Romani Chronicles of COVID-19

Paloma Gay y Blasco teaches social anthropology at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She has authored books and articles on ethnographic methods, collaborative anthropology, and Romani issues including, with Liria Hernández, Writing Friendship: A Reciprocal Ethnography (Palgrave MacMillan,2020).

• Foreword: Words and WavesIliana SarafianIntroduction: Chronicles of a Tragedy ForetoldPaloma Gay y Blasco and Martin FottaPart I: Spanish ChroniclesChapter 1. Introduction to the Spanish Chronicles: From Ordinary Crisis to Pandemic EmergencyPaloma Gay y BlascoChapter 2. Gitana Intercultural Mediators in the Space between Despair and HopeDulce Flores Torres, Pilar García Bizárraga, Estrella Iglesias Pérez, Francisca Mayoral Silva, Manuela Mayoral Silva, Fernanda Montaño García and Paloma GayChapter 3. “Who Cares…? Hunger Will Kill Us If the Virus Does Not”: The COVID-19 Pandemic in an Informal Settlement in MadridBeatriz Aragón MartínChapter 4. Researching and Mitigating the Impact of Lockdown on Gitano Families in Spain: an NGO Worker SpeaksMaría Félix Rodriguez CamachoChapter 5. Illness and Death Are So Much Worse When You Are AloneLiria HernándezChapter 6. “COVID-19 Is a Trial from God”: Gitanos, Pentecostal Imaginaries, and ComplianceAntonio Montañés Jiménez with Gory CarmonaPart II: Brazilian ChroniclesChapter 7. Introduction to the Brazilian Chronicles: How Systemic Racism and Government Neglect Led to Increased Harm Suffered by Vulnerable GroupsJuliana Miranda Soares Campos, Martin Fotta, Gabriela Marques Gonçalves and Aline Miklos Chapter 8. “Get out of Here!”: Discrimination and Prejudice against Ciganos in the Context of the PandemicIgor ShimuraChapter 9. “Everything Is on Hold”: The Pandemic and the Ciganos in Minas GeraisValdinalva Barbosa dos Santos Caldas and Juliana Miranda Soares CamposChapter 10. The Creation of the #Orgulhoromani Collective Amid the PandemicGabriela Marques Gonçalves, Aluízio de Azevedo Silva Júnior, and Aline MiklosChapter 11. Interlacing Black and Romani Experiences during the Coronavirus Pandemic in Paraíba, Northeast Brazil: A Personal ReflectionEdilma do Nascimento SouzaChapter 12. Romanies in Brazil and the Escalation of Necropolitics during the PandemicAluízio de Azevedo Silva JúniorPart III: Slovak ChroniclesChapter 13. Introduction to the Slovak Chronicles: Indifference, Securitization, and AntigypsyismAndrej Belák and Tomáš HrustičChapter 14. Quarantine, Segregation, and Resistance: The Case of ŽehraAlžbeta ‘Haľka’ MižigárováChapter 15. Coffee and Cigarettes in State Quarantine: Stuck on the Way HomeAlbín Peter and Tomáš HrustičChapter 16. “In Difficult Times We Should Stick Together”: Roma Self-Help Initiatives and Awareness Raising Activities as an Immediate Reaction to Corona Virus Spread Early in March 2020Tomáš HrustičChapter 17. The Hoaxes and Incorrect Information Related to COVID-19 Showed a Lack of Trust and Knowledge between the Majority and the RomaJurina Rusnáková and Zuzana KumanováChapter 18. Oh, My Antiracist Friends, Where Are You? A Health Expert’s Diary of Hopes and Disappointments Regarding Pandemic Prevention and Control across Segregated Roma EnclavesAndrej BelákPart IV: Polish ChroniclesChapter 19. Introduction to the Polish Chronicles: Digital Kinning and CareKamila Fiałkowska, Michał P. Garapich, Ignacy Jóźwiak, Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz, Sonia Styrkacz, and Monika SzewczykChapter 20. Pandemic (Im)mobilities of Polish RomaSonia Styrkacz, Michał P. Garapich, and Kamila FiałkowskaChapter 21. The Internet and Transnational Polish Roma Families in the Time of PandemicMonika Szewczyk, Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz, and Ignacy JóźwiakPart V: Czech ChroniclesChapter 22. Introduction to the Czech Chronicles: Of Loss and SilenceYasar Abu GhoshChapter 23. The Impact of the Pandemic on Activism and the Activist: Conversations with Jozef MikerYasar Abu GhoshChapter 24. Denial of Danger: COVID-19, Disinformation, and When to Burst Our BubblesGwendolyn AlbertChapter 25. Locked Down in Our Own Personal Quarantine: How Nothing Can Be Taken for GrantedIveta KokyováConcluding ReflectionsPaloma Gay y Blasco and Martin FottaIndex

“Romani Chronicles of COVID-19 is indispensable reading for anyone interested in pandemic inequalities and Romani lifeworlds. The dialogue between Romani and non-Romani chronicles in five countries at different points in the pandemic also generates a vision of better futures for - to translate the term Roma into English - humans.” • Sophie Day, Goldsmiths, University of London“This is a masterly and brave multivocal text about the impact of COVID-19 upon Romani worlds. It reveals another, even worse, global pandemic of ancient structural racism, one which affects those who are deemed not to matter, who stand alone, the Romanies. This other pandemic precedes COVID-19 and will tragically survive coronavirus´ last infections.” • Manuela Cantón Delgado, University of Seville“This is an excellent and path-breaking volume unique in its contribution to the field of Romani studies, anthropology, or social epidemiology. It will be an informative and enjoyable read for academics, practitioners, and students alike.” • László Fosztó, Romanian Institute for Resarch on National Minorities