%0 Journal Article %T The Confession of a (Former?) Colonizer %A Bartosz, Adam %J Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora %V 2023 (XLIX) %R 10.4467/25444972SMPP.23.051.19642 %N Vol. 4 (190) %P 305-330 %@ 2081-4488 %D 2024 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/smpp/article/spowiedz-bylego-kolonizatora-prolegomena %X The author is an experienced researcher of the Roma community, which has been – among the others – the field of his study for over the last half a century. Speaking from this position, he attempts to respond to the process of decolonization of Romological research, practiced in recent years. Having noticed a number of typically colonizing elements in his own research practice, he raises questions about both the ethical and substantive assessments of this activity. He also points to the – unconscious (?) – continuation of colonization practices carried out by contemporary critics of the research, applied to Romani studies by the former colonizers.