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Social Anthropology of filling the Void: Poland and Ukraine after World War II

The central concept of the research project is «social void», a phenomenon that was characteristic of Central and Eastern Europe during and immediately after World War II as a result of mass ethnic cleansing, political revolutions, forced displacement and migration. The project focuses both on the material dimension of post-war social change (e.g. acquisition of property) and the subjective sphere of social practices and ...

Female, born 1930

An interview with a native and permanent resident of the village Kuriany, now Berezhany district. From the pre-war period, the woman recalled education at school and teachers; she also vaguely recalled interethnic cohabitation.

Female, born 1930

An interview with a native and permanent resident of the village Lany of Peremyshlyany district. When a teenager, the woman studied at school in Bibrka and thus recalls the ghetto and shootings of Jews in the town.

Female, born 1937

An interview with a native and permanent resident of the village Utikhovychi of Peremyshlyany district. Considering the woman’s age, the conversation was mainly concerned with the end of the war and the post-war years under the Soviet government.

Female, born 1927

An interview with a native resident of the village Kuriany of Berezhany district, whose father was killed by the Ukrainian nationalist underground.

Female, born 1930

An interview with a native resident of the village Koropets, Monastyrysk district, contains the history of the local landlord’s family and the mental map of the town.

Female, born 1932

An interview with a woman born in Lviv, a permanent resident of the village Hlibiv, Husiatyn district, has the description of the interethnic relationships and migrations.

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Social Anthropology of filling the Void: Poland and Ukraine after World War II