War in Ukraine: Between Lived Experience and Public Discourse - (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Drawing on autobiographies, interviews, archival materials and statistical data, as well as referencing current academic literature, this book provides an in-depth and critical analysis of biographical, social and cultural phenomena and processes related to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The integration of a plurality of theoretical frameworks (trauma, memory, decolonisation, "hostipality") furnishes a comprehensive insight into the multifaceted impact of war on individuals and societies and scrutinises ways of comprehending reality in periods of collective and individual experiences of disorderly social processes and feelings of alienation. This renders the work not only academically robust, but also socially significant.

Contributors are: Kristina But, Marcin Deutschmann, Tomasz Ferenc, Daniel Guigui, Katarzyna Kalinowska, Nataliia Kostenko, Katarzyna Krakowska, Kamil Luczaj, Anastasiia Mykolenko, Jędrzej Olejniczak, Natalia Otrishchenko, Liudmyla Skokova, Joanna Wygnańska.

About the Author

Kaźmierska, Kaja, Ph.D., is a titular professor and Head of the Department of Sociology of Culture and the Centre for Biographical Research and Oral History at the University of Lódź. She is a sociologist specialising in biographical research, collective identity, generations and biographical memory.

Waniek, Katarzyna, Ph.D., is an Associate professor of sociology at the University of Lódź, Poland. Her primary area of expertise is the autobiographical interview method. Her research focuses on the processes of suffering and disorder related to migration, socio-cultural changes, transformation and exclusion.