My research is concerned with the impact of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, 1994 (CJA) on Britain's Travellers, and combines an historical analysis of anti-nomadism with action research in the field. The CJA had been widely interpreted as signaling the beginning of the end of a viable nomadic existencei n Britain, as well as representinga further entrenchmenot f the powers of the state at the expense of civil liberties. In relation to Travellers, the CJA withdrew the former duty to provide adequate sites for Gypsies whilst simultaneously rendering unauthorised sites liable to peremptory evictions, and Travellers themselves faced the prospect of criminalisation for following a nomadic lifestyle. However, the CJA had more far-reaching powers than those directed towards nomads and many of its provisions impinged on the rights to protest, to assemble and to celebrate, The relationship between nomads and the state is a complex one that has evolved over hundreds of years, and invokes issues of ethnicity, 'race' and class with which this research is concerned. Analysing the history of 'Gypsy' people in Britain reveals the processes which, on the one hand, underlie their 'pariah' status and, on the other, render them fictionalised romantic figures of popular folklore. The antithesis of the 'real Gypsy' is arguably the 'New Age' Travellers and the thesis goes on to examine the role this latter group has played in the legitimation of anti-nomadic legislation in our on times. By working with different groups of Gypsy and New Traveller families in their attempts to legalise their sites, the research also examines the effects of the legislation on the everyday lives of real Travellers on the road today, The similarities between the experience of traditional and New Travellers revealed in this analysis are related to their respective marginal positions in society, and reinforce the view that nomadism per se has been rendered problematic in contemporary sedentary discourse.

Η παρούσα μελέτη περίπτωσης που πραγματοποιήθηκε στο ΝΕΛΕ-ΚΕΚ Αιγίου, αποτελεί μια προσπάθεια να διερευνηθεί κατά πόσο οι εκπαιδευτές που δραστηριοποιούνται σε τμήματα αλφαβητισμού Τσιγγάνων, εφαρμόζουν τις αρχές της εκπαίδευσης ενηλίκων, προσαρμόζοντας παράλληλα τον τρόπο διδασκαλίας τους στις ιδιαιτερότητες των Τσιγγάνων. Πρόκειται για ποιοτική έρευνα. Ως μεθοδολογικά εργαλεία χρησιμοποιήθηκαν η ημιδομημένη συνέντευξη και ειδικά επεξεργασμένες φόρμες παρατήρησης. Η έρευνα στηρίχθηκε στη θεωρία του Paolo Freire, εστιάζοντας στις απόψεις του για τη σχέση εκπαιδευτή και εκπαιδευόμενων και τη δυναμική που αυτή δημιουργεί, ώστε να αφυπνιστούν οι εκπαιδευόμενοι και να διεκδικήσουν τη θέση που τους ανήκει μέσα στην κοινωνία. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας έδειξαν ότι οι συγκεκριμένοι εκπαιδευτές είχαν πλήρη γνώση των ιδιαίτερων χαρακτηριστικών των εκπαιδευόμενων, καθώς και των μεθόδων και των τεχνικών της εκπαίδευσης ενηλίκων, τις οποίες εφάρμοσαν με ιδιαίτερη ευαισθησία και συνέπεια. / The present study of case which was conducted at the NELE-KEK in Egio, constitutes an effort to investigate at what length the educators who work in gypsies’ literacy classes, apply the teaching principles of Adult Education, adjusting at the same time their teaching style in the gypsies’ particularities. It’s a quality research. As methodology tools were used: the semi-structured interview and especially processed observation forms. The research was based on the theory of Paolo Freire, focusing on his views on the educators’-learner relationship and the dynamics it creates so as to alert the trainees and lead them to claim the position they deserve within society. The results of this survey proved, that the specific educators were fully aware of the special characteristics of the trainees as well as the methods and the techniques of the adult education which they applied with particular sensitivity and consistency.

