Medical Geneticists’ Interpretations of Genetic Disorders in Roma Communities in Post-Socialist Hungary
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article investigates the utilization of ethnic classification by human geneticists in Hungary, with a particular focus on the Roma minority. Drawing on qualitative expert-interviews, it analyzes how historically situated social imaginaries inform the production of genetic knowledge. The study explores how human genetics constructs heritable disorders as ethnic diseases, exposing the epistemological and ethical tensions inherent in translating sociocultural difference into biological terms.
Source: Traditiones
Author: Barna Szamosi
Language: English
Topic: Race, Genetics, and Society
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: European Commission
Awards: G1434830613, G434337789
OpenAlex ID: W4413906070