RomnoKher Study 2021

Daniel Strauß is chairman and managing director of associations and educational and research institutions of Sinti and Roma in Germany (including RomnoKher, Hildegard Lagrenne Foundation for Education, Inclusion and Participation of Sinti and Roma in Germany, Association of German Sinti and Roma, Baden-Württemberg State Association, Co-founder of the Society for Antigypsy Research).

• Introduction.- Educational situation(s) of Sinti and Roma in the German education system.- Antigypsyism and educational history.- “… but you pass on this fear that was in you to your child with your mother’s milk”. Silence and cross-generational trauma of the Roma and Sinti.- The significance of different life situations of Sinti and Roma for strategies to improve the educational situation.- Roma women in the struggle for their voice.- The educational situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany in an international comparison.- Conceptual Writing in the spoken language - the standard language in the Romani school - for Sinti*zze and Roma*nja a place that takes energy. Connections between structural racism and discrimination in educational institutions and the academic success of minority members.- ReFIT - Social participation through participatory approaches and examples of antigypsyism as an educational barrier from practice.- The Hildegard Lagrenne Foundation: Perspectives and strategies for the equal participation in education of Roma and Sinti in Germany and examples from the practice of Madhouse gGmbH Munich.- Methodological report on the study.- Realized sample.