Alisa Sopova's guest appearances

Alisa Sopova

The Davis Center at Harvard University

EU Futures

Ethics in Action Podcast

Masha Gessen

Glenn Loury

Erik Jones

Larry Blum

Avi Loeb

Henrik Selin

Richard Seymour

Jennifer Wilson

Yascha Mounk

Hillary Chute

Dan Feldman

James Evans

Anne Applebaum

Andrei Soldatov

Irina Borogan

OwlTail

We continue our series on the war in Ukraine. In this episode Vlado and I talk to journalist and anthropologist Alisa Sopova about what everyday life feels  like in Ukraine as the war passes the 100 day mark. We discuss the regional differences in how the conflict is perceived, we ask whether Ukrainians have different views about Russian politicians and ordinary Russians, and we also talk about how Ukrainians perceive assistance from the west.   Alisa Sopova is an independent journalist from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. She worked as a journalist and a news editor for the largest local newspaper, Donbass. When the war broke out, she was faced with the challenge of reporting on violence in her own city. With the local journalism collapsing, she began working for international media, including The New York Times and Time magazine where her coverage focused on the war and its humanitarian impact. Alisa is an author and co-founder of a #5Kfromthefrontline project (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/5kfromthefrontline/) that aims to bring to light everyday experiences of civilian life at the frontlines. Alisa holds a BA in journalism from Moscow State University and an MA in Regional Studies from Harvard University. She is currently working on a doctorate in anthropology at Princeton. Links to some of Alisa's pieces: https://americanethnologist.org/features/reflections/be-strong-like-a-kitchen-cabinethttps://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/authors/alisa-sopovahttps://time.com/longform/eastern-ukraine-war-civilian-life-frontline/

We continue our series on the war in Ukraine. In this episode Vlado and I talk to journalist and anthropologist Alisa Sopova about what everyday life feels  like in Ukraine as the war passes the 100 day mark. We discuss the regional differences in how the conflict is perceived, we ask whether Ukrainians have different views about Russian politicians and ordinary Russians, and we also talk about how Ukrainians perceive assistance from the west.   Alisa Sopova is an independent journalist from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. She worked as a journalist and a news editor for the largest local newspaper, Donbass. When the war broke out, she was faced with the challenge of reporting on violence in her own city. With the local journalism collapsing, she began working for international media, including The New York Times and Time magazine where her coverage focused on the war and its humanitarian impact. Alisa is an author and co-founder of a #5Kfromthefrontline project (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/5kfromthefrontline/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/5kfromthefrontline/</a>) that aims to bring to light everyday experiences of civilian life at the frontlines. Alisa holds a BA in journalism from Moscow State University and an MA in Regional Studies from Harvard University. She is currently working on a doctorate in anthropology at Princeton. Links to some of Alisa's pieces: <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famericanethnologist.org%2Ffeatures%2Freflections%2Fbe-strong-like-a-kitchen-cabinet&amp;data=05%7C01%7CNir.Eisikovits%40umb.edu%7C72d93ae5aec5482c5b1808da48ba3f38%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C637902262282493589%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UvNC2vZQgO7vCLgH2GeXmSuWsR08EdH%2BlPGcWMmisBg%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://americanethnologist.org/features/reflections/be-strong-like-a-kitchen-cabinet</a><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenewhumanitarian.org%2Fauthors%2Falisa-sopova&amp;data=05%7C01%7CNir.Eisikovits%40umb.edu%7C72d93ae5aec5482c5b1808da48ba3f38%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C637902262282493589%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=16ecLJdqsMYlt%2FFKAEPWWdaadOTd8rlbNEy%2Ft801E%2FA%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/authors/alisa-sopova</a><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Flongform%2Feastern-ukraine-war-civilian-life-frontline%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CNir.Eisikovits%40umb.edu%7C72d93ae5aec5482c5b1808da48ba3f38%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C637902262282493589%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6FXD5m%2FToGAvzdIoKchP3YA1KfgZ8mcDaM6l4ipkGLk%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://time.com/longform/eastern-ukraine-war-civilian-life-frontline/</a>

Report from Kyiv: A Conversation with Journalist Alisa Sopova

In this episode, Alisa Sopova spoke about the way war is reported and documented in the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR versus the rest of Ukraine. She explained her frustration with the Ukrainian media calling the Eastern territories "Mordor” or “black holes”, and talked about her personal decision to avoid the increasingly prevalent tactics of an information war by adhering to classic, objective journalism. Sopova expressed her belief that reconciliation could occur if people on both sides of the conflict were able to communicate and realize the similarities between their traumatic experiences. Speaking about the future, the journalist described her desire for Russia to recognize Ukraine as a sovereign state and for the EU to see Ukraine as an example of what happens when populist politicians successfully rewrite the public narrative and promote the polarization of populations. [Date of interview: April 3, 2017]

EU Futures - Episode 54 - Alisa Sopova

In 2014, British photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Ukrainian journalist Alisa Sopova were both in Ukraine, questioning how to represent the ongoing conflict. When they met, they developed a creative collaboration that allowed them to do just that.

Episode 9: Asking "What does war look like?" with Alisa Sopova and Anastasia Taylor-Lind