Conversations with Those Who Ask About War: Practices of Interviewing During Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3837682773 ISBN 13: 9783837682779

Publisher: transcript, 2026

Synopsis

How can best practices be developed for collecting, preserving, and publishing eyewitness accounts of a war that is still ongoing? The contributions offer insights into practices of interviewing witnesses of the first months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Each chapter introduces researchers and practitioners who began documenting the war while living through it, driven by a desire for justice, preservation of memory, and community building. As a dialogic and multifaceted volume, it welcomes collaborative thinking and serves as a methodological guide and a space for frankness and sensitivity, capturing the academic community’s response to the challenges posed by extraordinary circumstances and existential threats.

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About the Author

Natalia Otrishchenko, born in 1989, works as a researcher and sociologist at the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe in Lviv. In 2022-23, she was a Fulbright visiting scholar at Columbia University. She leads the Ukrainian team in the international documentation initiative “24.02.22, 5 am: Testimonies from the War”. Her research focuses on qualitative research methods, oral history, urban sociology, and sociology of expertise.

Edition details

• Publisher: transcript
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837682773
• ISBN 13: 9783837682779
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190
• Editor: Natalia Otrishchenko