Mike Doherty, Irish Traveller Movement in Britail – Whatever happened with Maria?

When:
February 26, 2014 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
2014-02-26T17:00:00+00:00
2014-02-26T18:30:00+00:00
Where:
Ruskin College Oxford
Ruskin Hall
Dunstan Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3 9BZ
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Louise Livesey

Mike Doherty, Irish Traveller Movement in Britail – Whatever happened with Maria? Gypsy, Roma, Travellers and Cohen’s moral panic
The recent furore over Maria, the girl “found” in Greece with a Roma family whose picture went around the world, illustrates yet again the moral panic over Roma and Traveller communities existence in Europe. Mike (ITMB and Travellers Times) will explore this case, and that of the Linfoot family, to expose the moral panic in contemporary Britain. All welcome, free.