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Maidan on Facebook
CA BMUFA 0040 · Collection · 2014-01-19 - 2016-01-26

The project consists of the materials collected for Nataliya Bezborodova's master thesis. The thesis traces Internet textual representations of the Maidan, a wide-scale protest movement that took place in 2013-2014 in Ukraine, and their function in identifying the opposing sides during the protests. These texts helped to formulate new narratives, articulate attitudes, and build relationships, create a sense of community within the protestors’ side, which had its impact on institutional changes of commemorative practices.

Facebook served as an important platform for the initial appeal, for coordination between the participants, for reflections, and for identification of the opposing sides during the protests. It was a key space for sharing emotions, personal stories, humor and expressive forms of protest, making allusions to known literary works, historical events and world public figures.

Exploring the types of narratives and their contribution in identifying the opposing sides, the work is focused on digital stories that illuminate elements not covered by the professional media coverage and official reports. It traces the diverse forms, topics and expressive devices in the narratives, and identifies the categories of lore (eyewitness narratives, (re)telling of stories, jokes, poetry, songs, etc.). It provides juxtaposition of the patterns found in the text with the main events of each specific day.

The thesis provides several chapters that focus on: (1) a review of the historical context of the events; (2) an analysis of the data with reference to all categories and topics, and the main findings; (3) the role of humor and expressive devices in releasing the tension of the conflict and in helping to formulate the attitudes within the protestors’ side; (4) evidence of the functions of personal stories as they build relationships, create a sense of community, and validate the participants’ experiences and the significance of the events from the protestors’ perspectives; (5) interpretation within this protest lore, and its impact on institutional changes of commemorative practices as in the example of the Nebesna Sotnia (Heavenly Hundred) narrative formation and its correlation to the repertoire of motifs and terms of the selected historical periods: the Cossack, the Ukrainian National Republic and World War II.
The study underlines the relevance of time and several patterns related to historical events, as Facebook posts immediately responded to the events occurring on the square and streets occupied by protestors, simultaneously with professional media outlets, and sometimes prior to them. These findings have important implications that go beyond the Ukrainian context in that they contribute to the further exploration of social networks functioning in relation to factual events.

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Embroidered Pillow cover
CA BMUFA 0041-1-UF2016.9.a5 · Item
Part of Anna Drepko collection

Embroidered pillow/cushion cover. Pattern is in cross stitch and features a a grouping of flowers in the middle and a 4 cm wide, multicoloured, geometric motif boarder around the edge. Emboidered on 16 count Aida cloth. The image is centered on the cloth and fills a majority of the area. Closure is on the side and was originally sewn shut. The back is made of 3 pieces of brown synthetic cloth sewn together.

Embroidered Pillow cover
CA BMUFA 0041-1-UF2016.9.a6 · Item
Part of Anna Drepko collection

Embroidered square pillow/cushion cover. Front side is completely embroidered in cross stitch. The back is blue synthetic fabric with machine embroidered white lines. Pattern is in cross stitch and features a large multi-coloured, geometric red and pink flower motif in the middle surrounded by large multicoloured floral motifs and a grouping of 3 diamonds in each corner. the edge is emroidered with alternating colour squares of pink, green and red plus 2 yellow squares in each corner. Closure is on the back and was originally sewn shut.

Memorial cards
CA BMUFA 0041-2-UF2016.9.k5 · File
Part of Anna Drepko collection

26 memorial cards with a variety of religious images including Jesus, individual Saints, and Bishops. Collected at various religious holidays and events at the church.