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Hierarchies of Otherness: Examining the history of Romani Marginalisation in the Early-Modern Swedish Empire
In this episode, Natalie Smith, a PhD candidate in the School of History, examines an anthropological account of the Roma written by the priest Cristfried Ganander in 1780, which marks the earliest study of the Roma people in Sweden. This text explored the history, culture and language of the Romani in Sweden-Finland.
This episode uses Ganander’s text as a case study to explore the relationship between the Swedish state and the Romani population. By analysing its portrayal of the Roma and the way they were contrasted with the Sámi, I seek to unravel the hierarchy of otherness imposed on…
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