‘I Thought I Left for Two Weeks’: War Related Crises and Coping Strategies in the Narratives of Female Forced Migrants from Ukraine in Lithuania Cover Image

„Maniau, kad išvykstu dviem savaitėms“: karo nulemtų krizių įveikimo strategijos migrančių iš Ukrainos Lietuvoje pasakojimuose
‘I Thought I Left for Two Weeks’: War Related Crises and Coping Strategies in the Narratives of Female Forced Migrants from Ukraine in Lithuania

Author(s): Kristina Šliavaitė
Subject(s): Studies in violence and power, Migration Studies, Identity of Collectives, Russian Aggression against Ukraine, Russian war against Ukraine
Published by: Lietuvos mokslų akademijos leidykla
Keywords: forced migration; forced female migrants from Ukraine; agency; national identity; crises; Russia’s invasion to Ukraine;

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the data of qualitative interviews with female forced migrants from Ukraine, who came to Lithuania after the full-scale Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The paper analyses the narratives of war and migration to identify the main crises encountered by research participants, the ways in which the research participants construct themselves and coping strategies in the face of war-related crises. The crises that emerged during the interviews could be grouped into those experienced at the individual (emotional, psychological), family (separated families) and community (fragmented communities in the occupied territories, the longing for Ukraine while being in displacement) levels. The research participants constructed themselves as active agents capable of making decisions and taking actions necessary to minimise or control those crises.

  • Issue Year: 35/2024
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 389-398
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Lithuanian
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