More about "Djanes" project
This is a media project of the Roma youth organization "ARCA". It includes news of the Roma community in Ukraine, interviews and life stories, interesting facts designed to break stereotypes.
Djanes
To be the Voice of Romanis
As a French writer, Pierre Chopinaud works with the topic of Roma in Europe, telling the stories of these people.
«Ukrainian Romanis cannot exist without Ukraine, and Ukraine cannot exist without its Romanis»
Recently, as part of the largest expansion of its translator, Google added 110 new languages, including Romani. How did the Roma react to this news? Will this help in the consolidation and solidarity of Roma communities, given that Roma do not have their own state? What is the current state of the Roma language in Ukraine and in the world? Svitlana Myalyk asked a Ukrainian ethnographer of Roma origin, a specialist in Roma culture, history and language, and a public activist, Janusz Panchenko.
Natali Tomenko: «The principal assignment of ARСA is to preserve the Romani cultural heritage
The protection of cultural property during Russia's war against Ukraine was discussed at the recent International Conference on the Reconstruction of Ukraine in Berlin. The event was attended by Roma organizations working in Ukraine and around the world to protect their rights and preserve their cultural heritage. Svitlana Myalyk spoke with Natalia Tomenko, Deputy Director of the Youth Agency for Advocacy of Roma Culture ARСA, who participated in the conference in Berlin.
How Roma Contribute to the Processes of Defence and Restoration of Ukraine and Stand for their Right
The Roma community has been oppressed in almost all countries. They were the second ethnic group after the Jews to be massacred by the Nazis. However, after World War II, the situation changed for the better in a number of European countries. What about Ukraine? We talk to Volodymyr Yakovenko, director of the Youth Agency for Advocacy of Roma Culture "ARKA", about how Roma are involved in the defense and restoration of Ukraine, as well as about the acute issues of Roma integration and changing public attitudes towards the minority.
Roma in Pixel: Stories from the Front
Viktor, Mykola, and Oleksii are representatives of Roma communities in Ukraine. Each of them carries a hidden history of pain and loss, but also resilience, personal Viktories, and faith. All three are different and unique in their own ways. However, there is something that unites these Roma men: love for their country. And the readiness to voluntarily exchange civilian clothing for military uniforms.
“Shall no one fear to be a Roma”: how activism helps to get rid of bias and stigmatisation You may
You may never guess how deep the impact of colonisation is upon your life. This impact is, however, deep, longstanding, and destructive
The world must hear the voices of ethnic groups. Interview with Elmira Kakabayeva
In Berlin, a workshop titled “How to Decolonize and Preserve Memory” took place. Knowledge and new working methods were shared by journalist, social anthropologist, writer, founder of an online writing course for women, co-founder, and editor of the literary project Qantar.Jazylu, Elmira Kakabayeva. So, can one person influence the processes of decolonization?
Nathan Markman: “Art is the only thing that helps me speak on important matters”
Ukrainian artist of Romani origin talks on what art is, what are Romanis in art, and how personal identity expresses itself through art. He is of mixed Romani and Jewish origin. Born and living in Kyiv, he speaks Ukrainian and calls himself a Ukrainian artist.
Anastasiia Tambovtseva: I wanted not just to learn a language, but to do something socially useful
Anastasiia Tambovtseva is an ethnic Ukrainian who has been running a thematic blog dedicated to the Roma language for several years. Even at the beginning of her journey, she could not have imagined that a casual curiosity would develop into a permanent activity, firmly connecting her with the Roma public movement. Currently, Anastasiia is in Romania and continues to do her work from there. She studies and teaches Roma, creates teaching methods and develops a blog. About the unexpected choice, the reaction of others and plans for the future – find out in Djanes.
Living in the occupation: the story of a Romani activist who lived in the occupied Kakhovka for seve
Janusz Panchenko is a researcher of Romani culture and language, a civil activist, an ethnographer, and a historian. He is a Romani by origin. Janusz was born in Kakhovka, in Kherson Province. He was one of those who survived the Russian occupation in his hometown. He saw the Russian military invade the city, smashing people’s doors in, robbing people of their property, breaking, entering, and destroying everything. They also occupied the building of Romano Tkhan Roma Centre in Kakhovka which Janusz and his fellow activists had only founded a year before.
Also in this section:
- Інший – не означає ворог. Як змінити ставлення до ромської громади?
- Roma people in Ukraine: ‘heroes’ of criminal reports or full-fledged citizens?
- David Stulik, diplomat: «Regardless of which ethnic group a person belongs to if he or she is defend
- Romani Artist Natali Tomenko: “Art Provides a New Perspective on This Time”
- Roza Tapanova: «The task of our institutions is to work with senses»
- Чому ми боїмося ромів: коріння стереотипів та як з ними боротися
- «The matter of non-supporting ethnic minorities should be ruled out altogether», – Oleksandr Osipov
- Як ромська мова з'явилась у Перекладачі. Або історія ромки, яка працює в Google
- The Melody of Mother Tongue: How Romani children get to know themselves through words
- "We have never been taught our history. It has always been told to us through the prism of Russian c