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  • Article
    Housing Instability and Roma Children's Educational Engagement: Perspectives From Teachers and Volunteers
    (Istanbul Univ, Fac Letters, dept Sociology, 2024) Uştuk, Ozan
    Inequalities experienced by the Roma remain a complex challenge, particularly in education. Despite various initiatives, their impact on the Roma communities’ daily lives has been limited. This article is based on applied research aimed at reducing early school-leaving rates among Roma children in Türkiye. The study highlights that the high rates of early school leaving cannot be fully understood without considering the profound impact of housing instability on their educational experiences. By exploring the intersection of educational challenges and housing insecurity through the perspectives of elementary school teachers, preschool teachers, and volunteering university students engaged with a Roma community, the findings reveal that the constant threat of displacement and inadequate living conditions severely disrupt educational engagement, undermining the stability necessary for academic success. However, these perspectives also expose critical gaps in understanding, particularly among educators who often overlook the significance of housing insecurity in shaping educational outcomes. By situating these challenges within the broader context of systemic housing issues, this research underscores the need for comprehensive, community-based interventions that address the root causes of educational inequities among Roma students. The study advocates for a holistic approach to educational equity—one that addresses both the material and psychological dimensions of housing insecurity, thereby creating pathways for genuine social mobility and inclusion for Roma children.
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    Citation - WoS: 3
    Citation - Scopus: 3
    Two Decades of Research on Roma in Türkiye: Socioeconomic Exclusion, Identity, and State Policies
    (Liverpool Univ Press, 2024) Celik, Faika; Uştuk, Ozan; Ustuk, Ozan
    The scholarly investigation of Roma communities in Turkiye has intensified since the 2000s, largely driven by Turkiye's EU accession candidacy and subsequent adaptation process. This alignment, along with internal developments, prompted governments to prioritize Roma issues, implement projects, and issue action plans. The Roma Civil Society Movement in the 1990s further highlighted Roma challenges, resulting in a diverse body of literature. This study critically examines academic literature to map prevailing trends and thematic foci. Key areas of scholarly engagement include the various dimensions of socio-economic exclusion faced by Roma in education, employment, housing, and health. Additionally, scholars analyze how Roma negotiate and resist pejorative representations, construct their identities, and organize to address contemporary challenges. State policies affecting Roma, from past to present, also receive considerable attention. By critically engaging with this scholarship, the present study highlights significant progress and ongoing challenges in Romani Studies in Turkiye, offering insights into future research directions.
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    Citation - WoS: 4
    Citation - Scopus: 2
    Unwanted Others of the City: Counter-Cultural Production of the Roma People of Urla-Turkey
    (Taylor & Francis, 2024) Uştuk, Ozan
    This article examines a case of urban displacement and its impact on the local Roma community by uncovering the discursive strategies of the local governments and the tactical responses of the local people. Based on two-year-long ethnographic research, this study aims to understand the intricate dynamics of the counter-cultural production of the Roma people as a response to gentrification policies of local governments. The rapid rise of the rent value of land has motivated the capital class to force an exile strategy on Roma and accelerated existing segregation policies. During this time, some discursive strategies to manufacture public consent about the gentrification have circulated to change the representation of the Roma identity, replacing their imagery in mainstream society by mainly signifying them as the undeserving poor. This research aims to understand how strategic discourses and actions have positioned Roma in the societal and cultural sphere and in response, how everyday tactics of the Roma engenders counter-cultural forms through intercultural communication.
  • Book Review
    Andrew Ryder, Marius Taba and Nidhi Trehan (editors) (2021) Romani Communities and Transformative Change: a New Social Europe.
    (Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi, 2021) Uştuk, Ozan
    Andrew Ryder, Marius Taba ve Nidhi Trehan’ın editörlüklerini yaptıkları Romani Communities and Transformative Change [Roman Toplulukları ve Dönüşümsel Değişim] (2021), Roman Çalışmaları alanında Avrupa eksenindeki güncel tartışmaları eleştirel bir kavrayışla ele alan önemli bir metindir. Corvinus Üniversitesi’nde Sosyoloji Doçenti olarak çalışan Andrew Ryder Roman Eğitim Fonu’nun yönetim kurulu üyesidir. Ryder, yerel düzeyde Roman aktivizmine gönül vermiş ve 2004 yılında Liberty Human Rights ödülü alan Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform Coalition’da görev almıştır. Bucharest Üniversitesinden Sosyoloji Doktoru ünvanını alan Marius Taba, 15 yılı aşkın süreyle uluslararası ve yerel düzeylerde Romanlara yönelik politika geliştirme ve eğitim reformları başta olmak üzere sayısız projeye katkıda bulunmuştur. Siyaset sosyolojisi alanında çalışan Nidhi Trehan, doktora çalışmasını London School of Economics and Political Science ve doktora sonrası çalışmasını University College London’da tamamlamıştır. 1996’dan beri insan hakları, sosyal politika ve eğitim alanlarında aktif olarak çalışan Trehan, Avrupa’daki Roman topluluklarına yönelik insan hakları ve sivil toplum ve sosyal hareketler konularında yayınlar yapmaktadır.
