Cultural Paradigm Research Articles

HUMANISTIC POTENTIAL OF CULTURE AND VALUES

The scientific article sets the tasks of revealing the nature and characteristics of the current state of culture and values ​​of Kazakhstani society and identifying their spiritual and moral potential for implementation in conditions of the new Kazakhstani reality and tasks of sustainable development. The authors reveal the place and role of normative and value content of the traditions of the culture of the Kazakh people and ethnic groups of Kazakhstan in the processes of modernization of public consciousness. The article indicates the importance of a comparative analysis of Turkic, European, Islamic and domestic cultural values ​​in the context of the concept of sustainable development, identifying universality, concretizing the features of the Kazakh value discourse, researching ontological significance of religious values ​​in the hierarchy of cultural values ​​of Kazakhstan. The authors emphasize that the philosophical and sociological dimension of the cultural and value paradigm of Kazakhstan and the practice of its implementation through the prism of spiritual and moral development, analysis of risks and emerging opportunities in the field of science, education, digital reality in the context of sustainable development of society is very important in identifying the humanistic potential of modern Kazakh culture and its value bases.

Social Network, Cognition and Participation in Rural Health Governance.

Rural health governance is an important part of low-carbon green life, which is also related to the sustainable development and population health project in rural areas. Based on the survey data of 2343 rural residents in China, this study adopted a binary logistic regression model to explore the effects of rural residents’ social network and cognition on their participation in rural health governance. The research results show that only less than 30% of the respondents participated in rural health governance, and the proportion of rural resident participating is not high. Both their social network and cognition have a significant impact on their participation in rural health governance. Introverted communication helps strengthen the connection between rural residents, form the network and structure of rural social communication, build emotional links and common interests, and form a common cultural understanding paradigm and action framework. The extraverted communication means that rural residents gradually break away from the social network of acquaintances, which is not conducive to building a rural community. Rural residents’ understanding of behavior begins to deviate from rural culture, customs and emotional values, and the binding force of traditional culture is reduced, making it difficult to motivate them to participate in rural public life. Policy cognition can improve rural residents’ recognition of the value and significance of health governance. Responsibility awareness is the internal driving force for rural residents to participate in health governance, which can also reduce the governance cost of rural managers. Based on this, increasing rural residents’ introverted communication and cultivating their sense of responsibility are key to promoting their participation in rural health governance.

Christian Formation and Education in Episcopal Boarding Schools: Historical Origins, Contemporary Context, and a Proposal for Reform

Abstract This article will consider James K.A. Smith’s proposal for Christian educational reform by examining the historical animating principles and the contemporary embodied practices of Episcopal boarding schools in the United States. Drawing on historical accounts of the early years of Episcopal boarding schools, this paper will surface resonances between Smith’s vision for Christian education and the hopes of the first rectors of Episcopal boarding schools. Moving from the founding of these schools to their contemporary configurations, this paper will draw on ethnographic accounts of Episcopal boarding schools to complicate Smith’s vision of the formative Christian school. Ethnographic accounts of Episcopal schools offer further support for Smith’s cultural liturgies paradigm; at the same time, the concrete realities of Episcopal boarding schools will call into question Smith’s convictions regarding the potential for Christian schools to operate counter-liturgically. A consideration of the Episcopal Church’s ecclesial mission will demonstrate how it departs from Smith’s post-liberal ecclesiology to suggest realistic ways forward in the negotiation of Christian identity and practice in the context of Episcopal boarding schools.

New sincerity: Polymodelicity of scientific communication

This article deals with some aspects of the implementation of the open science principles in different countries and the problems of society, in particular the scientific community, in the process of transition to open access depending on the level of economic development of the country. Attention is also paid to how a change in the cultural paradigm may affect scientific communication and the publication of research results. Until now, around the world, they have been subject to the requirements of assessing the effectiveness of scientific work using bibliometric indicators. Nowadays, the shortcomings of this approach are becoming obvious, most of all, ignoring the creative component of scientific work and the existence of other, in addition to the publication of articles, types of scientific work.

How to Overcome Impotence of Environmental Law in the Age of Anthropocene: Foundations of Ecocentric Law

