Historical research on persecutions of the Sinti and Roma and "Antiziganism"

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25284143
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: ISHIDA Yuji 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (30212898)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 穐山 洋子 同志社大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 准教授 (10594236) ; 磯部 裕幸 秀明大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 准教授 (10637317) ; 川喜田 敦子 中央大学, 文学部, 教授 (80396837) ; 辻 英史 法政大学, 人間環境学部, 准教授 (80422369) ; 増田 好純 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 研究員 (40586583) ; 水野 博子 明治大学, 文学部, 准教授 (20335392) ; 平松 英人 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 助教 (50755478)
• Research Collaborator: IGARI Hiromi 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 特任研究員 (30732606) ; SÄBEL Stefan 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 特任研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: シンティ・ロマ / ジェノサイド / マイノリティ / 市民社会 / 国民国家 / 排除と包摂 / 生政治 / 移住

Outline of Final Research Achievements

"Antiziganism" in our research project is an analytical concept which has been adapted from the historical concept of Antisemitism (Antijudaism as a racial theory). In the case of Antiziganism, it denotes a particular hostility against "zigeuner" ("Gypsies"), an ethnic minority properly referred to as Sinti/Roma. This may take several forms (e.g. consciousness, discourse, behavior) based upon not only group-specific prejudices but also a limited understanding of a modern state or a modern mainstream society. A variety of historical events will be analyzed by this concept of Antiziganism which penetrates the including and excluding logic of a changing civil society and reflects its self-image, especially when this involves the distinction to the others (i.e. "zigeuner") in those events.

Free Research Field

ドイツ近現代史、ジェノサイド研究