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This is a Qualitative Analysis study.

September 5, 2025Traditiones0 citationsOpen Access

Medical Geneticists’ Interpretations of Genetic Disorders in Roma Communities in Post-Socialist Hungary

Key Points

Geneticists' interpretations of genetic disorders reveal significant tensions between genetics and sociocultural contexts.
Interviews with geneticists highlight how ethnic classification can frame heritable disorders as ethnic diseases, leading to biases.
Analysis of social imaginaries shows their influence on the production of genetic knowledge about Roma communities.
Ethical implications emerge from translating sociocultural differences into biological terms within genetics.

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.

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Barna Szamosi (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb4e016d6d5674bcd02962 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3986/traditio2025540201

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