​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

18 December 2025
online

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?