Relaciones y experiencias de los gitanos y los rom con la escuela. Una aproximación comparativa

This article examines some similarities and differences between schooling strategies and practices of two Gitano/Rom groups. Based on ethnographic field work carried out with Gitano in Badalona (Spain) and with Rom in Bogotá (Colombia) as well as in the corresponding local schools, I will analyse some social and political conditions that lead to apparently similar schooling strategies in those communities, while underlying motives show significant differences in it. Moreover, I will also allude to within group variability. The article proposes some elements of a wider analytical framework in order to approach our issue.