Article Volume 26, No. 1, 2024

Humanitarian strategies in culture in forming the newest tendencies in the Ukrainian cultural space

Olga Ovcharuk
Received 29.11.2023 Revised 30.04.2024 Accepted 27.05.2024 Pages 66–75 865 Views

Abstract

The actuality of the study is stipulated by the need to establish appropriate facilities for the humanitarian advancement of the country, to form a favourable cultural space for the disclosure of the personal creative potential of each citizen on the basis of substantiation of priority humanitarian strategies in culture. The aim of the research is to identify the peculiarities of humanitarian strategies in culture as factors in the formation of the most relevant trends in the in the ongoing development of the modern Ukrainian cultural space. Research methods: method of theoretical analysis comparative method, system method, method of generalisation. The main results of the study are that, from the theoretical standpoint of cultural knowledge, the concept of ‘humanitarian strategies in culture’ is interpreted as priority areas of humanitarian and cultural development, which are specified by defining the goals, methods, mechanisms and tools for their implementation, aimed at revealing human creativity, forming human capital for creating a creative cultural space. The humanistic nature of the content of art education, its focus on the comprehensive development and creative potential of society is substantiated. It is determined that the actualisation, protection and restoration of the national cultural heritage is a key factor in the formation of national identity. The process of knowledge, research, preservation and restoration of the national cultural heritage is an important humanitarian strategy in culture. Cultural diplomacy is an important resource for the humanisation of culture, an effective tool for establishing intercultural communication among the main agents – artists from different countries, creative teams, civil society institutions, and the expert community. The creative industries are a platform for the country’s economic recovery. The importance of certain humanitarian strategies in culture for the creation of an innovative, competitive Ukrainian cultural space in the post-war recovery of the country is proved. Through innovation and the introduction of the latest technologies, a creative humanitarian space can be formed based on common cultural and humanistic values

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Ovcharuk, O. (2024). Humanitarian strategies in culture in forming the newest tendencies in the Ukrainian cultural space. Culture and Contemporaneity, 26(1), 66-75. https://doi.org/10.63009/cac/1.2024.66

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