Reconstruction of Pre/War Donbas in the Memories of Internally Displaced Persons

• In Event: Donbas: Memory of the Region and Regions of Memory

Abstract

The report is devoted to the analysis of how internally displaced persons reconstruct the image of Donbas in their memories, forming alternative narratives about the region. Particular attention will be paid to how the ideas of the "pre-war" Donbas contrast with the experience of war and displacement, as well as how personal and collective memories adapt to new social realities. It examines how IDPs preserve, rethink and transmit the memory of Donbas in new contexts, as well as how this memory correlates with the pan-Ukrainian narratives of war and loss, as well as with the processes of decolonization of the memory of the region.

Author

• Tetiana Klynina, National Aviation U (Ukraine)