Dispossession

This volume examines Russia's war on Ukraine. Scholars who have lived through the Russian invasion or who have conducted ethnographic research in the region for decades provide timely analysis of a war that will leave a lasting mark on the 21st century.

Autorentext

Catherine Wanner is Professor of Anthropology, History, and Religious Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Using ethnographic and archival methods, her research centers on the politics of religion, conflict mediation, and trauma healing. In 2020, she was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Prize from the Association for the Study of Eastern Christianity. She is the convener of the Working Group on Lived Religion in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. She is the author or editor of six books on Ukraine, most recently Everyday Religiosity and the Politics of Belonging in Ukraine (2022).

Klappentext

This volume examines Russia's war on Ukraine. Scholars who have lived through the Russian invasion or who have conducted ethnographic research in the region for decades provide timely analysis of a war that will leave a lasting mark on the 21st century.

Inhalt

Introduction: War and dispossession; Part I: Experiencing loss through dispossession and displacement; 1.The time that was taken from us: Temporal experiences after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine - Natalia Otrishchenko; 2. The emotional and behavioral consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine for the civilian population of Ukraine - Valentyna Pavlenko; 3. Population displacement and the Russian occupation of Crimea: Never again becomes Again and again - Greta Uehling; 4. No longer a citizen: Dispossession in Eastern Ukraine - Oleksandra Tarkhanova; 5. Fragmented lives, fragmented histories in Odesa - Marina Sapritsky-Nahum; 6. Faith and war: Grassroots Ukrainian Protestantism in the context of the Russian invasion - Tatiana Vagramenko; Part II: Radical openness and responding to dispossession; 7. Memes as antibodies: Creativity and resilience in the face of Russia's war - Laada Bilaniuk; 8. Russian Warship, Go F*ck Yourself: Circulating social media discourses in the Russia-Ukraine war - Bridget Goodman; 9. Responses to dispossession: Self-organization and the state - Emily Channell-Justice; 10. Women and gender equality in the Ukrainian Armed Forces - Tamara Martsenyuk; 11. Meeting the Other: Peacekeeping and religious actors in a time of war - Tetiana Kalenychenko.