{"id":2484,"date":"2015-04-19T14:17:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T13:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rroma.org\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2022-08-08T11:26:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T10:26:44","slug":"critics-already-started-on-the-european-roma-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/critics-already-started-on-the-european-roma-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics already started on the European Roma Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several critiques were already aimed at the newly created European Roma Institute, especially. Yaron Matras, a renowned linguist and Rroma specialist led the charge: It already questions the \u201cRoma led\u201d side of the initiative; lobs a few well aimed barbs at the \u201cRoma Decade\u201d also initiated in part by the Open Society Foundations and a de facto failure; but mostly fears that such an institute would prevent free academic research, as people who were meant to be part of the ERI, openly criticised the fact that research so far has been devoid of Rroma input and scholars, and is thus biased.<\/p>\n

We can side with the concerns of the academics, as such an institute can easily turn into a watchdog for political correctness, on the other hand, we have to side with the ERI, saying that many scholar writing on Rroma wrote fairly idiotic thing too, and in total impunity. This is not to say that all research is bad, but it is often very limited (a small group in a specific country), and perpetuates fake research such as the one from Wlysslocky, a 19th<\/sup> century \u201cscholar\u201d who wrote totally inept facts but is still cited by all scholars\u2026<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s hope and see!<\/p>\n