The special issue of Romani Studies entitled “Romani people as object and subject of scientific inquiry: Scientification of Roma or RomaNization of science?” brings forward innovative approaches to critically revise the most disseminated epistemic platforms for studying the past and the presence of Romani people. This collection should be accepted as a step to overcoming the contemporary epistemic crisis in studying minorities which stems from opposition of two extremes, namely, relegating the specifics of social groups on the margins of research interest in order to avoid the risk of essentialization and privileging the voices of those on “periphery” as the exclusively endowed with the right to produce knowledge. Instead struggling with this clearly false dilemma, we offer the range of highly contextualized cases of epistemic neglect or injustice that Romani people expose and the strategies to reestablish justice in producing knowledge regarding this group.

This book is included in DOAB.