GRANTEE
This oral history project was established in May of 2022, a month after the deoccupation of Chernihiv, by volunteer scholars from various scientific institutions of Ukraine with support from the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Chernihiv City Council and the NGO “Center of Applied Anthropology.”
The main objective of the project is to document and preserve the testimonies of witnesses/participants of the full-scale Russo-Ukrainian War to further interpret them for scholarly use. Geographically, the project encompasses the city of Chernihiv and Chernihiv region, expanding to other areas in the long run.
The scope of the research includes not only Russian war crimes on Ukrainian territories, but also features of day-to-day life in times of war, such as nutrition, hygiene, shelter setup, survival strategies under occupation, siege and hostilities, life in evacuation, the volunteer movement, war folklore, and the experiences of scholars during the full-scale invasion, among others.