The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on daily childhood practices
The project aims to determine how daily childhood practices are changing under the influence of COVID-19 in Ukrainian cities.
Role: Co-author, curator
Tina Polek
Ph.D.
Description of the field of scientific research:
Tina is a cultural anthropologist. Her research interests are mainly related to urban anthropology and, more recently, to the anthropology of war. Another area of expertise is applied anthropology, the study of human behavior in both the public sector and business.
List of duties:
Tina's main activity is applied anthropological research for the public sector and business. Tina also promotes science in general and cultural anthropology in particular. She develops anthropological online courses, collaborates with the Cultural Project organization, and manages the educational anthropological telegram channel Anthropologinka. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, she has been working on the anthropology of war and participating in anthropological discussions and lectures on the war in Ukraine around the world.
Professional experience:
Tina worked as a researcher at the Institute for Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology and the Research Institute of Ukrainian Studies. She also worked as an anthropologist at Die Kulturträger. She is currently an anthropologist at the Center for Applied Anthropology.
Tina also periodically reviews articles in the journal City, History, Culture, Society and is a European Association of Social Anthropologists member.
She currently teaches anthropology and researches military personnel, veterans, and their families.