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Books by Markus End

This shorter volume summarizes the research approach and findings of the study Antiziganismus in ... more This shorter volume summarizes the research approach and findings of the study Antiziganismus in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit. Strategien und Mechanismen medialer Kommunikation (Antigypsyism in the German Public Sphere. Strategies and Mechanisms of Media Communication) by Markus End, translated into English by William Templer. It is intended to provide journalists and those working in the political sphere with a quick overview of the findings of the study. The introductory sections and the conclusion of the study were slightly revised for this short version. Initially it provides a brief overview of previous debates on the representation of Sinti, Roma and others stigmatized as "Gypsies" in the German media. The following section explains the approach here to criticism of antigypsyism. The findings are then briefly presented organized in terms of the strategies and mechanisms that the author was able to find and analyze in the framework of the investigation.

In October 2013, more than 100 scholars gathered at an international conference in Uppsala to dis... more In October 2013, more than 100 scholars gathered at an international conference in Uppsala to discuss ways to identify and analyse a theme which in recent years has attracted growing attention: the discrimination, marginalisation and persecution of Romanies. The approaches adopted in this volume range from critical theory, semiotics, discourse and cultural analysis to intersectional perspectives. Many contributors here argue for a conceptual understanding of this phenomenon that goes beyond the notions of anti-Romani racism or Romaphobia, suggesting a shift in focus towards the prevailing prejudice in majority societies. The controversial core theme discussed in this book is the appropriateness and the theoretical understanding of the term “antiziganism” and its analogue “antigypsyism.” The essays explore empirical findings from the news media, film, literature and theatre, as well as contemporary and historical realities in Germany, Kosovo, Norway, the former Ottoman Empire, the Soviet Union, Romania, Sweden, and the US. The striking historical and geographic continuity of stereotypes and the different modes of antiziganist practice comprise a central theme here, along with a focus on the counter-discourse of Romanies. Since comprehensive literature on this topic in Romani studies has, to date, been rare, this volume provides necessary readings for the debate among scholars, policy-makers and activists.

Papers by Markus End

ZRex – Zeitschrift für Rechtsextremismusforschung

End M. Das soziale Phänomen des Antiziganismus: theoretisches Verständnis, empirische Analyse, Pr... more End M. Das soziale Phänomen des Antiziganismus: theoretisches Verständnis, empirische Analyse, Präventionsmöglichkeiten. Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld; 2017

Bartels A, von Borcke T, Friedrich A, End M, Wolf AB. Versuch einer Bibliographie. In: Bartels A,... more Bartels A, von Borcke T, Friedrich A, End M, Wolf AB. Versuch einer Bibliographie. In: Bartels A, von Borcke T, End M, Friedrich A, eds. Antiziganistische Zustände 2. Kritische Positionen gegen gewaltvolle Verhältnisse. Münster: Unrast; 2013: 314-355

Antigitanismo Trece miradas, 2021, ISBN 978-84-122762-7-5, págs. 159-176, 2021

Identities, 2017

ABSTRACT This paper analyses the powerful stereotypical media discourse that shapes and reproduce... more ABSTRACT This paper analyses the powerful stereotypical media discourse that shapes and reproduces a certain racialised and prejudiced perception of people identified as “Roma” in Germany. Using a close analysis of a single picture – appearing as harmless at first glance – and through the reconstruction of its various interpretational contexts and semantics the paper identifies mechanisms used in stereotypical media coverage of “Roma”. This qualitative analysis draws on media analysis of antigypsyism as well as on research of photographic construction of the “gypsy” in order to analyse the contemporary visual regime of “Roma” in Germany. As it portrays “the Roma” as a fundamentally different and socially deviant group, this visual stereotyping is shown to be an integral element of the persistent antigypsyist ideology, deeply embedded in German society.

