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- Ukraine has often been called a laboratory when it comes to global challenges in the spheres of environment, information, and security.
- About the Author: Dr Sasha Dovzhyk completed her PhD in Comparative Literature at Birkbeck, University of London.
- 130 Pages
- Political Science, World
- Series Name: Ukrainian Voices
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About the Book
This unique collection presents creative nonfiction essays by employing cross-cultural dialog and the art of storytelling to open up Ukrainian perspectives on the challenges facing humanity worldwide.Book Synopsis
Ukraine has often been called a laboratory when it comes to global challenges in the spheres of environment, information, and security. The site of the worst nuclear catastrophe in history, the primary target of the Kremlin's troll farms and disinformation campaigns, the country to spark the collapse of the Soviet Union and to stand up to its neo-imperialist successor: Ukraine has been the first to face and, at times, set in motion processes that have worldwide consequences.
After Russia's full-scale invasion has compromised the global system of security, the value of Ukrainian knowledge and experience can no longer be dismissed. The urgency to learn with and from Ukraine is now existential for the rest of the world. This unique collection presents creative nonfiction essays by emerging authors from Ukraine and the UK which employ cross-cultural dialog and the art of storytelling to open up Ukrainian perspectives on the challenges facing humanity worldwide.Review Quotes
This unique collection presents creative nonfiction essays by emerging authors from Ukraine and the UK which employ cross-cultural dialog and the art of storytelling to open up Ukrainian perspectives on the challenges facing humanity worldwide.
"What are the real reasons for Russia's invasion of Ukraine? What will it mean for our world? In this collection, six writers from Ukraine and the UK have been brought together to explore these questions with the sort of deep probing and insight great story tellers bring. From the idyllic pre-war Luhansk of 2010s to the battle for Kyiv in March 2022, from western art shows in support of Ukraine to a Lviv apartment-turned-volunteers'-hub, Ukraine Lab collects unique stories and cross-cultural perspectives to help us understand the brutal invasion which has changed the world."
If you want to understand the impact of Russiaʼs invasion of Ukraine from the inside, read this vivid, moving, urgent collection of essays.--Charlotte Higgins, Chief culture writer, The Guardian
About the Author
Dr Sasha Dovzhyk completed her PhD in Comparative Literature at Birkbeck, University of London. Since 2021, she is the Special Projects Curator at the Ukrainian Institute London. In 2022-2023, she has also been appointed an Associate Lecturer in Ukrainian Literature at the School of Slavonic and East-European Studies, UCL. Her previous books include Decadent Writings of Aubrey Beardsley (edited with Simon Wilson, MHRA, 2022) and Ukrainian Cassandra: New Translations of Works by Lesia Ukrainka (Live Canon, 2023). Her articles and chapters have been published in, among other outlets, Modernist Cultures, British Art Studies, and Oxford Handbook of Decadence. She has also written for CNN Opinion, The Guardian, New Lines Mag, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Ecologist.