CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Csikós, Marina |
|---|---|
| Title | Doing Roma Feminist Knowledge Production in order to Challenge Hegemonic Knowledge Production-A Case Study of the Exhibition Roma Women Weaving Europe |
| Summary | This thesis explores contemporary Roma feminist knowledge production, with a focus on art. Due to the consequences of the social-economic-political system which maintains the power and privileges of white, middle-class men in Europe, the vast majority of Roma women have not been in a position that would allow them to influence discourses about knowledge production. Their experiences were therefore not taken into account. But as Michel Foucault said, „Where there is power, there is resistance” (Foucault, 1978, 95), so it was just a matter of time for Roma women to start reacting collectively and challenge mainstream knowledge production. Inspired by scholarly works women of color have published in the USA since the 1908s, Roma feminist scholars, activists, and artists are challenging mainstream knowledge production about “Roma” in Europe and worldwide. The aim of this thesis is to discuss Roma feminist knowledge production, which challenges mainstream knowledge about Roma, by drawing on the lived experiences, culture and traditions of the Romani people, from their social-political-economic standpoints in the societies. In 2019 I did a three-month internship at the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) in Berlin. ERIAC together with the Rumänisches Kulturinstitut organized the Roma feminist exhibition “Roma Women Weaving Europe”. The core of my thesis is an analysis of how six artworks that were part of the Berlin exhibition contribute to Roma feminist knowledge production. Keywords: Roma women, knowledge production, Roma feminist art, intersectionality, challenging hegemony, diversity |
| Supervisor | Francisca de Haan |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/csikos_marina.pdf |
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