Neue Politische Literatur, 2012

This chapter analyses German police press releases and other media coverage and shows that, to da... more This chapter analyses German police press releases and other media coverage and shows that, to date, German police authorities continue to exercise biased and racialized approaches to Sinti, Roma, and other peoples whom they perceive to be “gypsy-like”. These approaches are based on the narrative of a “gypsy threat” that results in practices of securitizing those perceived as “gypsies”. Common practices include the continued collection of “ethnic” data as well as warnings to the general population of an alleged threat of “gypsy crime”. The chapter argues that this narrative is interwoven with a specific visual police regime of the “criminal gypsy” as a sub-regime of the more general visual regime of “the gypsy”, further supporting practices of racial profiling and social exclusion.

Konstellationen des Antiziganismus, 2016

Carmen, Django und die Anderen Zur gesellschaftlichen Genese des Antiziganismus Einleitung Antizi... more Carmen, Django und die Anderen Zur gesellschaftlichen Genese des Antiziganismus Einleitung Antiziganismus bedeutet die Einheit des Ressentiments gegen die "Zigeuner" mit der diskriminatorischen Praxis gegen vom Ressentiment betroffene Sinti und Roma. Er existiert in verschiedenen Formen seit über 500 Jahren und hat sein reales Vernichtungspotential im Holocaust an den Sinti und Roma offenbart. Und noch immer nehmen diese (einer Emnid-Studie von 1994 zufolge) mit 68% Ablehnung den traurigen Spitzenplatz in der Ressentimentstruktur der Deutschen ein. Gleichzeitig und trotzdem steht die Forschung zu diesem Thema immer noch erst am Anfang und stellt kaum eine spezifische Forschungsdisziplin dar. Häufig wird Antiziganismus somit nicht als eigenständiges Phänomen wahrgenommen. Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Antiziganismus, die über die bloße Erwähnung hinausgeht, ist in Publikationen zu Nationalsozialismus oder Rassismus beinahe ebenso selten erkennbar, wie in den europäischen Mehrheitsgesellschaften oder den Diskursen der europäischen Linken. Der geringe Umfang der Forschung zu diesem Thema ist umso schwerer zu verstehen, als bereits anschlussfähige Theorieansätze bestehen, die Anwendung bei der Erforschung anderer Ressentiments gefunden haben und die für eine Kritik des Antiziganismus fruchtbar gemacht werden können.

This shorter volume summarizes the research approach and findings of the study Antiziganismus in ... more This shorter volume summarizes the research approach and findings of the study Antiziganismus in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit. Strategien und Mechanismen medialer Kommunikation (Antigypsyism in the German Public Sphere. Strategies and Mechanisms of Media Communication) by Markus End, translated into English by William Templer. It is intended to provide journalists and those working in the political sphere with a quick overview of the findings of the study. The introductory sections and the conclusion of the study were slightly revised for this short version. Initially it provides a brief overview of previous debates on the representation of Sinti, Roma and others stigmatized as "Gypsies" in the German media. The following section explains the approach here to criticism of antigypsyism. The findings are then briefly presented organized in terms of the strategies and mechanisms that the author was able to find and analyze in the framework of the investigation.

In October 2013, more than 100 scholars gathered at an international conference in Uppsala to dis... more In October 2013, more than 100 scholars gathered at an international conference in Uppsala to discuss ways to identify and analyse a theme which in recent years has attracted growing attention: the discrimination, marginalisation and persecution of Romanies. The approaches adopted in this volume range from critical theory, semiotics, discourse and cultural analysis to intersectional perspectives. Many contributors here argue for a conceptual understanding of this phenomenon that goes beyond the notions of anti-Romani racism or Romaphobia, suggesting a shift in focus towards the prevailing prejudice in majority societies. The controversial core theme discussed in this book is the appropriateness and the theoretical understanding of the term “antiziganism” and its analogue “antigypsyism.” The essays explore empirical findings from the news media, film, literature and theatre, as well as contemporary and historical realities in Germany, Kosovo, Norway, the former Ottoman Empire, the Soviet Union, Romania, Sweden, and the US. The striking historical and geographic continuity of stereotypes and the different modes of antiziganist practice comprise a central theme here, along with a focus on the counter-discourse of Romanies. Since comprehensive literature on this topic in Romani studies has, to date, been rare, this volume provides necessary readings for the debate among scholars, policy-makers and activists.

