Analysis of cultural and social life of Roma in Lunik IX during 30 years of history of the founding of the Slovak Republic

Author: Ing. Peter Sivák, PhD. EUR ING This study discusses the cultural and social life of Roma in the currently largest Roma housing estate in Slovakia, in the city district of Košice - Lunik IX. The aim was to identify and describe transformations in the cultural and social life of Roma, as well as in the field of preservation and development, culture, and language in the locality from 1993 to 2023. The aim of this work was to provide the reader with an authentic view of the assessment of the cultural heritage of the Roma since the time of the change from Czechoslovakia to an independent Slovak Republic and the development of cultural and social changes on the part of the Roma themselves living on Lunik IX. The research part includes an analysis of semi-structured interviews with 14 Roma respondents from Lunik IX. You can find the full text in Prohuman magazine.