This thesis comprises a critical appraisal and a collection of published works drawn largely from extensive qualitative data generated by a five-year longitudinal study of forty-four Gypsy Traveller students. Gypsy Traveller children’s disengagement and underachievement in the secondary phase of education has exercised educationalists and policy makers for over forty years. Historically, deficit theory associated with an impoverished and disadvantaged nomadic lifestyle prevailed but this is no longer sustainable. The vast majority of Gypsy Travellers in Britain today are housed or settled on established sites and the situation has barely improved. Other ‘pathological’ explanations such as the Traveller community’s determination to preserve a separate identity from the dominant population by defending cultural boundaries have also featured prominently in the literature and in professional discourses. The thesis is grounded in a social constructionist approach, which critically analyses psychosociocultural forces and their impact on relationships and human behaviour. From this analysis, a new perspective is proffered as to why Gypsy Traveller children so often find themselves out of the secondary education system. Social exclusion and cultural dissonance are identified as significant push factors that trigger certain coping responses, some of which are maladaptive

This document examines compositions by Johann Strauss Jr., related by title or compositional circumstance to Hungarians or Gypsies, for the presence of the style hongrois, or Hungarian style--an exotic style used by Western composers throughout the nineteenth century. This study defines the style hongrois through specific musical terms by amalgamating recent scholarship into a lexicon of musical elements and gestures. The compositions under consideration were composed between 1846 and 1896. The study provides background into the development of the style hongrois--including the migration of the Rom, the influence of the dominant Magyar culture within Hungary, the evolution of the verbunkos, and the style hongrois's early overlap with the Turkish style--and the social and political circumstances within Vienna and the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time. The origins of the Viennese dance tradition are traced, and it is revealed that both Joseph Lanner and Johann Strauss Sr. toured to Pest, the capital of Hungary, and composed in the style hongrois. Major works by Johann Strauss Jr. examined in this study include the Pesther Csárdás, op. 23; Éljen a Magyár!, Polka schnell, op. 332; Rosalinde's Csárdás from Die Fledermaus; selections from Der Zigeunerbaron; the Csárdás from Ritter Pásmán; and a new czardas composed for Die Fledermaus in 1896. The study reveals that Strauss used the style hongrois not as a foreign musical language, but as a set of gestures and forms which could be incorporated into his normal style. Nevertheless, Strauss's melodic ingenuity allowed for a fluent use of the style hongrois from the outset. He applied the style in various ways--superficially to existing dance forms, and in full imitations of the verbunk genre. These works were consistently greeted--both in Vienna and Hungary--with praise and acknowledgment of Strauss's success in imitating Gypsy-band music, to which he enjoyed ample exposure. This study--a close inspection of a small subset of Strauss's output--reveals a subtle yet sophisticated evolution in his compositional technique. It also traces the progression of his career--from upstart performer to the cultural symbol of an empire.

A temática da adolescência, juntamente com suas possíveis crises, é importante para a Psicologia Clínica, pois permeia muitas práticas. Este trabalho refere-se às características do período adolescente dos ciganos Calon, cultura bastante diferente daquela ocidental. Os casamentos calon costumam acontecer bastante cedo, pouco tempo após o início da puberdade; desta forma, os jovens já assumem os padrões sociais da vida adulta (casamento e filhos) durante o período definido pela Organização Mundial de Saúde como adolescência. Além disso, após o casamento (e a menarca) as regras sociais se alteram bastante, principalmente para as mulheres; tornando-se mais restritivas, por exemplo, no que diz respeito ao