à Montpellier
Lunch
14:30-16:00: Case Studies in Italy, Spain and the Balkans (Panel 2)
- Daniele Ulrico (Univ. La Sapienza), Roma Activism in the Emergence Area : Political Identity and Public
Representation
- Giovanni Picker (ISPMN - Romanian Institute for the Study of National Minorities), Gypsies in Pescara :
Blaming and the Politics of Silence
- Oscar Lopez Catalan (Univ. autonome de Barcelone), Housing, Mobility and Marginal Economic Strategies
of the Romanian Roma Population in Barcelona : Culturalization of Socioeconomic Factors and Local
Construction of the « Roma Issue »
- Bénédicte Tratnjek (Univ. Paris-Sorbonne), Les territoires de la marginalisation des Roms à Mitrovica
(Kosovo) ou la construction de l’ « indésirable »
WORKSHOP 2: FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF PUBLIC POLICY CATEGORIES
The day-to-day formation of public policy is a key stage in the process of categorization (in this case concerning
the people and groups referred to as Roma/Gypsy). During this workshop, the comments deal with the categories
reshaped by policy, the circumstances of their development (contexts, frames of reference), as well as with the
effects of this never-ending labeling process on the manufacturing of individual and collective identities. A first
series of contributions focuses on current processes (Spain, France, Italy, Kosovo). A second series deals with
the analysis of processes over the long term (Sweden, Italy). By way of conclusion, the last contribution
constitutes a counterpoint to the previous comments by focusing on the labeling process during the
implementation of reception and schooling policies for the “Gens du voyage” in France.
Jean-Pierre Massias (Univ. Pau et Pays de l’Adour): Chair
Delphine Bruggeman (Univ. Lille III): Discussant
16.30-18.00: Labeling Processes during the Implementation of Policies (panel 3).
- Céline Gabarro (Univ. Paris-Diderot), L’accès à la couverture-maladie des ressortissants communautaires :
production et transformation de catégories d’action au sein de l’Assurance-maladie
- Alice Sophie Sarcinelli (IRIS-EHESS), L’enfance chez les Roms migrants en Italie : controverses morales,
politiques publiques et vie quotidienne
- Adriana M. Villalon (Univ. Fed. Rio de Janeiro), La formation de la « question rom » dans le cadre de
l’intervention sociale au Pays Basque (Donostia)
- Claire Fernandez (Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights), The Roma Issue at the
Local Level in Kosovo : Creation and Evolution of Participation Mechanisms
Second Day
WORKSHOP 2 (PART. 2)
9.00-10.30: Perspectives: Labeling Processes over the Long Term; Other Target Groups (Panel 4)
- Gabriele Roccheggiani (Univ. Urbino), Nomadism as Bio-Medical Risk : the Science Politics Link within the
Labeling Process of Roma in Italy
- I.O. Al Fakir (Univ. Linnaeus, Suède), Social Medicine and the Inclusion of Gypsies
- Marie Bidet (ENS Cachan), Régis Guyon (CASNAV Reims), Gens du voyage : de quoi la catégorie est-elle
le nom ? Regards croisés sur les politiques d’accueil et de scolarisation
WORKSHOP 3: THE FORMATION OF A EUROPEAN « ROMA ISSUE »
Over the past few years, Roma have been more and more present in the discourses and discussions within
European institutions. This last workshop has been organized in two sessions. Firstly, we propose to examine the
different mechanisms of representation and participation of the so-called Roma/Gypsies in the national arenas
and at the European level. Furthermore, we may examine the effects of the categories established by European
institutions on the legitimization, the collective action and political involvement of the Roma/Gypsies. Secondly,
the comments could mainly deal with the conditions and actors involved in the construction of the “Roma Issue”
at the European level. They could also focus on emerging policies. While admittedly these latter tackle the
inclusion of so-called Roma/Gypsies, they are also concerned with the control and regulation of migrations
within the EU. By studying the “Roma Issue”, we propose in fine to pose ourselves questions about the evolution
of the statuses of “citizen” and “foreigner” in the EU as well as its member states.
Judith Okely (Univ. Hull/Oxford): Chair
Jean-Philippe Lhernould (Univ. Poitiers): Discussant
11.00-12.30: Questions about the Rights of Minorities (Roma) (Panel 5)
- Serena Baldin (Univ. Trieste), Legal Status and Effective Participation of Roma Minorities: A Comparative
Legal Analysis with Particular Reference to Western European Countries
- R. Medda-Windisher (EURAC, Bolzano/Bolzen), Minority Rights Perspective of the “Roma Issue” : Roma,
Gypsies and Travelers and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
- Doris Farget (Univ. Ottawa), Etude du discours des juges et experts du Conseil de l’Europe sur l’identité
Rom. Quelle est la définition de la romanité privilégiée en droit européen des droits de l’Homme ?
- Paolo Boccagni (Univ. Trento), Roma Social Inclusion and Advocacy as Transnational Issues: Coalition
Building and Grassroots Initiatives in the EU Scenario
14.30-16.00: Genesis of European Policies/ Emerging Forms of Control over Migrants and Mobilities (panel 6)
- Yana Kavrakova (Univ. européenne, Frankfurt), The « Roma Issue » in the Interactions within the European
Multi Level System
- Grégoire Cousin (GERCIE, Univ. Tours), Formes émergentes de contrôle de l’immigration dans l’UE : le cas
des mobilités roumaines
- Anca Pusca (Univ. London), The ‘’Roma Problem’’ in the EU: Aesthetics, Law and Violence
16.30-18.00: Conclusions and Research Perspectives
Panel led by Olivier Legros and Jean Rossetto
Université François-Rabelais Tours
UMR 6173 CITERES
CNRS-Université François-Rabelais
EA 2110 GERCIE
UFR de Droit, Economie et sciences sociales, Université François-Rabelais
MSH TOURS
UMS 1835
CNRS-Université François-Rabelais