Cultural and Civic Activism: New Media and Civil Society Sector in Belarus

Tatsiana Chulitskaya and Iryna Vidanova, meeting with the participation of the Initiative wolna Białoruś — Łukasz Grajewski

Tatsiana Chulitskaya — lecturer in Political Science at the European Humanities University, with special research interest in the activities of NGOs in Belarus and post-Soviet transformations. Author for the Belarusian language magazine Arche with international experience as coordinator of student activities and as a radio and print journalist.

Iryna Vidanova — editor of the Internet cultural magazine 34.mag (http://34mag.net/), aimed at promoting creativity, dissent, and democratic values in Belarusian young adults. This magazine is a follow up to the previously banned Studentskaya Dumka, and Irina’s ingenuity and fortitude in this field have won her international recognition, such as being named one of the world’s top dissidents by Foreign Policy magazine.

Łukasz Grajewski — a graduate of East European Studies at Warsaw University. Sociologist and NGO activist, active in the Association Initiative Free Belarus and the Common Europe Foundation. Editor of Eastbook.eu — portal on the Eastern Partnership.

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