On October 6, the Lviv Book Forum began its work in Lviv, the discussions of which are of great general civilizational significance and go far beyond the culture of a particular country.
Experts from our Association take an active part in the work of the Forum; аs part of the panel “Existential Sustainability: How Global Historical Changes Affect Us,” PhD Anna Prikhodko initiated a discussion on how Ukrainian written culture will overcome the aggressor’s narratives about the occupied territories, including Crimea. Ukrainian writer Katerina Kalitko stated in this regard that countering the aggressor’s narratives requires a systematic, doctrinal approach and added that it is important to include Crimean Tatar history and culture in the general cultural space of the Ukrainian nation.
As part of the discussion “How the Russian attack on Ukraine changes our view of colonialism and decolonization,” the ARC expert raised the question of the continuity of modern racism from “classical” Russian imperialism, including using the example of occupied Crimea. Journalist Sevgil Musayeva emphasized in this regard the commonality of methods of pressure and repression against the Crimean Tatar People by the authorities of the Russian Empire, the Soviet state and the modern Russian Federation, and Vladimir Ermolenko pointed out the conservative nature of Russian imperialism, incapable of modernization.
