DOBROVOĽNÍCTVO V ČASE PANDÉMIE COVID-19: ETNOGRAFICKÁ PRÍPADOVÁ ŠTÚDIA

• Authors: Cichová Kristína , Uhrin Michal

Title variants

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Volunteering during the COVID-19 pandemic: An ethnographic case study

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost all aspects of societies across the world. However, its impact on volunteering and people's motivations to volunteer is still a relatively unexplored area. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became evident that volunteers can contribute to a well-functioning society in a variety of ways. Volunteers around the world have helped others by activities such as sewing masks or shopping for the elderly, or by encouraging fellow citizens to follow anti-pandemic measures. Many surveys have shown the importance of the involvement of community volunteers and organizations as a support to the community in times of humanitarian crisis or disaster. And although research on volunteering in Slovak ethnology has been of interest, the question of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on volunteering in Slovakia has not yet received much systematic attention. Based on the results from ethnographic research, the text aims to outline how volunteers from the I'm Here for You program, operating in the Slovak capital Bratislava, reflected the changes brought about by the pandemic concerning volunteering, while attention is also given to the impact of pandemic-related constraints on motivations to volunteer.

Keywords

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VOLUNTEERING; COVID-19; TUTORING; EDUCATION

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Ethnological Society, and Slovak National Museum - Ethnological Museum (in Martin)
• Journal: Etnologické rozpravy (Ethnological Disputes)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 91 – 101

Contributors

author

Cichová Kristína

• Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie SAV, v. v. i., Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6849-4516

author

Uhrin Michal

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8062-5785

Identifiers

DOI

10.31577/EtnoRozpra.2023.30.2