Антропологія війни: oral history та щоденники

In the article Valentyna Sobol investigated oral stories and personal documents of the occupied city of Izyum, Kharkiv region, from March 3 to September 10, 2022. The author of the article proceeds from the premise that autobiographical memory is a component of culture. From this point of view, the article examines both oral accounts of eyewitnesses of the war and occupation, told by the author of this report, as well as two diaries. The first one belongs to Lydia Shapovalova, a resident of the city of Izyum. The following is the diary of the murdered writer Volodymyr Vakulenko (1972-2022). Special attention is paid to the prospects of studying personal documents, the number of which is increasing, along with photo exhibitions, documentaries, murals, even comics.