Romani Chronicles of COVID-19: Testimonies of Harm and Resilience

CONTENTS\nForeword. Words and Waves\nIntroduction. Chronicles of a Tragedy Foretold\nPART I. SPANISH CHRONICLES\nChapter 1. Introduction to the Spanish Chronicles: From Ordinary Crisis to Pandemic Emergency\nChapter 2. Gitana Intercultural Mediators in the Space between Despair and Hope\nChapter 3. “Who Cares . . .? Hunger Will Kill Us If the Virus Does Not”: Th e COVID-19 Pandemic in an Informal Settlement in Madrid\nChapter 4. Researching and Mitigating the Impact of Lockdown on Gitano Families in Spain: An NGO Worker Speaks\nChapter 5. Illness and Death Are So Much Worse When You Are Alone\nChapter 6. “COVID-19 Is a Trial from God”: Gitanos, Pentecostal Imaginaries, and Compliance\nChapter 7. Introduction to the Brazilian Chronicles: How Systemic Racism and Government Neglect Led to Increased Harm Suff ered by Vulnerable Groups\nChapter 8. “Get Out of Here!”: Discrimination and Prejudice against Ciganos in the Context of the Pandemic\nChapter 9. “Everything Is on Hold”: Th e Pandemic and the Ciganos in Minas Gerais\nChapter 10. Th e Creation of the #OrgulhoRomani Collective amid the Pandemic\nChapter 11. Interlacing Black and Romani Experiences during the Coronavirus Pandemic in Paraíba, Northeast Brazil: A Personal Refl ection\nChapter 12. Romanies in Brazil and the Escalation of Necropolitics during the Pandemic\nPART III. SLOVAK CHRONICLES\nChapter 13. Introduction to the Slovak Chronicles: Indiff erence, Securitization, and Antigypsyism\nChapter 14. Quarantine, Segregation, and Resistance: Th e Case of Žehra\nChapter 15. Coff ee and Cigarettes in State Quarantine: Stuck on the Way Home\nChapter 16. “In Diffi cult Times We Should Stick Together”: Roma Self-Help Initiatives and Awareness Raising Activities as an Immediate Reaction to the Spread of COVID-19 in Early March 2020\nChapter 17. Th e Hoaxes and Incorrect Information Related to COVID-19 Showed a Lack of Trust between the Majority and the Roma, and a Lack of Knowledge\nChapter 18. Oh, My Antiracist Friends, Where Are You? A Health Expert’s Diary of Hopes and Disappointments Regarding Pandemic Prevention and Control across Segregated Roma Enclaves\nPART IV. POLISH CHRONICLES\nChapter 19. Introduction to the Polish Chronicles: Digital Kinning and Care\nChapter 20. Pandemic (Im)Mobilities of Polish Roma\nChapter 21. Th e Internet and Transnational Polish Roma Families in a Time of Pandemic\nPART V. CZECH CHRONICLES\nChapter 22. Introduction to the Czech Chronicles: Of Loss and Silence\nChapter 23. Th e Impact of the Pandemic on Activism and the Activist: Conversations with Jozef Miker\nChapter 24. Denial of Danger: COVID-19, Disinformation, and When to Burst Our Bubbles\nChapter 25. Locked Down in Our Own Personal Quarantine: How Nothing Can Be Taken for Granted\nConcluding Reflections\nIndex