Czy Bóg to Gadzio? Religijność i konwersje polskich Romów w perspektywie elastycznych epistemologii romskości

The article is an anthropological analysis of religious conversions among Polish Roma. Through pioneering ethnographic work among transnational Roma communities, the article takes a critical approach to contemporary analysis of religious lives of Roma in Polish scholarship. Following the relational...

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Main Author: Garapich, Michał P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego 2024
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9657/1/5_Garapich_Studia-Migracyjne-Przegl%C4%85d-Polonijny_2023_4%28190%29-4.pdf
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Summary:The article is an anthropological analysis of religious conversions among Polish Roma. Through pioneering ethnographic work among transnational Roma communities, the article takes a critical approach to contemporary analysis of religious lives of Roma in Polish scholarship. Following the relational approach of Frederik Barth, Michael Stewart and participatory ethnography of Paloma Gay y Blasco, the article proposes an ethnographically grounded interpretation of new forms of religiosity among Polish Roma emphasizing individual agency, creativity and the so called by Marco Solimene and Stefanii Pontrandolfo flexible epistemologies, through which we can better grasp overall social changes in Poland. English language title: Is God a gadjo? Religion and conversions among Polish Roma through flexible epistemologies of Roma