Daria Badior

This project consists of a book of eight to ten essays about the generation of Ukrainian culture-makers, curators, and managers whose professional lives blossomed after the Revolution of Dignity in 2014.

The book is planned to be in English and is aimed at the English-speaking audience. These essays will describe the challenges that young Ukrainian culture-makers faced after the events of Maidan, analyzing the new renaissance of arts in the country and the increased visibility of Ukraine internationally.
 

In March 2022, together with Anastasiia Platonova, Sofia Dyak and Mayhill C. Fowler, I started the “Unwinding Empire” project, focusing on the cultural, social, and historical context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Over the course of three months, 14 articles by renowned Ukrainian and international authors were published in outlets in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Poland, etc. 

Thus, an extensive conversation about Ukraine and its neighbors started. We published articles about inequalities and injustices in the creative sector, cultural policies, and knowledge production that have existed for many years.

In the project’s further development, the editorial team would like to widen the conversation on Eastern Europe to include authors from Poland, as well as the Baltic and Balkan countries. With subsequent articles, we would like to go deeper into rethinking Eastern Europe and its relationship with Western Europe after World War Two and after the current war in Ukraine.