Ethnic Societies’ Academic Studies as a Part of their Sociocultural Integration (By the Example of Romani Studies)

By the example of Romani studies, the article analyzes the problem of the small nations and ethnic minorities’ integration into the scientific and social communicative space, and the problem of the ethnic elite inclusion in the relevant professional layer. This process, associated with inclusion of the ethnic society representatives in the widest possible scope of macro communities, is considered as one of the important aspects of the human capital development in multicultural societies, and of the formation of all their members’ civic identity. The article reviews the features of the Roma integration in the environment, their groups’ current social status, as well as the relation towards them from the state and society. The data on academic Romani studies, and the main romalogical projects and initiatives in Russia and in the world, are systematized. The article summarizes the role of the scientific studies in the field of small peoples and ethnic minorities’ sociocultural integration.

ethnic societies, Roma, ethnic elite, Romani studies, sociocultural development, integration, scientific expertise

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