MICRO-BIO

• Nataliya Bezborodova is a PhD student at the University of Alberta, Department of Anthropology. She is interested in interdisciplinary approaches including anthropology, ethnography, cultural and religious studies. Her doctoral project focuses on th...More

  Nataliya Bezborodova is a PhD student at the University of Alberta, Department of Anthropology. She is interested in interdisciplinary approaches including anthropology, ethnography, cultural and religious studies. Her doctoral project focuses on the meaning of space and place in migrations and contemporary international religious movements on the example of Comunione e Liberazione. She also works at the Kule Folklore Center and Bohsan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archives at the University of Alberta. She has taken part in various research and artwork projects. In 2016, Nataliya got her MA degree at the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, at the University of Alberta. Her MA thesis explores the Internet textual representations of the Maidan protests in Ukraine. She traced the role of the protest lore assisting to formulate new narratives, articulate attitudes, build relationships, and create a sense of community for protestors, which had its impact on institutional changes of commemorative practices. Her recent publications are: "Hedgehog in the Fog" as a Maidan Hero, an article in Folklorica: Journal of Slavic and East European Folklore Studies Association (2016); Nebesna Sotnia: Formation of a New Narrative from Protest Lore to Institutionalized Commemorative Practice, accepted for publication by Ethnologies (2018); Creating a Sense of Community through Digital Storytelling: the Case of the Maidan, accepted for publication as a book chapter in Heritage in Motion, Laurier Turgeon, Ed., Laval University Press (2018).

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EXPERIENCE

• University of Alberta

  • PhD Student
  • Anthropology
  • September 2017 to Present

• University of Alberta

  • Research Assistant
  • Kule Folklore Centre
  • September 2013 to Present

EDUCATION

• University of Alberta

  • PhD Student
  • September 2017 to Present

  Doctoral research on Comunione e Liberazione (hereafter - CL), an Italian-rooted Roman Catholic-based religious movement that has disseminated globally, and currently has established missions in 76 countries. Focus on Canadian and Ukrainian communities.

Links

• Kule Folklore Centre, University of Alberta
• Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta