UDC 316.7:316.77:391.41(510) Liu Jianzhi Ukrainian National Academy of Music, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0009-0001-0384-9216 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37627/2311-9489-28-2025-2.50-59 Keywords: mask phenomenon, concept of “face”, mianzi, lian, Persona, Self, face-work, Über-Marionette. Abstract. The article examines the interaction between two cultural categories — the phenomenon of the “mask” and the concept of “face” — understood as mechanisms of sociocultural communication. The…Continue reading The mask phenomenon and the concept of “face” (mianzi / lian) as mediators of sociocultural communication in Chinese culture

Olha Ovcharuk National Academy of Culture and Arts Management, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0000-0001-5540-3286 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37627/2311-9489-28-2025-2.8-17 Keywords: strategy, cultural policy of Great Britain, Ukrainian culture, state policy in the field of culture. Abstract. The article analyzes and conducts a comparative analysis of program documents in the field of culture developed by state institutions and approved by the…Continue reading Modern strategies for the development of culture in Great Britain and Ukraine in the dimensions of international experience in the formation of state policy in the field of culture

UDC 7.046 Svitlana Olianina Institute for Cultural Research of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0000-0002-0628-146X DOI: https://doi.org/10.37627/2311-9489-28-2025-2.146-160 Keywords: Ukrainian art 17th–18th century, iconography of Christ, footstool symbolism, eschatology, liturgical imagery. Abstract. This article investigates the formal and symbolic transformations of the footstool beneath the enthroned images of Christ in Ukrainian art…Continue reading The footstool of the Divine throne in Ukrainian art of the 17th–18th centuries: iconography, symbolism

Katarzyna Szymańska-Stułka Chopin University of Music, Warsaw (Poland).ORCID ID 0000-0002-1862-6218 DOI: 10.37627/2311-9489-28-2025-2.27-40 Keywords: spectrum of light, spectrum of space, Karłowicz’s symphonic poems. Abstract. Mieczysław Karłowicz was one of the leading composers of Polish music at the turn of the 20th century, whose works are performed in Poland and Europe. This composer’s symphonic poems and songs…Continue reading Spectrum of light and space in Mieczysław Karłowicz’s musical form

UDC 37.014.623:005:316.733(045) Tetiana Kryvosheia Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0000-0001-7287-4274 Hanna Hadetska Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0000-0002-4089-3654 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37627/2311-9489-28-2025-2.169-177 Keywords: curator, project, representative practices, alterity, cultural management, performativity, visualization, eventfulness. Abstract. The article proposes an understanding of the paradigm shift in the perception of art, which occurred as…Continue reading Curatorial mode of project activity in contemporary cultural practices

Nadiia (Nadia) Honcharenko Institute for Cultural Research of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0000-0003-2588-0991 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37627/2311-9489-28-2025-2.190-198 Keywords: postcolonial approach, historical narrative, decommunication, decolonization, national identity, multidimensional perspective. Abstract. The collective work Living the Independence Dream: Ukraine and Ukrainians in Contemporary Socio-Political Context is analyzed through a postcolonial approach, emphasizing the need…Continue reading Away with Russian glasses – see the Ukrainian dream

UDC 82-94 (438):17-054.7(171+7.08) Nataliia Shelkovaia Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0000-0001-7303-0719 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37627/2311-9489-28-2025-2.18-26 Keywords: life, youth, death, art, form, elite art, mass art, creativity. Abstract. This article is the second part of the comprehension of the existential analysis of human subjectivity both on the universal and national levels, as the existential of…Continue reading “I” and “We”: Reflections with Witold Gombrowicz. “Diary” by W. Gombrowicz (1953-1969). Part II

Published: 2025 CONTENTS WORLD CULTURE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Modern strategies for the development of culture in Great Britain and Ukraine in the dimensions of international experience in the formation of state policy in the field of culture — Olha OvcharukDOI: https://doi.org/10.37627/2311-9489-28-2025-2.8-17PDF “I” and “We”: Reflections with Witold Gombrowicz. “Diary” by W. Gombrowicz (1953-1969). Part II…Continue reading Volume 28 No 2 (2025)