The genesis of a ‘Romanian Roma Issue’ in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona: urban public spaces, neighbourhood conflicts and local politics.
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López Catalán, ÓscarDate
2012Abstract
This paper intends to present a general overview of the situation of the Romanian Roma Population in Barcelona Metropolitan Area and briefly describe and analyse the ways in which their presence is being managed. Methodology used range from media analysis to ethnographic fieldwork. First, I will offer some references as well as a general background of the presence and migratory process of the Romanian Roma population in Spain and Barcelona. Next, I will focus on the local construction of the ‘Roma Issue’, briefly using three different and interrelated examples: public space regulation and marginal economic strategies; settlement policies and the idea of nomadism-mobility; and finally political construction and culturalization of concrete neighbourhood conflicts. Finally, I intend to offer some conclusions as well as some reflections about the possible evolution of these processes both at a local and state level.
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Roma migrants
Marginal jobs
Public spaces
Mobility
Gitanos migrantes
Trabajos marginales
Espacios públicos
Movilidad