Czy Bóg to Gadzio? Religijność i konwersje polskich Romów w perspektywie elastycznych epistemologii romskości
Is God a Gadjo? Religion and Conversions Among Polish Roma Through Flexible Epistemologies of Roma
Author(s): Michał P. GarapichSubject(s): Social Sciences, Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Roma; conversions; Jehovah Witnesses; migrations; Great Britain
Summary/Abstract: The article is an anthropological analysis of religious conversions among Polish Roma. Through pioneering ethnographic work among transnational Roma communities, the article takes a critical approach to contemporary analysis of religious lives of Roma in Polish scholarship. Following the relational approach of Frederik Barth, Michael Stewart and participatory ethnography of Paloma Gay y Blasco, the article proposes an ethnographically grounded interpretation of new forms of religiosity among Polish Roma emphasizing individual agency, creativity and the so called by Marco Solimene and Stefanii Pontrandolfo flexible epistemologies, through which we can better grasp overall social changes in Poland.
Journal: Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 65 - 87
- Page Count: 23
- Language: Polish