INTRODUCTION. This scientific article discusses the reaosns for inefficiency (“impotence”) of modern environmental law as a normative reaction to the “destruction of Nature”. The scope of the destruction of Nature has been broadening. The environmental protection law has thus not influenced the resurrection of “destroyed Nature”.MATERIALS AND METHODS. Consistent with explanatory and theory–building research, the methods used are those of historical legal research as well as general scientific methods, such as analysis, synthesis, analogy, description, and deduction. RESEARCH RESULTS. The essential reasons for the current excessiveness (intemperance) of man's interaction with Nature (the reasons for the “destruction of Nature”) and/or reasons for the inefficiency of the modern environmental law should be sought for in the dominant anthropocentric cultural paradigm of the western cultures oriented towards an un-limited material progress. If anthropocentrism (exploitativeness) as the basis of human utilitarian interaction with nature has led to the “destruction of nature,” there is no doubt that the ecological reason remaining within the anthropocentric construction of Nature can not lead to its “resurrection”. Only the setting-up of the ecocentric construction of Nature may lead to the “resurrection” of Nature. This orientation must be followed by the nomos of the western cultures. A new law of nature on the basis of the new, ecocentric ontology and ethics is therefore necessary.DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS. In this article, the basics of a new ecocentric legal philospohy as the foundation of modern environmental law have been proposed. The scientific realisation of man's equality in the network of co-dependent natural entities in the last decades shows man his initial position – that is his (equal) postition in Nature. The determination of the rules of conduct which man must respect in interaction with Nature implies an expansion of the idea of law itself (justice and correctness) towards the interaction between man and Nature and not only the interaction within human community. Consequently, the economic interaction has to be maintained within the framework ensuring the vitality of other biotic communities. Also, incorporation of Nature in the very essence of law inevitably triggers a redefinition of legal values. The natural equilibrium, i.e., the equilibrium of life (including human life) becoming a legal value, we could speak of the expansion of the legal subject, i.e. the expansion of values which are the subject of legal protection. The initial position of the natural equilibrium addresses the issue of relationship of the new legal value towards the existing fundamental legal values of the western cultures. The enforcement of the maintenance of natural equilibrium may also demand a limitation of another legally protected value, for example, the right to the freedom of movement or some other human right. The new value, i.e., the maintenance of natural equilibrium, must be incorporated in the “contracts of statehood”, that is in the constitutions of the western countries as one of main legal values, next to “freedom”,“democracy” and “private property”. The entry of Nature in the western (legal) value system is a conditio sine qua non for an efficient change in the legal order and, most importantly, for a change in man's attitude towards Nature in everyday's life.

Polylogical Core of Modern Intercultural Interaction Models

The article is devoted to the problems of transformation and phenomenon of complication of intercultural communication models. The significance of the study lies in the fact that intercultural communication through the prism of cultural and civilizational developments reflects the sociocultural changes taking place at all levels of social development. The problem of application of theoretical knowledge about the communicative paradigm of modern culture with its polylogical core for the development of a specific model of intercultural communication and effective cultural policy relates to the difficulties of achieving compliance of the research results with the real state of the sociocultural environment. Basing on the previous and current research approaches and taking into consideration a systemic and synergistic approach as well as a dialogue concept, the authors aim to investigate theoretical modeling of intercultural interaction. As a result of investigation, the authors conclude that the study of models of intercultural interaction cannot be carried out without understanding the principles and factors of the dynamics of cultural changes in the modern world which allows us to consider the transition from a dialogue model to a polylogue model as a natural stage in the dynamics of culture. Also, the methodological set of philosophical and cultural studies of the dynamics of modern culture is proved as constantly expanding due to the new tendencies, like total digitalization. It is stated that overcoming outdated models of intercultural interaction and adopting the new ones is a long process that must be tested by the human society

A novel Orca Cultural Algorithm and applications

AbstractIn this article, the paradigm of machine culture as an extension to machine intelligence is introduced. This new concept is modelled based on animal intelligence and culture. The example of orca intelligence and culture is considered as orcas possess in addition to skills allowing them to reach preys, the ability to transmit their culture from generation to generation. The orca intelligence is studied and then simulated to design an algorithm called Orca Algorithm (OA). OA consists in modelling the orca lifestyle and in particular the orcas social organization, echolocation behaviour and hunting techniques. In order to integrate the cultural dimension, OA was hybridized with the Cultural Algorithm (CA) to get an algorithm called Orca Cultural Algorithm (OCA). OCA was tested on 22 benchmark problems of the literature to evaluate its performance. Extensive experiments were first performed to set the algorithm parameters prior to measure its effectiveness and efficiency. In a second stage, OCA was adapted to discrete problems and applied to the maze game with four level of complexity. Additional experiments were held to compare the designed algorithm with recent state‐of‐the‐art evolutionary algorithms. The overall obtained results are very promising.

