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Romanian Roma migration to Italy: improving the capacity to aspire  (2018)

Authors:
Pontrandolfo, Stefania
Title:
Romanian Roma migration to Italy: improving the capacity to aspire
Year:
2018
Type of item:
Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Tipologia ANVUR:
Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Language:
Inglese
Format:
A Stampa
Book Title:
Open borders, unlocked cultures: Romanian Roma migrants in Western Europe
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN:
978-1-138-23948-7
Page numbers:
107-127
Keyword:
Romanian Roma, migration, Italy, capacity to aspire
Short description of contents:
The chapter aims at contributing to anthropological researches on cultural change in migration and, in particular, on ‘cultural mobilities’ in transnational migration. More specifically, the chapter will refer to the theoretical reflections of Appadurai on the ‘future as a cultural fact’, and investigate a particular aspect of transnational cultural mobility, that is, the impact of migrations on the 'capacity to aspire': the capacity to imagine changes in one's own life conditions and to act in order to make these changes happen. In the first section the chapter will briefly summarize some significant aspects of the theoretical reflections on the capacity to aspire proposed by Appadurai. Then it will show how the Roma migrants' capacity to aspire can be both limited and encouraged by the different local policies within the Italian context, and finally how the Roma themselves strive to improve their own capacity to aspire through migration.
Web page:
https://www.routledge.com/Open-Borders-Unlocked-Cultures-Romanian-Roma-Migrants-in-Western-Europe/Matras-Leggio/p/book/9781138239487
Product ID:
99955
Handle IRIS:
11562/971990
Last Modified:
November 16, 2022
Bibliographic citation:
Pontrandolfo, Stefania, Romanian Roma migration to Italy: improving the capacity to aspire Open borders, unlocked cultures: Romanian Roma migrants in Western EuropeRoutledge2018pp. 107-127

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The immigration of Romanian Roma to Western Europe: causes, effects, and future engagement strategies (MigRom) Department Scienze Umane Leonardo Piasere
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