In this episode Catarina Carvalho talks to political scientist Aidan McGarry 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”
- Aidan McGarry and Timofey Agarin, “Unpacking the Roma Participation Puzzle: Presence, Voice and Influence”
- Office for Students: Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities
- David Matthews, “Roma: The UK’s Forgotten Higher Education Minority”
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 (2017) and the co-edited book The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication (2019). Aidan is on Twitter @dramcgarry.
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Edited by Chris Lloyd.