Under one roof. The experience of hosting refugees from Ukraine in Polish homes

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Under one roof. The experience of hosting refugees from Ukraine in Polish homes

Authors

Rafał Cekiera
University of Silesia in Katowice
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3649-6645
Justyna Kijonka
University of Silesia in Katowice
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7301-2876
Monika Żak
University of Silesia in Katowice
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3472-1864
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31261/PN.4317
Keywords:
hospitality, refugees, intercultural communication, multiculturalism, Ukraine

Synopsis

Providing shelter to those fleeing war is one of those events for which it is impossible to prepare—and yet, at the same time, we prepare for it our entire lives. The instance of hospitality is never separate from the entirety of our lives—our values, recognized norms, and in this case, above all, our understanding of relationships with other people, those who are different from us and (until now) strangers to us. In the dramatic hour of need after February 24, 2022, many Polish families suspended their daily routines and rushed to help Ukrainians affected by the terror of war.

The main theme of the book is this experience of hospitality—its causes (motivations for taking refugees into their homes), procedures (establishing relationships, setting rules for functioning in a non-standard everyday life) and consequences. How do the hosts who took Ukrainian refugees under their roofs view this event in retrospect? How did it unfold? What remains of it? And if it has changed anything, how?

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Author Biographies

Rafał Cekiera, University of Silesia in Katowice

Doctor of Social Sciences, professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice. He specializes in the sociology of migration, religion, and culture. Author of books including: Refugees, Migrants, and the Catholic Church. The Polish Migration Debate after 2015 in the Context of Catholic Teaching (2022), Emigration as an Experience. A Study Based on the Example of Returning Migrants to the Silesian Province (co-authored by J. Kijonka and M. Żak, 2022), Troubles and Hopes: A Sociological Analysis of Entries in the Votive Books in the Chapel of St. Wendelin in Rudzica (2016), On the Pitfalls of Emigration Lightness. The Experience of Temporariness in the Narratives of Young Polish Post-accession Emigrants (2014), and many articles in scientific journals and popular press. [4.03.2026]

Justyna Kijonka, University of Silesia in Katowice

Doctor of Humanities, assistant professor at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Author of numerous works on Silesian identity, including the monographs: The Identity of Contemporary Upper Silesians. A Sociological Study, The Identity of Young Silesians. Between Local Patriotism and Europeanism (co-authored by A. Bartoszek, T. Nawrocki); as well as migration processes: Emigration as an Experience. A Study Based on the Example of Returning Migrants to the Silesian Province. She has conducted research in Germany, including at the German Institute for Polish Studies in Darmstadt and at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. [4.03.2026]

Monika Żak, University of Silesia in Katowice

Doctor of Humanities, assistant professor at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Her main research interests are related to the sociology of work, consumption, and migration. Author of the monograph: Family Life in High-risk Professions. The Example of the Police Profession. Co-author of the monograph: From Miner's Wife to Scientist. The Change in the System of Values of Women's Social Roles in the Post-Industrial Areas of Upper Silesia; Emigration as an Experience: A Study Based on the Example of Returning Migrants to the Silesian Province. Author and co-author of Polish and foreign articles, co-editor of monographs, and member of international research projects. [4.03.2026]

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