Belarusian voices are few and far between in international debates about the ongoing protests in Belarus. In this webinar, Belarusian sociologists shared their views and analysis of the current protest wave. Among other things, they discussed the role of striking workers; class, gender, and violence; patterns of mobilization and self-organization; the mobilizing effects of trauma; the impact of urban space; the legacy of previous protests; the role of protest in forging different types of communities; and the ways in which the post-industrial shift and other long-term transformations in Belarusian society have affected its political economy. This webinar took place in English.
Participants:
Nelly Bekus, sociologist, University of Exter, UK
Elena Gapova, sociologist, Western Michigan University, USA / European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Aliaksei Lastouski, sociologist, Polotsk State University, Belarus
Alena Minchenia, gender scholar and social scientist, Lund University, Sweden
Andrey Vozyanov, social anthropologist, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania) / Minsk Urban Platform
Moderator: Mischa Gabowitsch, sociologist and historian, Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany
Organisers:
– Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany
– Ukraine in European Dialogue Program at IWM, Vienna (Chronicle from Belarus)
– Democracy Seminar (Public Seminar / Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, New School for Social Research, New York)
– Research Committee 47 Social Classes and Social Movements, International Sociological Association (www.isarc47.org)
