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ional development, sustainability, and marginalization 32 Roma, social exclusion, and Romani settlements
as marginalized places: The case of Loke
Alenka Janko Spreizer
University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities,
Institute of Intercultural Studies and Department of Anthropology
and Cultural Studies, Titov trg 5, SI-6000 Koper, Slovenia
This anthropological contribution to marginality examines the nar-
ratives and imaginaries of Roma, social exclusion, and Romani set-
tlements as marginalized places. In the first part, the paper focus-
es on the Romani studies and their exploration of space and place.
In the second part of the presentation, the case of Loke, a Romani
settlement near Krško is explored. Loke is known as a Romani lo-
cation where Roma received the land under the previous political
regime after WWII, as an exchange for their work in forestry, when
they planted trees. The company for forestry gave them land to be
used with permission to set up shacks and tents. The two central
questions of this contribution are: firstly, how did Roma construct
and change the meanings of their social exclusion (or social margin-
ality) and the geographical marginality of their settlement when the
legalization of Romani settlements near the Krško area (SE of Slo-
venia) was already underway; secondly, how is the meaning of lo-
calities (which is usually constituted through movement) construct-
ed in Romani narratives of belonging to a marginal place (cf. Shields
1991)?
Key words: Roma, Roma settlements, Loke, marginalization,
Slovenia
Deghettoization means demarginalization. The planned
process of spatial integration of Roma settlements in
Slovenia
Jernej Zupančič
Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts University of Ljubljana,
Aškerčeva 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
This article deals with the process of the spatial and social transfor-
mation of Roma settlements in Slovenia. The focus of the discussion
comprises the construction-planning process in which the Roma
settlements vary from that of the usual village and is included in the
as marginalized places: The case of Loke
Alenka Janko Spreizer
University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities,
Institute of Intercultural Studies and Department of Anthropology
and Cultural Studies, Titov trg 5, SI-6000 Koper, Slovenia
This anthropological contribution to marginality examines the nar-
ratives and imaginaries of Roma, social exclusion, and Romani set-
tlements as marginalized places. In the first part, the paper focus-
es on the Romani studies and their exploration of space and place.
In the second part of the presentation, the case of Loke, a Romani
settlement near Krško is explored. Loke is known as a Romani lo-
cation where Roma received the land under the previous political
regime after WWII, as an exchange for their work in forestry, when
they planted trees. The company for forestry gave them land to be
used with permission to set up shacks and tents. The two central
questions of this contribution are: firstly, how did Roma construct
and change the meanings of their social exclusion (or social margin-
ality) and the geographical marginality of their settlement when the
legalization of Romani settlements near the Krško area (SE of Slo-
venia) was already underway; secondly, how is the meaning of lo-
calities (which is usually constituted through movement) construct-
ed in Romani narratives of belonging to a marginal place (cf. Shields
1991)?
Key words: Roma, Roma settlements, Loke, marginalization,
Slovenia
Deghettoization means demarginalization. The planned
process of spatial integration of Roma settlements in
Slovenia
Jernej Zupančič
Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts University of Ljubljana,
Aškerčeva 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
This article deals with the process of the spatial and social transfor-
mation of Roma settlements in Slovenia. The focus of the discussion
comprises the construction-planning process in which the Roma
settlements vary from that of the usual village and is included in the
