Projects Funded

The projects listed below have been supported by Documenting Ukraine. This is not a complete list; other grantees have opted not to publish information about their projects, and new projects are being added to the site on an ongoing basis.

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Ecological Monitoring and Collecting Evidence of War Crimes against the Environment in the Azov (Zaporizhzhya) Region	Vira Porieva
A team of specialists is conducting environmental monitoring of water bodies in the Azov region to monitor and record the war’s environmental costs.
Elderly War-Affected People in Contemporary Ukraine	Hanna Bondarenko
Documenting the impact of war on Ukrainians aged 65-90, an oft-overlooked group many of whom are encountering war for the second time in their lives
Environmental Impact of Russia’s War on Ukraine	Darya Tsymbalyuk
A book project employing ethnographic fieldwork and interviews to examine the effects of the war on the environment in Ukraine and the wider world
Evacuating and Archiving Contemporary Art in Ukraine: Documenting the Cultural Process in Ukraine during the War	Alona Karavai
Working to evacuate Ukrainian artwork to secure bunkers and working with requests and curatorial concepts to bring work to museums abroad and to international festivals
Exodus-2022	Mykhailo Gold
A multilingual website collecting personal testimonies from Jewish refugees as they leave their homes and livelihoods for the West, Europe and Israel
Experience of War among Ukrainian Students	Maksym Yakovlyev
Gathering and documenting the experiences of Ukrainian university students who have been relocated or force to remain in occupied territory
Explaining Ukraine in English	Volodymyr Yermolenko
A Ukrainian philosopher works to explain the country and its predicament to the English speaking world with a popular podcast and twitter account
Explosions Near the Museum	Roman Khimei
A meticulous filmed depiction of the traces and shadows of artifacts stolen by Russians from the Kherson Museum of Local Lore
FACE: TO: FACE	Aleksandr Eltsin
An audio installation featuring recordings of people’s lives that last for the duration of the wartime curfew in force between 11pm and 5am each day
Folklore and War: Slobozhanskyi Dimension	Halyna Lukianets
Gathering folklore (songs, legends, etc.) in the villages of Slobozhanshchyna and reviving old traditions as an act of resistance
Food and Nutrition During the War in Ukraine	Olena Braichenko
Using in-depth interviews, this research project will look at issues surrounding food and culinary practices and how they have changed in wartime
Forced Migration of the Population of Kherson Region due to the Russian-Ukrainian War	Roman Molikevych
Research considering the 5.5 million who’ve left Ukraine and the 7.5 million more who have been internally displaced – particularly those from Kherson

Civil Society
Daily Life
Destruction & Reconstruction
Displacement
Environment
Health
Heritage
Human Rights
Identity & Culture
Information & Disinformation
Language & Symbols
Memory
Military
Occupation & Atrocity
Public Opinion
Religion
Resilience & Solidarity
Rural
Science & Education
Trauma & Rehabilitation
Urban
Vulnerable Groups
Women