ABSTRACT

The chapter introduces what the author calls the im/mobile ethnography of the movements, connections, and networks of, between, and among Romani groups. It argues the need for a comprehensive approach that considers the complex enmeshments of multiple im/mobilities. These include but are not limited to: border crossings, changes in residence, family or friend visits, business and economic tactics and strategies, activism or educational journeys, virtual travel, among others. Through a fieldwork snapshot, the article presents the need of adapting multi-sited ethnography and mobile methods to the project respondents’ lives, which could very well be included into the ‘hyper-mobile’ spectrum.