Secrecy in Maidan Volunteer Organizations: E+ Initiative Case Study
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Date
2023
Authors
Prokhorova, Anna
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ISTES Organization
Abstract
In this paper, I refer to Maidan (Euromaidan) protests that took place in Ukraine in 2013–2014. I analyse the role of secrecy in Evacuation+ Initiative (E+), one of Maidan volunteer organization that evacuated sick and wounded Maidan residents to safe locations – makeshift hospitals. The empirical part of the paper uses in-depth semistructured oral history interviews with Maidan participants. The analysis identifies the peculiarities of horizontal network volunteering formations of Maidane using the E+ Initiative case study. Different manifestations of secrecy in E+ the same as some visibility markers are also thoroughly covered by the analysis. I suggest that, in the context of the resistance against autocracy, secrecy in E+ is subordinated to the aims of safety and survival. That is why we may frame a separate dimension of secrecy, the "safety dimension," in addition to informational and social dimensions considered by Costas and Gray while studying the different types of organizations (2014).
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Maidan 2013–2014, secrecy, hidden organizations, volunteer organizations, self-organized organizations, Evacuation+ Initiative, conference materials
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Prokhorova A. Secrecy in Maidan Volunteer Organizations: E+ Initiative Case Study / Anna Prokhorova // Proceedings of ICHES 2023 International Conference on Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISTES Organization / eds. W. Admiraal, E. Cakir, M. L. Ciddi. - Amsterdam : ISTES Organization, 2023. - Р. 26-41.