ABSTRACT
Indigenous Romani researchers and non-Roma researchers worked together in mixed teams oriented toward the creation of new knowledge relevant for the improvement of the Roma situation. This chapter provides some context for the Roma leaders standing firm in their views about what research the Roma would be involved in. Teresa Sord focuses on analyzing and overcoming inequalities of the Roma people; Roco Garca focuses on education; and Patricia Melgar focuses on gender issues. Communicative methodology (CM) in Romani studies emerged from two main strands; first, the most recent contemporary social sciences theories grant dialogue a crucial role in explaining everyday social relation. Second, CM represents a response to the Romani demand for research in which they are the real protagonists. The research community should come up with alternative solutions to integrate the Roma experience and voice into the processes of knowledge creation.