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    Citation - WoS: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 6
    Valuing Groundwater Heritage: the Historic Wells of Kadıovacık
    (Springer, 2021) Yüceer, Hülya; Baba, Alper; Özcan Gönülal, Yasemin; Uştuk, Ozan; Gerçek, Deniz; Güler, Selen; Uzelli, Taygun
    The consideration of the subject of water resources, seen as a part of cultural heritage, generally includes water-related architectural structures such as bridges, aqueducts, and cisterns. Groundwater resources and related structures, however, receive little attention as heritage assets, and they are mostly forgotten together with the valuable information they hold. In this sense, this study aims to provide an accurate assessment of groundwater heritage and to suggest proposals for conservation through the case of the historic wells of Kadıovacık village in the Urla district of İzmir. Although the region where the village is located is rich in groundwater resources, the residents have suffered from drought for ages due to the specific geological characteristics of the Kadıovacık polje. The limited amount of water resources in Kadıovacık village have karstic characteristics and have shaped the life and topography of the region. To access and harvest this limited groundwater, a group of wells had been constructed on the ridge of the hill. These wells have been idle since 1980s with the supply of city main water. In line with the aim, a comprehensive heritage valuation by an interdisciplinary group of experts is essential to reveal the significance of the relatively humble wells. Accordingly, a multi-method system is used, including historical, social, cultural, architectural, geological, hydrogeological, and environmental aspects. The results show that although the wells are generally considered to be less important as heritage assets in terms of their physical features, an in-depth evaluation demonstrates their high significance for the village community.
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    Citation - WoS: 1
    Citation - Scopus: 1
    Roman Kimliğinin Çatışmalı İnşası: “fotokopi Romanlık” Karşısında Otantik Romanlık
    (2021) Uştuk, Ozan
    Roman kimliği ve temsiline yönelik yaklaşımlar, hem akademik mecrada hem de Romanlar arasında oldukça tartışmalıdır. Etnik bağlamı öne çıkan Roman kültürel kimliği, Romanlar ile Öteki (Gaco, Roman olmayanlar) arasında meydana gelen sınır ilişkileri aracılığıyla tesis edilmektedir. Roman kimliğinin heterojen yapısı oldukça çatışmalı bir kimlik inşası sürecine işaret etmektedir. Kültürel kimliğin kuruluşunda önemli bir etkisi olan grup içi çatışmaların etkilerini irdelemek, yekpare kültürel söylem repertuvarlarını kaydetmenin ötesine geçen, derinlemesine ve uzun soluklu etnografik araştırmalar sayesinde mümkündür. Eleştirel etnografya yaklaşımı benimsenen bu çalışmada, Roman-Gaco kültürlerarası iletişiminde üretmiş temsili çeşitlilik bir yana, bu iletişimsel süreçler ile farklı biçimlerde ilişkilenen Romanların kendi mahalleleri içinde meydana getirdikleri grup içi çatışmalara odaklanılmıştır. Bu nedenle, “otantik” ya da “gerçek” Romanlığın ne olması gerektiğine yönelik kültürel müzakere ve çatışmanın üretmekte olduğu heterojen ve parçalı kültürel yapı, öznelerin bakış açılarına ve seslerine kulak vererek irdelenmiştir. Bu sayede araştırma öznelerinin tarihselliğini ve yaratıcılığını yadsımadan,meydana getirdikleri özgül kimlik temsillerinin hegemonik söylemlerin içinde nasıl konumlandığı incelenmiştir.
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    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 4
    Roma People of Turkey Re-Write Their Cinematographic Images
    (SAGE Publications Inc., 2020) Uştuk, Ozan; Tunç Cox, Ayça
    The historical construction of the Roma image in Turkey, via both official and unofficial narratives, has constituted a derogatory repertoire. Their portrayal in the mainstream Turkish cinema and TV in particular has contributed to the predominant imaginary in circulation which essentially is based on common binaries and stereotypes. In order to challenge prevailing stereotypes about the Roma, we have conducted a transformative action research project with the Roma people of the Sira district in Izmir, Turkey, who volunteered to make their own films. This article provides an account of this community filmmaking project. Locating the Roma in the conceptual framework of subalternity, we ultimately investigate whether it is possible to talk about agency in regard to the Roma people of Turkey.
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    Citation - WoS: 4
    Citation - Scopus: 4
    The Roma Image in the Mainstream Turkish Audiovisual Media: Sixty Years of Stereotyping
    (Liverpool University Press, 2019) Cox, Ayça Tunç; Uştuk, Ozan
    This article seeks to address one of the most problematic lacunae in Turkey's political and academic landscape by examining the mediated images of the Roma people in Turkey. This long-neglected sub-cultural group in the Turkish context is mostly regarded as the “others” of society, who cannot speak for themselves. Their public imagination is, therefore, based heavily on narratives that are exclusively produced by non-Roma people. In order to reveal the historical construction of the popular Roma image in Turkey, we cover audiovisual material from the 1960s onward. Through a descriptive-interpretive analysis, we seek to explore how cultural and artistic narratives have contributed to and/or mirrored, and thus reproduced, the prevailing knowledge and imagination about the Roma people in Turkish society. © 2019 Liverpool University Press. All rights reserved.