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  Between Engagement and Isolation: Population Genetics and Transnational Nationalism in South Korea

Hyun, J. (2020). Between Engagement and Isolation: Population Genetics and Transnational Nationalism in South Korea. Hanguk kwahaksa hakhoe-ji, 42(2), 357-380. doi:10.36092/KJHS.2020.42.2.357.

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Hyun, Jaehwan1, Author           
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1Department Artifacts, Action, Knowledge, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Max Planck Society, ou_2266697              

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 Abstract: This paper examines the rise and fall of genetic research on the Korean population from the 1960s to the 1980s. The research program, which was mainly undertaken by Korean geneticists who worked at or graduated from the Department of Zoology, Seoul National University, was inherently nationalist in sentiment. Engaging with the recent literature in Cold War scientific collaboration in population genetics, this paper focuses on the role of transnational exchange in the shaping of this nationalist science in South Korea. It argues that the dynamics of opportunistic collaboration of the Korean geneticists with foreign researchers over three decades was one of the crucial factors in the emergence and eclipse of the research program. This study will contribute to the previous literature by illuminating the marginal nature of Korean geneticists’ collaboration and their ambivalent attitudes towards collaboration, and suggesting the needs to pay more attention to the multidimensional aspects of trans-national exchange during that period.

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Language(s): kor - Korean
 Dates: 20202020
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Table of Contents: Introduction
Koreans-Scientifically Uninteresting Population?
Making Transnational but Peripheral Connections
Retraining in an American Clinical Genetics Lab
Self-Sufficiency: Population Genetics as an Inward-Looking Science
Conclusion
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.36092/KJHS.2020.42.2.357
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Title: Hanguk kwahaksa hakhoe-ji
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 42 (2) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 357 - 380 Identifier: ZDB: 2065483-2