CURRENT MISSION

"after the revolution I'll be happy tending geese" (Rosa Luxemburg)

ABOUT ME

I wrote my PhD on homelessness, and I'm teaching courses on urban marginality, social problems and public sociology. I'm working on a research project on labor and the labor movement in Ukraine and doing a video-documentation of labor protests. But actually my childhood dream was not to be a scholar, but a teacher at an orphanage or a kindergarden. So academic career is at times too much for me and I want to travel somewhere far to get some rest from it, which I do occasionally :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I often go to visit friends in other countries. Many of them are members of the couchsurfing community, for example my friend Stefi from Argentina :) I think it is a much interesting way to travel and to get to know other cultures than staying at hotels/hostels.

Interests

I like documentary films, since I myself am trying to do some video-documentation. I like nature - mountains, lakes, oceans. And dynamic cities like New York or Istanbul. I read a lot although lately it has been mainly sociological stuff for my PhD (took up most of my time...) and try to write as well. With my students and friends I like working on collective research projects that are of political significance, and those that combine scientific and artistic dimensions.

• documentaries
• movies
• traveling
• teaching
• sociology
• lakes
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - "Kes" by Ken Loach, "400 coups" by Truffaut
Music - "Round midnight" by Wes Montgomery
Books - "Dubliners" by James Joyce

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

survived in the Sahara desert!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, South Africa, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

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