Multifaceted Hospitality. The Micro- Dynamics of Host–Guest Relations in Polish Homes after 24 February 2022
Multifaceted Hospitality. The Micro- Dynamics of Host–Guest Relations in Polish Homes after 24 February 2022

Summary/Abstract: Hosting large numbers of refugees in private homes rather than in refugee camps is a fairly unusualphenomenon in the broadly understood Western context, including the post-socialist countries of Centraland Eastern Europe. Thus, explorative research is much needed to determine the fundamental problemstriggered by this novel situation. Based on a series of individual in-depth interviews with Polish hosts whoinvited Ukrainian refugees to live in their homes, this paper puts under scrutiny the micro-relations betweenthe hosts and the guests. The study identified 6 kinds of ‘difficulty’, including (1) negotiating everydayroutines, (2) dealing with difficult life situations and stress, (3) quarrels and divisions among migrants,(4) neglecting one’s own family, (5) a too strong emotional attachment to the guests and (6) irreconcilablesets of expectations.

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