ZRex – Zeitschrift für Rechtsextremismusforschung

End M. Das soziale Phänomen des Antiziganismus: theoretisches Verständnis, empirische Analyse, Pr... more End M. Das soziale Phänomen des Antiziganismus: theoretisches Verständnis, empirische Analyse, Präventionsmöglichkeiten. Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld; 2017

Bartels A, von Borcke T, Friedrich A, End M, Wolf AB. Versuch einer Bibliographie. In: Bartels A,... more Bartels A, von Borcke T, Friedrich A, End M, Wolf AB. Versuch einer Bibliographie. In: Bartels A, von Borcke T, End M, Friedrich A, eds. Antiziganistische Zustände 2. Kritische Positionen gegen gewaltvolle Verhältnisse. Münster: Unrast; 2013: 314-355

Antigitanismo Trece miradas, 2021, ISBN 978-84-122762-7-5, págs. 159-176, 2021

Identities, 2017

ABSTRACT This paper analyses the powerful stereotypical media discourse that shapes and reproduce... more ABSTRACT This paper analyses the powerful stereotypical media discourse that shapes and reproduces a certain racialised and prejudiced perception of people identified as “Roma” in Germany. Using a close analysis of a single picture – appearing as harmless at first glance – and through the reconstruction of its various interpretational contexts and semantics the paper identifies mechanisms used in stereotypical media coverage of “Roma”. This qualitative analysis draws on media analysis of antigypsyism as well as on research of photographic construction of the “gypsy” in order to analyse the contemporary visual regime of “Roma” in Germany. As it portrays “the Roma” as a fundamentally different and socially deviant group, this visual stereotyping is shown to be an integral element of the persistent antigypsyist ideology, deeply embedded in German society.

Neue Politische Literatur, 2012

This chapter analyses German police press releases and other media coverage and shows that, to da... more This chapter analyses German police press releases and other media coverage and shows that, to date, German police authorities continue to exercise biased and racialized approaches to Sinti, Roma, and other peoples whom they perceive to be “gypsy-like”. These approaches are based on the narrative of a “gypsy threat” that results in practices of securitizing those perceived as “gypsies”. Common practices include the continued collection of “ethnic” data as well as warnings to the general population of an alleged threat of “gypsy crime”. The chapter argues that this narrative is interwoven with a specific visual police regime of the “criminal gypsy” as a sub-regime of the more general visual regime of “the gypsy”, further supporting practices of racial profiling and social exclusion.

Konstellationen des Antiziganismus, 2016

Carmen, Django und die Anderen Zur gesellschaftlichen Genese des Antiziganismus Einleitung Antizi... more Carmen, Django und die Anderen Zur gesellschaftlichen Genese des Antiziganismus Einleitung Antiziganismus bedeutet die Einheit des Ressentiments gegen die "Zigeuner" mit der diskriminatorischen Praxis gegen vom Ressentiment betroffene Sinti und Roma. Er existiert in verschiedenen Formen seit über 500 Jahren und hat sein reales Vernichtungspotential im Holocaust an den Sinti und Roma offenbart. Und noch immer nehmen diese (einer Emnid-Studie von 1994 zufolge) mit 68% Ablehnung den traurigen Spitzenplatz in der Ressentimentstruktur der Deutschen ein. Gleichzeitig und trotzdem steht die Forschung zu diesem Thema immer noch erst am Anfang und stellt kaum eine spezifische Forschungsdisziplin dar. Häufig wird Antiziganismus somit nicht als eigenständiges Phänomen wahrgenommen. Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Antiziganismus, die über die bloße Erwähnung hinausgeht, ist in Publikationen zu Nationalsozialismus oder Rassismus beinahe ebenso selten erkennbar, wie in den europäischen Mehrheitsgesellschaften oder den Diskursen der europäischen Linken. Der geringe Umfang der Forschung zu diesem Thema ist umso schwerer zu verstehen, als bereits anschlussfähige Theorieansätze bestehen, die Anwendung bei der Erforschung anderer Ressentiments gefunden haben und die für eine Kritik des Antiziganismus fruchtbar gemacht werden können.