Centring Roma perspectives and critically interrogating Eastern European whiteness: Entry points toward decolonising Nordic education and knowledge production

This article foregrounds Roma-related research, from the perspective of a non-Roma Eastern European (EE) researcher, to discuss possibilities to construct EE-BPoC solidarities towards decolonising Nordic education and knowledge production. I apply the positionality of a non-Roma researcher coming from “the other Europe” while arguing for a centring of Roma perspectives and for critically interrogating EE whiteness as part of the modern white supremacist project as an entry point into race and decolonisation. The article thus carves a specific entry point into the ongoing process of decolonising Nordic education and knowledge production, through critical reflexivity, by bringing into dialogue fields of study and perspectives, which are not usually brought together, in new and unexpected ways.