Abstract

A universal author's methodology for mapping the confessional space of the territory with the use of special methods and means is proposed. In the process of scientific research, the following tasks are accomplished: 1) an analysis of existing cartographic materials is carried out, where the confessional structure and other scientific sources are displayed; 2) the main advantages and disadvantages of using certain methods, means, techniques and symbols are highlighted; 3) its own methodology for mapping the confessional space of individual territories is developed (on the example of the territory of Ukraine and its individual regions). The offered results of scientific researches are approved at scientific conferences and congresses and have received positive responses of leading scientists of Ukraine in the field of cartography. As a result of such studies and practical application of the mapping methodology, we created a series of maps (more than 120) reflecting the confessional space of Ukraine at the level of administrative and territorial regions and cities of regional importance. We also built a map for Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions at the settlement level. This allows to identify the various areas of possible interconfessional confrontations, as well as promising destinations for the development of religious tourism. The main scientific result of the scientific research is the proposed methodology for mapping the confessional space, as well as creating tourist maps for the development of religious tourism. These results create the foundation for further scientific reflection on the process of mapping and cartographic monitoring of confessional space. They can serve as basic information for regulating interfaith relations at various levels, which is relevant for Ukraine today.

Highlights

  • Mapping as a way of conveying information about natural or social phenomena and processes of the territory today is one of the main methods of reproducing spatial irregularities and polarizations

  • Relevant for Ukraine is the issue of the development of religious tourism as a promising area among all types of tourism

  • The most important method of scientific research is certainly the cartographic method, which has two aspects of use, namely: 1) analysis of the existing maps is carried out where the confessional space is reproduced in order to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the used methods and means of mapping; 2) their own cartographic models are created with the display of confessional space and their advantages and disadvantages are analyzed

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Summary

Introduction

Mapping as a way of conveying information about natural or social phenomena and processes of the territory today is one of the main methods of reproducing spatial irregularities and polarizations. When mapping the religious space of the regions of Ukraine at the highest administrative-territorial level, it is expedient to use such methods of mapping as a circular or square diagram [1] Both of them (Fig. 2) will reflect the religious distribution of communities according to their specific gravity, and their size is the total number of communities in cities of state significance (Kyiv, Sevastopol), the region or Crimea. In the poly-confessional regions it is possible to observe the situation when in a settlement with a population of 500 people there are registered 2–3 communities of different confessions, which is explained by various factors Such map scheme will help to predict the perception of religious space, depending on the size and socio-economic and humanitarian development of settlements, especially rural ones. For the UOC it is necessary to use red color, UOC-KP – dark-headed, UGCC – orange, pink and purple shades used for Protestant communities of different directions, light green for Muslims, gray for Jews and the like

UOC KP
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Evangelical Christians
Association of Jewish Religious Organizations of Ukraine
Holy color of Hare Krishna
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