Key aspects study problems of tradition and innovation in science Ukrainian Cover Image

Основні аспекти студіювання проблеми традицій та новацій в українській науці
Key aspects study problems of tradition and innovation in science Ukrainian

Author(s): Vladislav Goncharov
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Globalization, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: tradition; innovation; culture; scientific approaches; Ukrainian Cultural Studies;

Summary/Abstract: In the article the relevance of research within the Ukrainian Cultural Studies tradition combined with innovations. The author identifies the key approaches to the study of traditions, analyzes the current state of scientific developments on research, expediency and outline perspectives for further research to national cultural traditions and culture in general. It is noted that globalization and complex and ambiguous social and cultural transformation, partly caused by them, intensified research traditions combined with innovations. Traditions are considered not only as a means of preserving cultural identity, but also as a mechanism to protect those identities, without which there can be not only a cultural community, but also individual. The aim – to justify the relevance of research for the Ukrainian cultural traditions of science and Ukrainian culture in general. To realize the objectives of the study should address the following research objectives that will determine the main directions of theoretical research: to analyze the main theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding the traditions are practices of scientists from different fields of scientific knowledge, outline the basic theoretical research Ukrainian researchers, particularly within contemporary cultural studies; identify key areas for further research relevant to Ukrainian culture. To search for adequate responses to these questions should first strengthen research in theoretical plane analysis, which, in turn, must, first, taking into account the specific cultural context in which were formed, developed and operated tradition. Conscious of its historical path of the people, in fact, it is so thorough and protects them from destruction and external attacks on their depth and sometimes unintelligible to an outside eye ambiguity and uniqueness that all the forces trying to maintain ethno-cultural flavor, which protects against the destruction of the very meaning of his existence – a semantic kernel culture. Loss of traditions, replacing them with innovations that both should receive no less complicated, and perhaps also more painful and long journey to become a mental values (partly K.-G. Jung's archetypes) – it is not only appropriate, but and the future survival of humanity which no cultivation is likely to face a new challenge – the threat to the survival of as such. Secondly, attention should be paid not less research that a new process of extrapolation may introduce innovations in socio-cultural environment of the country concerned, taking into account mental and core values of culture and national spirit, customs, traditions and more. Recent formed not only under the influence of the transformation processes in the context of globalization, the processes which are known to last for centuries, and will lead inevitably led to further partly ambiguous and irreversible changes in all cultures, but also in a specific environment, climate, geographical location, which sometimes, perhaps even more than other factors determined the existence of conditions within a specific territorial and cultural associations. For centuries established traditions may, on the one hand, a barrier to innovation explication of cultural models and standards, and on the other – come relay new values by virtue of ambiguity, continuity and inertia. This last factor can become the foundation of forming new cultural meanings, partly clear and significant only for members of a particular culture. Basic approaches in research traditions: philosophical, sacral and semantic, sociological, historical, and cultural. In general, studies on tradition, for convenience can be grouped into certain blocks. It is clear that analyze all the work is not possible , as well as too difficult to distinguish among them own philosophical, sociological, psychological or cultural. Therefore, for ease of analysis, which we believe will enable sufficient consideration Priming views on tradition, so to vyokremymo study presented by Western practices and research came from the pen of scientific Russian and Ukrainian scientists. Review of abstracts of theses submitted in the National Library of Ukraine. Vernadsky, made it possible to conclude that at present our country in the fields of research are the following branches of scientific knowledge as cultural studies, theory and history of culture, philosophy of culture, almost no dissertations devoted to the traditions of analysis, particularly in terms of their transformations under influence innovation. Particularly noteworthy developments relating to issues of art, represented by studies of song, music, dance, religion, etc. Ukrainian traditions. Separate block presented research related to architectural features of homes on the Ukrainian territory and more. Tangent to the research topic such cultural issues as tradition are philosophers working hours. In general, the scientific study of the conditions and factors blend of tradition and innovation within a particular culture can be defined not only important theoretical problem, but a problem that must somehow solve all the culture in which tradition attached to the household level representative consciousness of ordinary people.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 172-176
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Ukrainian