Disruptive Journeys: Multi-Sited Archives of ‘Invasion’ and the Everyday

West, T ORCID: 0000-0001-7128-8898 (2026) Disruptive Journeys: Multi-Sited Archives of ‘Invasion’ and the Everyday European History Quarterly, 56 (1). pp. 31-45. ISSN 0265-6914, 1461-7110

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Abstract

This article uses print and associated visual media to investigate the sensationalist reportage of, and the local responses to, a transnational journey undertaken over a century ago. Referred to at the time as the ‘German Gipsy Invasion’, this was a widely reported and highly debated journey of German Roma and Sinti across the UK. The exploration of the media coverage of this event provides a way to geographically and narratively track the activities and local interactions undertaken within a temporary and high-profile migration. It also enables the exploration of domestic, locale-specific discourses around migration, spectacle and the everyday. This paper seeks to explore how, and where, the event was documented in order to explore how it was remembered and later archived. It asks how a perceived spectacle, and the memory of that spectacle, is subsumed into the everydayness of place.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	migration, newspaper archives, photography, place memory, Romani history
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences > School of Histories, Languages and Cultures Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences > School of Histories, Languages and Cultures > Languages, Cultures and Film
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2025 15:01
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2026 20:39
DOI:	10.1177/02656914251401527
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1177/02656914251401527
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3195860
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