DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL AND ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION AT THE UKRAINIAN BORDERLAND WITHIN THE MODERN PERIOD Cover Image

ДИНАМІКА КУЛЬТУРНОЇ ТА ЕТНІЧНОЇ ІДЕНТИФІКАЦІЇ НА УКРАЇНСЬКОМУ ПОГРАНИЧЧІ В ПЕРІОД СЬОГОДЕННЯ
DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL AND ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION AT THE UKRAINIAN BORDERLAND WITHIN THE MODERN PERIOD

Author(s): Olga Fabyka-Protska
Subject(s): Social development, Sociology of Culture, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: ethnicity; border territories; transformation; cultural and ethnic identification; regionality;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to reveal the dynamics of the functioning of cultural and ethnic identification on the Ukrainian border in the modern period. The methodology of the study is to use theoretical, historical, cultural, artistic, and scientific approaches, which allowed us to reveal the interaction of trends represented by the phenomena of multiculturalism, as well as the relationship between ethnicities, regions, and countries in our time. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the article focuses on the dynamics of the development of cultural and ethnic identification in the Ukrainian border territories. Conclusions. It is noted that social changes are taking place in the Ukrainian border territories, namely, opening new opportunities for their residents, developing cooperation in the social, economic, and cultural spheres, etc. It is proved that the theoretical substantiation of the issue of cultural and ethnic identification contributes to the development of national interest, awareness of which is a necessary component of the development of Ukrainian society. Identity and identification processes in similar areas occur on a symbolic level. According to K. Shestakova, in our time, transboundary regions are formed with their own identity, in which local or regional identification dominates over others. At the same time, in ethnically mixed territories (the factor of interethnic contacts is extremely strong here, almost the main one), the set of several identities in which the ethnic aspect is most pronounced is traced. Thus, the relationship between global and national factors of the contemporary historical process in Ukraine is diverse, complex, and contradictory. They can contribute to the development of integration of a country into the world community or slow down this process. The interaction between the specificity of ethnic and cultural identity on the Ukrainian border is a pressing issue today.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 28-33
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Ukrainian