ETHNO CULTURAL COMPONENT OF HUMANITARIAN FIELD SPECIALISTS’ ACTIVITIES

Abstract

The author investigated the importance of the ethno cultural component in the activities of humanitarian specialists; it is emphasized that in a multi-ethnic society, an ethno cultural component in the humanitarian specialists’ activities is an essential condition for their training. In the context of international cooperation, this contributes to the establishment of productive forms of interaction, and business relations ensure effective partnership relations with foreign colleagues, etc. The ethno cultural component of humanitarian specialists’ professional activity with people of other nationalities helps to understand the needs of the representatives of different nationalities and to develop the ability to interact with them. The formation of the ethno cultural component of activity enables humanitarian field specialists to understand people's behavior or activities, which are determined by the traditional culture of the ethnic group, have particular discrimination against other people or even danger. The ethno cultural component of a humanitarian field specialist’s work as a teacher or lecturer will provide them with an influence on the negative displays of the ethnic culture of youth and the opportunity to prevent these phenomena. Therefore, this component of the professional activity of specialists is defined as a crucial component of its effectiveness and quality. The study convinces that the formation of the ethno-cultural component of the activities contributes to the cultural integration of representatives of different nationalities into Ukrainian society, and activities related to the implementation of this direction require humanitarian field specialists’ knowledge of the peculiarities of the cultural of many peoples against the background of a deep understanding of Ukrainian culture.
 The article proves that the formation of the ethno cultural component as a necessary element of specialists’ activities in the educational process of humanitarian specialties is essential, to begin with, the study of the issue of ethnic cultures and religions of the world, the peculiarities of the psychology of different ethnic groups, migration processes in the world, intercultural communication, ethnic tolerance, national consciousness, identity, history of national state formation. It is possible to implement this task both by introducing new subjects into the curriculum of specialists in the humanitarian field and by adding relevant modules to the content of the educational disciplines available at the HEI («History of Ukraine», «Philosophy», «Cultural Studies», «The Ukrainian Language», «Religious Studies», «Psychology», «History and Theory of Foreign Culture», etc.). Approaches to the study of some specific disciplines are proposed: «Ethno Cultural Studies», «Peoples and Cultures of the World», «Basics of Ethno Psychology», «Migration Processes and Intercultural Communication», «History of Ukrainian Statehood and Culture», which should contribute to the high-quality humanitarian field specialist training and the acquisition of the proper ethno cultural component in their activities.