Coflict and reviv: urban transformation in Mariupol after 2014 [Текст] / A. Balazs

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The present article introduces the conceptual background and the main arguments of my PhD research about the urban transformation that has taken place in the East Ukrainian city of Mariupol following the start of the Donbas conflict in 2014. The starting hypothesis of the research is that the outbreak of war in Eastern Ukraine and the temporary occupation of Mariupol by the separatist military groups had brought about an unexpected positive change in the cultural life and urban development of the city, bringing new ideas and new sources of investment to the formerly isolated industrial town. My research builds on a one year ethnographic fieldwork in Mariupol including interviews, participant observation and archival materials, in order to explore the ongoing changes as they unfold in time. The first part of the article introduces the theoretical and historical background of the case, while the second part discusses the main factors which contributed to the aforementioned urban change.