"An important contribution to a complicated and multi-faced research topic which is of acute relevance in the region under study. Hansen's spatial perspective may also be fruitfully applied to cases beyond the former Soviet space."-Andrii Portnov, Professor of history, European University Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder) "Focusing on three case studies (Moscow, Kyiv, and Minsk), Hansen presents a rich, insightful, and valuable contribution to the research on protest and space."-Bjarge Schwenke Fors, Head of Department, The Barents Institute (Kirkenes)
The author:Dr. Arve Hansen studied Russian, Ukrainian, and East European area studies in Minsk, Kyiv, and Tromsø. Since 2016 he is a member of the research group "Russian Space: Concepts, Practices, Representations" (RSCPR) at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. Hansen is co-author of the book A War of Songs: Popular Music and Recent Russia-Ukraine Relations (ibidem Press, 2019). His papers have been published by, among others, Nordisk Østforum, Nordlit, and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.The author of the foreword:Dr. Julie Wilhelmsen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs in Oslo.