Who Sings the Revolution? Gender, Citizenship, Music and the 2020 Belarus Protests
This project will use musical outputs and practices as a lens through which to investigate the political imaginaries of Belarusian activists in the aftermath of the 2020 elections, with particular attention to gendered representations and performances.
Relevant publications
Katsev, Libbie, "'What truth are you telling me about?': Gender and political allegory in two Belarusian music videos", IASPM Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, 2024
Katsev, Libbie, "Courtyard Unities: Musical Curation, Production, and Collective Action During the 2020–2021 Protests in Belarus", Journal of Belarusian Studies, vol. 15, 2025
Members:
Libbie Katsev (Principal investigator) (Project manager)
Financial/grant information:
The PhD-project is financed by UiT–The Arctic University of Norway