Unwanted, rejected, unaccepted: around the problem of “invisible” Romani and Dom children in Georgia

The text outlines fragments of Georgian Romani and Dom children’s reality through the prism of their everyday life and educational practices. Romani (or Roma) and Dom children are usually perceived by the majority of society as well as by national and ethnic minorities as an identical, uniform group...

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Main Author: Urszula Markowska-Manista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Gdańsk 2015-12-01
Series:Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/pwe/article/view/809
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description The text outlines fragments of Georgian Romani and Dom children’s reality through the prism of their everyday life and educational practices. Romani (or Roma) and Dom children are usually perceived by the majority of society as well as by national and ethnic minorities as an identical, uniform group. Their images are burdened with stereotypes and they themselves – as begging participants in public space – have become inconvenient for the majority of the society, hence excluded and marginalized. With regard to social representations, Roma and Dom children can be included in the category of “street children”, children “out of place”, “invisible” children, and children remaining “at the crossroads” of tradition and postmodernity. A portrayal of the situation of Roma and Dom minorities in Georgia reveals the reality of children in big city environments as well as the dimensions of their social exclusion and poverty. The text was written within field research: “The forgotten minorities in Georgia” conducted by the author in 2013 and 2014 in Georgia, South Caucasus.
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spelling doaj-art-c70d860e1f554afc8f677dbd2beab36d2025-02-11T11:27:11ZengUniversity of GdańskProblemy Wczesnej Edukacji1734-15822451-22302015-12-0131410.5604/01.3001.0008.5647Unwanted, rejected, unaccepted: around the problem of “invisible” Romani and Dom children in GeorgiaUrszula Markowska-Manista0The Maria Grzegorzewska UniversityThe text outlines fragments of Georgian Romani and Dom children’s reality through the prism of their everyday life and educational practices. Romani (or Roma) and Dom children are usually perceived by the majority of society as well as by national and ethnic minorities as an identical, uniform group. Their images are burdened with stereotypes and they themselves – as begging participants in public space – have become inconvenient for the majority of the society, hence excluded and marginalized. With regard to social representations, Roma and Dom children can be included in the category of “street children”, children “out of place”, “invisible” children, and children remaining “at the crossroads” of tradition and postmodernity. A portrayal of the situation of Roma and Dom minorities in Georgia reveals the reality of children in big city environments as well as the dimensions of their social exclusion and poverty. The text was written within field research: “The forgotten minorities in Georgia” conducted by the author in 2013 and 2014 in Georgia, South Caucasus. https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/pwe/article/view/809minoritieschildren in the streetworking childrenexclusioneducationinvisible children
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Unwanted, rejected, unaccepted: around the problem of “invisible” Romani and Dom children in Georgia
Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji
minorities
children in the street
working children
exclusion
education
invisible children
title Unwanted, rejected, unaccepted: around the problem of “invisible” Romani and Dom children in Georgia
title_full Unwanted, rejected, unaccepted: around the problem of “invisible” Romani and Dom children in Georgia
title_fullStr Unwanted, rejected, unaccepted: around the problem of “invisible” Romani and Dom children in Georgia
title_full_unstemmed Unwanted, rejected, unaccepted: around the problem of “invisible” Romani and Dom children in Georgia
title_short Unwanted, rejected, unaccepted: around the problem of “invisible” Romani and Dom children in Georgia
title_sort unwanted rejected unaccepted around the problem of invisible romani and dom children in georgia
topic minorities
children in the street
working children
exclusion
education
invisible children
url https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/pwe/article/view/809
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