Ordinary People: Poland's reception and integration of Ukrainian refugees

FAIN: RFW-299433-24

University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lincoln, NE 68503-2427)
Patrice McMahon (Project Director: September 2023 to present)

Ethnographic interviews, focus groups, and participant-observation of community-based humanitarian groups helping Ukrainian refugees in Poland (36 months)

The ongoing reception and integration of Ukrainians into Polish society presents a pivotal case study of the motivations, practices, and limitations of grassroots humanitarianism. This project will use ethnography, textual analysis, and experiential and embodied learning to advance our understanding of the causes, effects, and meanings of humanitarianism in Poland.