Multiple Positionalities of a Researcher The Case of Polish Researchers Interviewing Ukrainian War Refugees in Poland

In the midst of an ongoing war, oral history interviewers bear a particular responsibility toward vulnerable groups they are working with. As Polish scholars, we were an outside privileged group unaffected by the Russian aggression against Ukraine. This article is a critical evaluation of positional...

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Vydané v:Communist and post-communist studies Ročník 58; číslo 3; s. 1 - 19
Hlavní autori: Kwiecińska, Elżbieta, Łukianow, Małgorzata
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Kidlington University of California Press, Journals & Digital Publishing Division 01.09.2025
Predmet:
Collaboration
Colonialism
Data processing
Dissemination
Documentation
Empathy
Ethics
Ethnicity
Historians
Information dissemination
Interviews
Language usage
Narratives
Oral history
Polish language
Qualitative research
Refugees
Research ethics
Researcher subject relations
Researchers
Russia-Ukraine War
Russian language
Ukrainian language
Poland
Ukraine
ISSN:0967-067X, 1873-6920
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Shrnutí:In the midst of an ongoing war, oral history interviewers bear a particular responsibility toward vulnerable groups they are working with. As Polish scholars, we were an outside privileged group unaffected by the Russian aggression against Ukraine. This article is a critical evaluation of positionality toward our interviewees who consist of Ukrainian refugees in Poland. As researchers in the “24.02.2022, 5 a.m.: Testimonies from the War” documentation project, we discuss challenges associated with undertaking such a qualitative research study encompassing language usage, interview ethics, and data processing. The multiple positionalities included our role as helpers in a hosting country, ethnicity, personal ties with Ukraine, class, and gender. From the point of view of researchers’ individual and collective positionalities, we explore the pivotal principle in qualitative research, which is empathetic understanding (verstehen). Our goal is to delineate our research process, extending beyond interviews, and to delve into aspects such as team supervision and further dissemination of research data and results.
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ISSN:0967-067X
1873-6920
DOI:10.1525/cpcs.2025.2464169