Ukrainian Anthropologists at War
23 March 2022
The presentation Ukrainian Anthropologists at War will offer insider reflections on Russia’s war in Ukraine through an anthropological lens. The presenters are Julia Buyskykh and Tina Polek, Ukrainian anthropologists who remain in the country during this horrific time. Drawing on her own experiences of the bombing of Kyiv and an evacuation train ride to the city of Khmelnytskyi, Dr. Buyskykh will discuss what constitutes the “everyday” during war for those on the home front. Dr. Polek will reflect on the meanings of online communication in today’s Ukraine, addressing personal correspondence, social media, and Internet memes. The presentation is organized by the Kule Folklore Centre at the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta.
Monday, March 28, 2022
Dr. Julia Buyskykh is a historian and socio-cultural anthropologist affiliated with the Institute of History of Ukraine and the Kyiv-based Centre for Applied Anthropology. She spent the academic year of 2019- 2020 at Pennsylvania State University as a Fulbright scholar. Her research interests include lived religion in post-Soviet space, inter-confessional relationships, memory and border studies, and Polish-Ukrainian shared history.
Dr. Tina Polek is a member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists and a co-founder of the NGO "Centre for Applied Anthropology." For the last four years, she has worked as an applied anthropologist in non-commercial projects and as a business anthropologist for Ukrainian companies.