Conversations with Those Who Ask About War: Practices of Interviewing During Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Natalia Otrishchenko

ISBN 10: 3837682773 / ISBN 13: 9783837682779

Published by transcript, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conversations with Those Who Ask About War: Practices of Interviewing During Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
• Publisher: transcript
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837682773
• ISBN 13: 9783837682779
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 16.99W x 1.02H x 24.41D centimeters 16.99 centimeters width by 1.02 centimeters height by 24.41 centimeters depth
• Weight: 308 grams

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Synopsis

How can good practices be developed for collecting, preserving, and publishing eyewitness accounts of a war that is still ongoing? The contributions offer insights into specifics of interviewing witnesses of the first months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Each chapter introduces researchers and practitioners who began documenting the war while living through it, driven by a desire for justice, preservation of memory, and community building. As a dialogic and multifaceted volume, it welcomes collaborative thinking and serves as a methodological guide and a space for frankness and sensitivity, capturing the academic community’s response to the challenges posed by extraordinary circumstances and existential threats.

About the Author

Natalia Otrishchenko, born in 1989, works as a researcher and sociologist at the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe in Lviv. In 2022-23, she was a Fulbright visiting scholar at Columbia University. She leads the Ukrainian team in the international documentation initiative “24.02.22, 5 am: Testimonies from the War”. Her research focuses on qualitative research methods, oral history, urban sociology, and sociology of expertise.