Displaced cultural spaces: current Ukrainian refugees

1. Displaced cultural spaces: current Ukrainian refugees

2. The project is a part of a bigger international research project “Cultural contact zones” financed and realized by the Center for Governance and Culture in Europe university of St.Gallen in Switzerland • Project was lead by Dr.VictoriaSereda with participation of prof. OksanaMikheieva

3. Theoretical framework Process of resettling from Crimea and Donbas is accompanied by situations which in Grafinkel’s terms can be called “break of the frame” resettled people are pushed to rethink their identities, as well as the socio-cultural values associated with different worldview, traditions, models of behavior, language and religious practices, political dispositions, etc.

4. 1 785 740 1 100 000women700 000men

5. Time • June-September 2016

6. Methodology 61 in-depth interviews (9 in progress): 1. Internally displaced persons from the territory of the Crimean peninsula - 26 in-depth interviews. 2. Internally displaced persons from the occupied territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions - 35 in-depth interviews.

7. Sampling In each direction included two groups: those who left and stayed at the selected destination unsuccessful cases of resettlement (those who returned home) Respondents were selected according to: gender and parameters (male/female) age (young/old) Among other soft parameters: representativesof national/ethnicminorities, religious denominations social classes

8. Wherere to? Ukraine Ukraine-controlled territories in Donbass Bakhmut (Artemovsk), Dobropillia, Severodonetsk, Starobelsk, Other destinations East (Kharkiv,Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia), Center (Kyiv, Pryluky), West (Lviv) South (Kherson, Odesa).

9. Neighboring countries • Poland – Warsaw • Russia – Moscow, Salekhahrd (Arctic circle), Tumen (West Syberia), Cherepovets (Vologodska obl.), Pskov (Pskovskaya obl.), Mordovia • Germany – Greifswald • Turkey – in progress

10. Where from?

11. Luhansk oblast (Luhansk, Stakhanov, Pervomaisk, Antracyt, Debaltsevo, Shastia) • Donetsk oblast (Gorlovka, Donetsk, Makeevka, Elenovka (near Volnovakha), Yasinovata, Mariupol, Kharcyzsk, Avdeevka) Первомайськ Макеєвка Волноваха

12. Crimea Sevasopol, Evpatoria, Feodosia, Sudak, Simferopol, Alushta, Pionerske, Vinnytske Вінницьке Піонерське

13. Difficulties Fear – most difficult to reach Crimean group especially those, who returned to Crimea (unsuccessful attempt). There worked 4 interviewers (local, from Ukraine, from Russia, Crimean Tatar). Similar situation in Turkey after failed coup and LNR after failed association of their leader Post traumatic syndrome - (2 respondents were captured and tortured, several survived shelling) Sensitiveness and Silence - all interviewed respondents have relatives on occupied territories.

14. Thematic blocs 1 Circumstancesof relocation (when, why, how new place was chosen, level of acquaintance with a new location, whether they planned to move before, who helped and who made it more difficult) 2 Future of the region (vision of the future, whether border should be and where, what is “russiky mir”, whether and under which condition they would come back) 3 Previous travelling experience (if any, which destinations (including holy places, excursions, visits to mourning places), comparison of people/cultures)

15. 4 Description of their family (who left, who stayed, what are the sources of support) 5Reaction of relatives, neighbors, colleagues 6. Life before the resettlement (emotions about the city, material conditions, work, and how those conditions had changed) 7 Everyday life at the new place (registration, job, living conditions, structure of expenses, kids, religious needs, contacts with state structures and volunteers, advices for improvement or to future refugees) Thematic blocs

16. Thematic blocks 8. Experience a new urban space (first impressions, emotions, comparison with previous place, rootedness, positive and negative sides) 9. Social groups (identities) – (self-representation, “our” and “other”, ”superior” groups, visible social groups at the old and new place, group conflicts). 10. Social relations and networks (before and after, reception, attitudes) 11. Specific of cultural adaptation (whether people notice that they are not local, what are the main differentiating characteristics, language issue).

17. Thematic blocs 12 History and memory: What do they know about history of their own city and new location? What monuments are there? Whether they talk about the history in the family? Whether they talk about the history at work? What are the most positive/negative events/personalities in history of the country and locality? What holidays they celebrate?