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I was born into the large Ukrainian community in western Canada where I have been active in the staged Ukrainian dance revival since childhood. During graduate studies, I started a decade of documentation of non-staged Ukrainian dance traditions, mostly in Canada. In this essay I wish to describe my efforts at conducting dance fieldwork in Ukraine. I focus on three key aspects of that endeavour: receiving government authorization, establishing the logistics of the fieldwork and cooperating with local scholars.
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Nahachewsky, A. (1999). Searching for Branches, Searching for Roots: Fieldwork in my Grandfather’s Village. In: Buckland, T.J. (eds) Dance in the Field. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230375291_14
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