Abstract

These ethnographic fieldnotes focus on the place, sounds, and people of the Festival of Ukrainian Culture and Gastronomy at Prague Market (Pražská tržnice), in Prague, Czech Republic, on 5 May 2022, during the fullscale war in Ukraine. The observation reveals how the topic of war impacts thecultural and self-identification of Ukrainians abroad, and how it affects social interactions inside and outside the group. The fieldnotes provide a panorama of multiple interpretations and productions of the Prague Market space and provides an opportunity to observe the ongoing process of the collective memory being generated through music.

Keywords: Ukraine; war; memory; refugees; music festival; ethnographic fieldnotes

Anastasiia Krasnozhon

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