ABSTRACT
Any research project concerning the ongoing war or crisis requires special sensitivity in the field of ethics and methodology. Within the “24.02.2022, 5 am: Testimonies from the War” initiative an international team of researchers developed an original methodology of conducting in-depth oral history interviews aimed at reconstructing the everydayness of living through war, occupation, flight, and refugeedom that millions of Ukrainians experienced after 24 February. As of March 2024, the team gathered 210 testimonies of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, totaling ca. 600 hours of audio recordings. This chapter examines the method of interviewing (semi-structured questionnaire focused on everyday life) developed for the purpose of this project, its ethical guidelines and the way in which the interviewees and gathered data are taken care of to enable the responsible use of the collection in the future.
