Развитие современной городской культуры в дискурсе концепции социально-экологического метаболизма

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to identify heuristic potential of socio-ecological metabolism (SEM) conception for the studying of trends in the development of modern urban culture. Modern city is considered in terms of the conception as an open socio-biotechnical system, whose changes are of a metabolic nature, so that they are carried out in four consecutive stages: accumulation of “substances”, their transformation during the decomposition of “substances” into simple ones and simultaneous formation and consumption of complex “substances”; release of waste into environment; their subsequent transformation. Empiric basis of the work consists of the results of sociological study “Socio-cultural consequences of the formation of urbanized sociobiotechnical systems”, conducted in the cities of the Belgorod region in January 2020. The study included a questionnaire survey of the urban population using the quota sampling method (n = 500) and an expert survey (n = 30). The authors determined the range of issues urban culture development, which can be solved by applying the concept of SEM. These include: analysis of material and energy exchange in terms of city culture and environment; assessment of the impact factors of technologization and ecologization on urban culture development; study of urban cultural garbage phenomenon, which at the moment are unclaimed or potentially and de facto destructive waste products of the urban community, emerged in the socio-cultural sphere.