Daria Krivonos is a PI of LIFEMAKE. She is a sociologist doing ethnographic work among Ukrainian migrant communities in Warsaw. In her work, Daria examines how the crisis of displacement is managed by older networks of labour migration from Ukraine. Her research also examines intersections of labour, racialisation and whiteness in Eastern Europe.
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/daria-krivonos
Olga Tkach is a Docent in Sociology, especially migration and welfare research (University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu campus). For the LIFEMAKE project, Olga studies the voluntary accommodation of people displaced from Ukraine in private homes in Finland. Focusing on the experiences of the residents in Finland, she analyses how reproductive and convivial labour intersect in the course of the co-living of volunteers and displaced people, and how this makes life remaking possible.
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/olga-tkach
ROMAN URBANOWICZ
Roman Urbanowicz is a doctoral student in social anthropology, focusing on the anthropology of state and power, political participation, care, and ethics. For the LIFEMAKE project, he does ethnographic research on the post-2020 Belarusian diaspora in Lithuania. Focusing on practices and ethics of social reproduction amongst the political refugees of blue-collar background, Roman studies how relations between various civil organisations, horizontal networks of solidarity, and legal interfaces of different states shape, inhibit or support practices of making and repairing life amongst Belarusian migrants in Vilnius.
па-беларуску
Раман Урбановіч з’яўляецца даследчыкам у галіне сацыяльнай антрапалогіі Універсітэта Хельсінкі; сярод ягоных інтарэсаў – антрапалогія дзяржавы і ўлады, даследаванні узаемадачыненняў маралі, клопату, і палітычнага жыцця. Для праекту LIFEMAKE, Раман Урбановіч робіць этнаграфічнае даследаванне сярод новапаўсталай беларускай дыяспары ў Літве. Тэарэтычным фокусам даследавання ёсць практыкі і этыка сацыяльнай рэпрадукцыі сярод супольнасці палітычных мігрантаў. У межах праекту, Раман вывучае стасункі паміж грамадзянскімі арганізацыямі, гарызантальныя сеткі салідарнасці і ўзаемадзеянне з дзяржаўнай бюракратыяй уплываюць на практыкі ўзнаўлення і выпраўленя штодзённага жыцця сярод беларускіх мігрантаў у Літве.
lietuviškai
Roman Urbanowicz yra socialinės antropologijos doktorantas ir tyrėjas Helsinkio universitete, daugiausia dėmesio skiriantis valstybės ir valdžios antropologijai, politiniam dalyvavimui, globai ir etikai. LIFEMAKE projekte jis atlieka etnografinius tyrimus skirtus baltarusių diasporai Lietuvoje po 2020 m. Sutelkdamas dėmesį į socialinės reprodukcijos praktikas ir etiką politinių pabėgėlių bendruomenėje, Roman Urbanowicz tiria kaip santykiai tarp įvairių pilietinių organizacijų, horizontalūs solidarumo tinklai ir sąveika su valstybine biurokratija formuoja, stabdo arba palaiko kasdienybinio gyvenimo kūrimo ir taisymo praktikas baltarusių migrantų Lietuvoje terpėje.
po polsku
Roman Urbanowicz jest doktorantem i badaczem w dziedzinie antropologii społecznej na Uniwersytecie w Helsinkach, zajmujący się antropologią państwa i władzy, partycypacji politycznej, opieki i etyki. W ramach projektu LIFEMAKE Roman prowadzi badania etnograficzne dotyczące diaspory białoruskiej na Litwie, powstałej po 2020 roku. Skupiając się na praktykach i etyce reprodukcji społecznej wśród uchodźców politycznych, Roman szególnie bada to, jak relacje między różnymi organizacjami obywatelskimi, horyzontalne sieci solidarności i prawne interfejsy państw kształtują, utrudniają lub wspierają praktyki odnowienia i naprawy codziennego życia wśród Białoruskich migrantów na Litwie.
Pauliina Lukinmaa is an associate partner of the LIFEMAKE project, as she pursues her own research on a resonating topic. She is a postdoctoral researcher in Cultural Studies at the University of Eastern Finland. In her current research, Pauliina analyzes translocal solidarity practices and activist networks of Russian speaking LGBTIQ+ people in the Baltic states. Her research project (2023 – 2026) is funded by Kone Foundation. Pauliina holds a Ph.D. in Gender and Cultural Studies, M.A. in Social Anthropology.