Online Discussion “The Optics of Web/Digital Anthropology in Sociological Research: Examining the Phenomenon of ‘Home’ in Times of War”
10 December 2025 року
Speaker: Alla Petrenko-Lysak, PhD in Sociology, Associate Professor, Department of Branch Sociology, Faculty of Sociology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
When? December 18 at 3:00 PM (EEST)
Where? Zoom (link will be available after registration)
Who is it for?
- researchers
- students
- anyone investigating the Russo-Ukrainian War
Organizers: “CITY AND WAR 2.0” project; Department of Branch Sociology, Faculty of Sociology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Key discussion questions:
- What are the advantages and limitations of interdisciplinary research conducted at the intersection of web/digital anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, visual studies, and the sociology of space?
- In what ways does the exploratory (diagnostic) character of scholarly inquiry enhance methodologies for visual and textual research?
- What new analytical perspectives emerge from a reconsideration of Anselm Strauss and Barney Glaser’s concept of “grounded theory”?
- What are the specific methodological features of applying qualitative content analysis and discourse analysis to the study of “home” during wartime?