vestuário e às interações sociais, contrastando também com a grande liberdade vivenciada pelos Calon durante a infância. Tendo em vista as duas peculiaridades anteriores, o objetivo geral foi, assim, definido como um estudo sobre o período entre a infância e a vida adulta dos ciganos Calon; visando compreender se de fato existe uma etapa adolescente (descrevendo, então, seus marcos, características, alterações na vida e nas relações dos jovens) e se ocorrem crises nesta transição (os aspectos emocionais). O método utilizado foi de inspiração etnográfica, acrescido por entrevistas semi estruturadas. Foram realizadas algumas visitas a um acampamento calon em São Paulo e duas entrevistas externas a ele; sendo os participantes da pesquisa majoritariamente do sexo feminino. Neste trabalho, o olhar foi mais antropológico ou sob o ponto de vista da cultura. Seus resultados sugerem a existência de uma fase adolescente relacionada à aquisição do status adulto (compatível com os achados das pesquisas transculturais de Alice Schlegel e Herbert Barry, de 1991) e que se inicia na puberdade; todavia sem delimitações etárias e sem atividades peculiares apenas aos jovens nesta fase. Uma adolescência mais voltada às responsabilidades e ao amadurecimento (conforme compreendido pelos Calon, e relacionado ao final desta etapa), e que se refere à intensificação da aprendizagem dos papéis adultos e também da participação na socialidade calon. Não foram encontradas evidências de distanciamento dos jovens de sua família, tampouco de conflitos ou antagonismos recorrentes entre eles. As informações obtidas sugerem, além disto, que as crises na adolescência são mais prováveis entre as mulheres e estão relacionadas ao próprio contexto sociocultural. Seria interessante a realização de entrevistas com mais adolescentes e também o uso de outros enfoques metodológicos / The adolescence along with its crises is an important theme for Clinical Psychology, as it permeates several practices. This work refers to the characteristics of the adolescent period of the Calon gypsies, a culture quite different from the Western one. Calon weddings usually happen quite early, shortly after the puberty onset. Young people therefore assume the social standards of adult life (marriage and children) already during the period defined as adolescence by the World Health Organization. Moreover, social rules change considerably after marriage (and menarche), especially for women; becoming more restrictive, for example, regarding to clothing and social interactions, and also contrasting with the great freedom experienced by the Calons during childhood. Considering the two characteristics above, the general objective was thus defined as a study on the period between childhood and adult life of the Calon gypsies; aiming to understand if there is in fact an adolescent stage (so describing their milestones, characteristics, changes in the life and relationships of young people) and whether there are crises in this transition (the emotional aspects). The method used was of ethnographic inspiration along with semi-structured interviews. Some visits to a calon camp (in São Paulo) and two external interviews were made. The participants were mostly women. The way of looking in this research was mostly anthropological or from the point of view of culture. The results suggest a teenage phase that starts at puberty and is related to the acquisition of the adult status (compatible with the findings of Alice Schlegel and Herbert Barry, 1991); a period with no age limits and which is not characterized by activities that refer only to individuals at this stage. An adolescence mainly related to responsibilities and increasing maturity (as it is understood by the Calons; concept linked to the end of this phase), which refers to an intensification of the adult roles learning, and an increase of the participation in the Calon sociality. No evidence of detaching young people from their families was found nor of recurring conflicts or antagonisms between them. The results suggest moreover that the adolescent crises are more likely to happen among women and are related to the socio-cultural context itself. It would be interesting to conduct interviews with more adolescents and also the use of other methodological approaches

