Episode 7: Roma and Social Inequalities (with Aidan McGarry)

In this episode Catarina Carvalho [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/1lJECzBW2u4llryHX4JLA?domain=researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk] talks to political scientist Aidan McGarry [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/3HJ8Cy6V1sLvv4QTZtb8P?domain=aidanmcgarry.com/] about Roma communities, contemporary social inequalities, and what we can do to reach out beyond the academy.   FURTHER RESOURCES: Aidan McGarry, “Roma as a Political Identity: Exploring Representations of Roma in Europe” [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/HG7WCAQvJiEyyRPT9cy8d?domain=aidanmcgarrycom.files.wordpress.com] Aidan McGarry and Timofey Agarin, “Unpacking the Roma Participation Puzzle: Presence, Voice and Influence” [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/HlO-CB8wKT8QQnkCjDi_U?domain=aidanmcgarrycom.files.wordpress.com] Office for Students: Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/DM22CDYyMu322xWulkpLd?domain=officeforstudents.org.uk] David Matthews, “Roma: The UK’s Forgotten Higher Education Minority” [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/PXagCEZzNcprrqzhQCx_3?domain=timeshighereducation.com] Please ⁠⁠leave us feedback about the show via this link⁠⁠ [https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ur7mk6rEMUevXdc1sJfq2-MtVOsMawJDpBA3aJ944dVUMTVCTDhHWjdMRDVPN0ZFVUxVNVVVRVNVMC4u]. ⁠⁠Visit our website for more resources⁠⁠ [https://diversifyingherts.wordpress.com]. EPISODE NOTES: Aidan McGarry is a Professor of International Politics and Associate Dean for Research at Loughborough University, London campus. Aidan’s research interests are protest, minorities and marginalised groups, visual culture, and political voice. He is a recipient of a Fullbright “All Disciplines” Scholar Award (22/23) and has been a visiting scholar at Columbia University, New York, the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, and the European Centre for Minority Issues in Germany. His most recent books are Romaphobia: The Last Acceptable Form of Racism [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/Bqc0CGYBPuAxx8Pc1vMXp?domain=bloomsbury.com] (2017) and the co-edited book The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/4W7UCJY0VuKGGn2Tyg48B?domain=aup.nl] (2019). Aidan is on Twitter @dramcgarry.   Podcast recorded using Zencastr. Music by Rayen © Hear more via Spotify [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/-8rjCKYJWu4gg1YH2PhmE?domain=open.spotify.com] or Instagram [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/5m66CLYKXuQxx3gu5025q?domain=instagram.com]. Edited by Chris Lloyd.