Alexander Mušinka – The Svinia Project 2. Supporting Education and Employment.
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Alexander Mušinka is a cultural anthropologist, an expert in Ruthenian-Ukrainian as well as in Romani issues. He studied ethnology and history at Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. Since 1997, he has been working as a researcher at the University of Prešov in Prešov, currently at the Institute of Roma Studies, and is active in the non-governmental sector. He participated in many research, non-governmental and development projects related to Roma communities, especially in the Eastern Slovakia. He is the chairman of the Society for Research and Development of Minority Groups of the Slovak Republic - MINORITAS, the chairman of the Regional Center for Roma Issues in Prešov and he is also the vice-chairman of the Center for Anthropological Research in Prešov. His publishing activity, whether as author or co-author, is rich, resulting in dozens of publications, anthologies and scientific studies. The Svinia Project was a development project that began in 1998 in the Roma settlement of Svinia with Alexander Mušinka as its coordinator. In the second part of the interview, he talks in more detail about specific activities in the settlement, about civic participation of local Roma, about support for education and employment. Why it was necessary to build a kindergarten for local children, how they supported children's meals at school, up to extracurricular activities and establishment of various workshops for Roma adults in the settlement.
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 07. 07. 2021
category: speaking
tags: retrospective factual monologue guided Slovak Alexander Mušinka The Institute for Romani Studies general audience internal