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-03-27Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:09:30Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 sibar_lml_me_mar.pdf: 1045992 bytes, checksum: 05b530fb8dc9611ab18f7c618879d9fd (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar aspectos ligados a identidade, alteridade e resistência de uma família cigana Calon, buscando mostrar como foi construído o imaginário comum sobre os assim chamados ciganos. Através de perspectivas de ciganólogos, ativistas ciganos e pró-ciganos, dos ciganos rom e dos calon mostramos a construção da categoria étnica cigano. A partir do contato com essa família, procuramos apresentar algumas características dessa socialidade, além das constantes perseguições e práticas sectárias das quais tem sido vítimas, bem como suas experiências coletivas voltadas à defesa de seus direitos e interesses no Brasil / This research aims to analyse aspects of identity, otherness and resistance from a gypsy family Calon, attempts to show how the imagery was built on the common socalled Gypsies. Through prospects ciganologos, roma activists and pro-roma, gypsies anda roma calon show the construction of the gypsy ethnic category. From the contact with this family, we present some characteristics of sociability, and the constant persecution and sectarian practices which have been victims as well as their collective experiences gearedto the defense of their rights and interests in Brazil

A temática da adolescência, juntamente com suas possíveis crises, é importante para a Psicologia Clínica, pois permeia muitas práticas. Este trabalho refere-se às características do período adolescente dos ciganos Calon, cultura bastante diferente daquela ocidental. Os casamentos calon costumam acontecer bastante cedo, pouco tempo após o início da puberdade; desta forma, os jovens já assumem os padrões sociais da vida adulta (casamento e filhos) durante o período definido pela Organização Mundial de Saúde como adolescência. Além disso, após o casamento (e a menarca) as regras sociais se alteram bastante, principalmente para as mulheres; tornando-se mais restritivas, por exemplo, no que diz respeito ao vestuário e às interações sociais, contrastando também com a grande liberdade vivenciada pelos Calon durante a infância. Tendo em vista as duas peculiaridades anteriores, o objetivo geral foi, assim, definido como um estudo sobre o período entre a infância e a vida adulta dos ciganos Calon; visando compreender se de fato existe uma etapa adolescente (descrevendo, então, seus marcos, características, alterações na vida e nas relações dos jovens) e se ocorrem crises nesta transição (os aspectos emocionais). O método utilizado foi de inspiração etnográfica, acrescido por entrevistas semi estruturadas. Foram realizadas algumas visitas a um acampamento calon em São Paulo e duas entrevistas externas a ele; sendo os participantes da pesquisa majoritariamente do sexo feminino. Neste trabalho, o olhar foi mais antropológico ou sob o ponto de vista da cultura. Seus resultados sugerem a existência de uma fase adolescente relacionada à aquisição do status adulto (compatível com os achados das pesquisas transculturais de Alice Schlegel e Herbert Barry, de 1991) e que se inicia na puberdade; todavia sem delimitações etárias e sem atividades peculiares apenas aos jovens nesta fase. Uma adolescência mais voltada às responsabilidades e ao amadurecimento (conforme compreendido pelos Calon, e relacionado ao final desta etapa), e que se refere à intensificação da aprendizagem dos papéis adultos e também da participação na socialidade calon. Não foram encontradas evidências de distanciamento dos jovens de sua família, tampouco de conflitos ou antagonismos recorrentes entre eles. As informações obtidas sugerem, além disto, que as crises na adolescência são mais prováveis entre as mulheres e estão relacionadas ao próprio contexto sociocultural. Seria interessante a realização de entrevistas com mais adolescentes e também o uso de outros enfoques metodológicos / The adolescence along with its crises is an important theme for Clinical Psychology, as it permeates several practices. This work refers to the characteristics of the adolescent period of the Calon gypsies, a culture quite different from the Western one. Calon weddings usually happen quite early, shortly after the puberty onset. Young people therefore assume the social standards of adult life (marriage and children) already during the period defined as adolescence by the World Health Organization. Moreover, social rules change considerably after marriage (and menarche), especially for women; becoming more restrictive, for example, regarding to clothing and social interactions, and also contrasting with the great freedom experienced by the Calons during childhood. Considering the two characteristics above, the general objective was thus defined as a study on the period between childhood and adult life of the Calon gypsies; aiming to understand if there is in fact an adolescent stage (so describing their milestones, characteristics, changes in the life and relationships of young people) and whether there are crises in this transition (the emotional aspects). The method used was of ethnographic inspiration along with semi-structured interviews. Some visits to a calon camp (in São Paulo) and two external interviews were made. The participants were mostly women. The way of looking in this research was mostly anthropological or from the point of view of culture. The results suggest a teenage phase that starts at puberty and is related to the acquisition of the adult status (compatible with the findings of Alice Schlegel and Herbert Barry, 1991); a period with no age limits and which is not characterized by activities that refer only to individuals at this stage. An adolescence mainly related to responsibilities and increasing maturity (as it is understood by the Calons; concept linked to the end of this phase), which refers to an intensification of the adult roles learning, and an increase of the participation in the Calon sociality. No evidence of detaching young people from their families was found nor of recurring conflicts or antagonisms between them. The results suggest moreover that the adolescent crises are more likely to happen among women and are related to the socio-cultural context itself. It would be interesting to conduct interviews with more adolescents and also the use of other methodological approaches

The diploma project is the architectural-urbanistic study of the old prison reuse as new centrum of social deprived city part of Brno called „Bronx of the Brno“ because of its appropriate location, urbanistic land configuration and present of specific „genius loci“. This work is following the theoretical study made as diploma preparation, which set the main direction of the work. The aim of this project is the coplex of buildings mostly used for alternative culture, alternative forms of living not only for the comunity of social deprived city part but also for complete land recovery, grow of attractivity and raise of the land price. The main idea is to change the wrong address of the bad reputation quarter.

This Thesis deals with communication between family and school as key factor during upbringing and educating Gypsies of school age. The theoretical part explains the terms integration and assimilation. It outlines romany hisrory. It mentions issues of co-existence of Gypsy minority and major society. It describes education of Gypsies throughout history to the present. It focuses on the causes of failing of Gypsy children at school and possible help in the process of their education. The closing part of the theoretical part focuses on cooperation of family and school. The practical part includes a research. Its goal is to find out whether the Gypsy children are more successful at school if their parents communicate and cooperate with school. It includes a quantitative research. It determines (by means of questionnaire which was given to the teachers) the influence of communication of Gypsy parents and school to the results of their children.

ANNOTATION: The thesis investigates a multicultural education and its applications within the implementations of racism and xenophobia primary prevention at elementary school. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The aim of theoretical part is to review theoretical bases of primary prevention, multicultural education, and educational forms and methods. In accordance to these applications, the primary prevention and multicultural education can be implemented into the elementary school education. The practical part suggests a multicultural education project, which was built-up in order to lead students to deny the xenophobia and the racism.