Maria Danchenko National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0000-0002-7846-9947 DOI: Keywords: German Baroque, XVII century, Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig, Isaac de Benserade, Louis XIV, court ballet, Marie-Madelaine de Scudéry, heroic romance. Abstract. This article aims to investigate the perception of French esthetical and cultural narratives by Anton Ulrich of Brunswick, a prominent German…Continue reading French cultural narratives in the oeuvre of Anton Ulrich of Brunswick
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Viennese modernism: the problem of “language criticism”
Yuri Sapelkin Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, KyivORCID ID 0000-0002-3007-556X DOI: Keywords: Viennese modernism, “language criticism”, linguistic crisis, discussion, skepticism. Abstract. The article explores the issue of the social significance of the word. In the course of studying language as the primary means of communication, alarming tendencies regarding its ability to distort…Continue reading Viennese modernism: the problem of “language criticism”
Structural method in the study of the semantics of Trypillia–Cucuteni ornaments
Yevhen Prychepii Institute for Cultural Research, National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv ORCID ID 0000-0002-5363-1004 DOI: Keywords: eight-element structure, eight phases of the Moon, seven-element structure, full moon, transitional moon, Trypillia–Cucuteni ornaments. Abstract. This paper substantiates the validity of applying the structural method to the study of Trypillian ornaments. An eight-element structure, A′BA″BA′BA″B, is…Continue reading Structural method in the study of the semantics of Trypillia–Cucuteni ornaments
Aesthetic paradigms of interactivity and immersion in digital audiovisual art of the metamodern era
Ihor Pecheranskyi Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0000-0003-1443-4646 DOI: Keywords: interactivity, immersion, aesthetic paradigms, metamodernism, digital audiovisual art, VR/AR/XR, procedural generation, metaverses. Abstract. This scholarly contribution aims to scrutinize the trajectory of interactivity and immersion, conceptualized as aesthetic paradigms within digital audiovisual art during the period spanning 2000–2010. The analysis is…Continue reading Aesthetic paradigms of interactivity and immersion in digital audiovisual art of the metamodern era
Cultural entrepreneurship as a conceptual model: rationale and definition
Oleksandra Oliinyk Institute for Cultural Research of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0000-0002-2392-3938 DOI: Keywords: cultural dimension, cultural issues, interdisciplinary research, interdisciplinarity, culturology, theory of culture, economics of culture, cultural production, cultural entrepreneurship. Abstract. The article proposes to consider the existing concepts of “cultural entrepreneurship”, the predetermination of which is the…Continue reading Cultural entrepreneurship as a conceptual model: rationale and definition
Volume 29 No 1 (2026)
Published: 2026 CONTENTS THEORY AND HISTORY OF CULTURE The phenomenon of the creative personality in contemporary cultural studies discourse: a paradigm shift (Based on Sebastian Smee’s project “The Art of Rivalry”) — Olena OnishchenkoDOI: PDF Viennese modernism: the problem of “language criticism“ — Yuri SapelkinDOI: PDF Aesthetic paradigms of interactivity and immersion in digital audiovisual…Continue reading Volume 29 No 1 (2026)
The phenomenology of Ukrainian heroes: the dead, the alive, and the unborn
Artem Bohutskyi postgraduate student at the Department of Cultural Studies, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, KyivORCID ID 0009-0002-8983-4759 DOI: Keywords: identity, socio-cultural practices, war, commemorative practices, cultural dimension, interdisciplinarity, cultural problems, cultural sphere, historical memory, sacredness. Abstract. This article examines the Ukrainian commemorative space, in particular, it analyzes commemorative practices aimed at glorifying individuals who…Continue reading The phenomenology of Ukrainian heroes: the dead, the alive, and the unborn
The phenomenon of the creative personality in contemporary cultural studies discourse: a paradigm shift (Based on Sebastian Smee’s project “The Art of Rivalry”)
Olena Onishchenko Institute for Cultural Research of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv.ORCID ID 0000-0002-7118-3276 DOI: Keywords: art of rivalry, tandem creativity, artistic stimuli, the ugly, artistic continuity. Abstract. The article analyzes Sebastian Smee’s cultural studies project, which aims to expand strategies for investigating the phenomenon of the creative personality through an emphasis…Continue reading The phenomenon of the creative personality in contemporary cultural studies discourse: a paradigm shift (Based on Sebastian Smee’s project “The Art of Rivalry”)