Oksana Forostyna

Oksana Forostyna

Writer, Translator and Co-founder, Yakaboo Publishing
Ukraine
  • Society
  • Media
  • Civil society
  • Society
  • Media
  • Civil society

Biography

Oksana Forostyna (b. 1978), is a co-founder at Yakaboo Publishing, editor, translator, and writer. 

In October 2014 she was chosen for the New Europe 100 list of outstanding challengers from Central and Eastern Europe (project of Res Publica (Poland) together with the Visegrad Fund, Google and Financial Times). In 2017 she made Top 100 People in Ukrainian Culture list by the popular Novoe Vremya illustrated weekly. 
The debut novel Duty Free was published in Ukraine in December 2012. She is an author of essays and articles in Ukrainian and English. 

Former executive editor for Krytyka Journal (Kyiv, Ukraine) and for Critical Solutions — online media project of Krytyka. In 2015 Oksana launched her independent publishing TAO. 

Previously collected professional experience as a content expert and expert in message development and verbalization at pro.mova consulting company. 

Formerly an investigative journalist, covering national politics in the local Lviv daily Lvivska Gazeta and has been the local reporter for Voice of America (2004-2007). During 2005-2015 she also contributed to BusinessWeek, Eurozine, The Interpreter, Transit, Transitions Online, Gazeta Wyborcza, Visegrad Insight, and other media.

Media

Рейтинги YouTube, зв’язок Кардаш’ян і Трампа, релігійне сприйняття Тунберг | О. Форостина | "Є СЕНС"

Коли починається майбутнє | Оксана Форостина | TEDxUCU

Everything is PR. Totalitarianism in a Postmodern Key

Writing across Borders / Писати понад кордонами

Public Speaking

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The Zuckerberg Galaxy. Does an unnecessary information really exist?
Online
27th BookForum discussion with Sofia Andrukhovych, Olesia Ostrovska-Luta in studio and Peter Pomerantsev.
August 2020
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Actual trends in culture: how Lviv city copes with those?
Lviv, Ukraine
Discussion
November 2019
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Decay as Creation: Cultural Transformations of Societies after the Berlin Wall
Lviv, Ukraine
Discussion-intro at Culture Congress “Transition 1989”.
October 2019
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Book Culture as a Window to the World
Kyiv, Ukraine
Panel at Arsenal Book Fair, (with Tobias Voss of Frankfurt Book Fair, Sylvie Vassalo of Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse Seine-Saint-Denis, and Dana Pavlychko of Osnovy Publishing)
April 2016
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1989-2015: Women in Post-Communist Countries. A Neglected Problem?
Vienna, Austria
Conference organized by the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue (in cooperation with the Institute for Human Sciences)
October 2015
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The mission of culture in times of crisis
Lviv, Ukraine
Discussion with Pascal Brunet and Mikhail Gnedovsky at the International Eastern Partnership Culture Congress.
September 2015
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What does Ukraine think?
Paris, France
Public event organized by European Council of Foreign Relations Madrid Office and Representation of the European Commission in France.
June 2015
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¿Qué piensa Ucrania? (¿y nosotros) (What does Ukraine think?)
Madrid, Spain
Public event organized by European Council of Foreign Relations Madrid Office and El Mundo Daily
June 2015
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European External Action Service seminar on culture and conflicts
Brussels, Belgium
The case of Ukraine by More Europe and Salzburg Global Seminar.
November 2014
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'89: The Power of the Powerless
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Conference
November 2014
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Culture 3.0
Kyiv, Ukraine
Seminar for cultural critics and reporting by The Center for Contemporary Art.
November 2014
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The Power of the Powerless Today: Anti-totalitarianism After 1989
Oslo, Norway
Conference
November 2014
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European Forum for New Ideas in Sopot
Sopot, Poland
Table leader at 'How to transform social networks into networks for society?' lunch debate.
February 2014
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Understanding Revolution
Warsaw, Poland
Discussion by Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw.
May 2014
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Ukraine: Thinking Together
Kyiv, Ukraine
International conference. Local partner in Kyiv, and speaker at the panel How did the Maidan change culture?
May 2014
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Literatur aus Polen, der Ukraine und Belarus program
Leipzig, Germany
Leipzig Book Fair, tranzyt.
March 2014
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Culture 3.0
Kyiv, Ukraine
Seminar for cultural critics and reporting by The Center for Contemporary Art.
November 2013
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The 15th Media Art Biennale WRO 2013
Wroclaw, Poland
The Art Critic's Prize of the WRO 2013 Media Art Biennale jury member.
May 2013
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Middle Class and Globalization
Kyiv, Ukraine
Discussion, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the Centre for Polish and European Studies.
March 2013
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Publications

Featured publications

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Kyiv: A Love Letter
For Oksana Forostyna, memories of Maidan mingle with accounts of her grandmother’s life in Kyiv before and during World War Two.
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Poaching, Simmering, and Boiling: the Declining Relevance of Identity Discourse in Ukraine/ What Does Ukraine Think?
In 2004, after the initial success of the Orange Revolution, many Ukrainians believed that they had crossed the Rubicon, that there could be no going back to the old corrupt system, and that Ukraine was on the verge of taking its place in civilised Europe
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Howl
The works of Somalian-born activist and writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali show that the civilizational jump is incompatible with clan ethics, writes Oksana Forostyna of Krytyka (Ukraine).

Areas of Expertise

  • Society
  • Media
  • Civil society

Regions of Expertise

  • Ukraine

Experience

Yakaboo Publishing
Writer, Translator and Co-founder
Yakaboo Publishing
2016 - Present - 8 yrs
Kyiv, Ukraine
Eurozine
Editorial Board Member at
Eurozine
2016 - 2018 - 2 yrs
Vienna, Austria
Krytika
Executive Editor
Krytyka Journal
2013 - 2015 - 2 yrs
Kyiv, Ukraine
Krytika
Deputy Executive Editor
Krytika
2011 - 2013 - 2 yrs
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Volunteer Expert
Nestor Group
2013 - Present - 11 yrs
Kyiv, Ukraine
Default Work Experience
Content and Messaging Expert
pro.mova
2007 - 2011 - 4 yrs
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Freelance Journalist
Self-employed
2007
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Investigative Journalist
Lvivska Gazeta
2004 - 2007 - 3 yrs
Lviv, Ukraine
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Freelance Reporter
Voice of America
2004 - 2007 - 3 yrs
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Press Secretary
Dzyga Art Centre
1998 - 2002 - 4 yrs
Lviv, Ukraine

Contact

Best way to get in touch:

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Available:
Monday to Friday, 3pm to 6pm
Location:
Kyiv, Ukraine
Languages:
  • Ukranian
  • Russian
  • English
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