IF, WHEN, AND HOW: RESEARCHING AND DOCUMENTING LIFE TRAJECTORIES OF FEMALE UKRAINIAN WAR REFUGEES IN POLAND Cover Image

CZY, KIEDY I JAK? BADANIE I DOKUMENTOWANIE LOSÓW UCHODŹCZYŃ WOJENNYCH Z UKRAINY W POLSCE
IF, WHEN, AND HOW: RESEARCHING AND DOCUMENTING LIFE TRAJECTORIES OF FEMALE UKRAINIAN WAR REFUGEES IN POLAND

Author(s): MAŁGORZATA ŁUKIANOW, Anna Wylegała
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Oral history, Migration Studies, Hermeneutics, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: Ukraine; Poland; oral history; refugees; digital hermeneutics; research ethics;

Summary/Abstract: The paper describes the process of designing and implementing the methodological and ethical assumptions in the project “24.02.2022 5 am: Testimonies from the War”, which aims to collect accounts of women war refugees from Ukraine in Poland. The planning phase of the project, cooperation with various institutions, and the formation and management of the research team are presented, together with the rules for selecting the women participants and the research tool plus its application. There is a substantial section on the ethics of the research and its practical implications, followed by the organisational and methodological assumptions in the context of how they affect the collection of recordings. Finally, the ways in which the data are handled are described, from the perspective of digital hermeneutics — the process of research reflection on the dataset, on the participation of different people in the process, and on the shaping of an international base of refugee accounts.

  • Issue Year: 67/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 9-40
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Polish