Другой в постмодернистском концепте «дифферанс» Жака Деррида

Postmodernism as a paradigm of culture in the 1960s-90s offers his own view on the problem of plurality. Plurality in the form of differences has an ontological character, which makes it possible to see in each phenomenon, culture, person, community an individual, constantly revealing itself and its own capabilities. The part, not the whole, the identical, the total, is declared primordial and equal. Differences and plurality become possible as independent constructs as a result of a cultural worldview turn in relation to the understanding of the Other. European culture and the whole world have done a great job of overcoming stereotypically negative views on the phenomenon of being different, other, going beyond the socio-cultural, biological, gender norms or what is commonly considered as such. The category of the Other is complex and is interpreted differently by scientists. Moreover, it is diversely represented in cultural models and national forms of thinking. Otherness, on the one hand, is individuality, distinctiveness, which allows you to be original, individual. On the other hand, it can be imperceptibly constructed by socially powerful practices. In any case, the Other undermines the totality by incorporating differences into it, or, in the language of Jacques Derrida, differences. “Difference”, includes several semantic constructions-words, simultaneously present in it. This is “difference” - difference, distinction, dissimilarity, inconsistency, differentiation; as well as “differe” - to postpone. postpone; “fero” - to carry. wear. The result of being in constant motion and mutual transition of meanings is the understanding of “difference” as a neologism. including “distinguish. delay. bear”. Its content casts doubt on the legitimacy of identity as the main mental construct of Modern culture. since it includes the plurality of Others. The phenomenon of the Other in “difference” overcomes the metaphysical nature of logocentrism. The term itself indicates the initial presence of otherness in a person. society. culture. more precisely. the procedure for replacing “e” with the letter “a” (“differance” instead of “difference”). “A” - “Other” is designed to make the construction of in “difference” mobile. ambiguous. revealing potential differences in a word. concept. person. etc. The other makes “difference / distinction” different from the meanings and contexts present in it. as well as from other objects and processes. In this sense. “difference” cannot be reduced to any one of the meanings. This does not mean. however. that difference denies connection. interaction as such. The Other decomposes the homogeneity of the European and daughter civilizations. resorting to a variety of methods and benefits. most often using marginalized practices. escaping from unambiguity and absolutizing totality. In this regard. the Other in “difference” is aimed at including diversity. plurality. recognition of different ways and models of the development of personality and civilization in the field of human culture and society.

Gesturing Toward Co-Visioning: A New Approach for Intercultural Mine Reclamation and Closure Planning

AbstractMine reclamation and closure in the traditional territories of Indigenous rights holders in Alberta, Canada, raises issues of environmental, social, and cultural significance. We highlight insights developed collaboratively with members of a First Nation about their lived experience with the persistence of oil sands mine activities and reclaimed lands, and apply a participatory and inclusive planning approach with the potential to empower host communities with an equitable role in the planning and decision-making for sustainable socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental post-closure outcomes. Two different cultural activities were evaluated for their effectiveness in empowering intercultural dialogue and guiding creation of a shared post-closure vision between a First Nation and an oil sands company. We share perspectives, barriers, and opportunities for intercultural understanding and participation in mine reclamation and closure decision-making to ameliorate cultural land use impacts. We demonstrate that application of inclusive cultural practices and protocols in mine reclamation and closure planning empowered intercultural dialogue; enhanced understanding across cultural paradigms; supported shared project decision-making; produced moments of overlapping reclamation stories; and resulted in a parallel project vision for guiding cultural and landscape reclamation.

The Power of Kajang Indigenous People from Covid-19

The principle is a teaching of simplicity to avoid excessive life influences through modernism, technology, and globalism. The world has been encountering a Covid-19 pandemic for the last two years; however, Kajang indigenous people become one of the communities that could endure exposure to the Covid-19 virus. The study aims to disclose the following: first, what type of ethnic wisdom that makes Kajang community still survive the aggression of changes in their surrounding communities, and second, how could the ethnic wisdom of the Kajang community become an antidote for Covid-19 exposure, which is the fruit of modernism, so that it has almost no effect on the community. The study employs a qualitative descriptive approach. The data analysis is carried out in three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The research finds that first, Kajang’s ethnic wisdom known for their tightfistedness in interaction with their surrounding world has local wisdom that becomes a cultural paradigm in managing its behavioral relationship and social interaction. Second, the ethnic wisdom of kamase-masea life principle that forms behavioral and interaction systems indirectly creates herd immunity that has implication on less exposure to Covid-19 among the Kajang indigenous people.

Визуализация перехода к метамодерну: семиотический анализ архитектурного проекта Эсма Султан (Стамбул)

The subject of this article is a visual manifestation of the transition to metamodern architecture in the reconstruction of Esma Sultan's palace in Istanbul. Its architectural and design solution was created in the framework of the new urban paradigm of the XXI century. The project solves a whole range of tasks from the preservation of historical heritage to the creation of an attractive commercial real estate facility. The objective of the article is to conduct a semiotic analysis of the Esma Sultan architectural complex which will demonstrate the transition from the paradigm of the urban culture of postmodernism to metamodernism. Esma Sultan's semantic analysis reveals the meanings that remain not articulated in the special literature about this project. The method of historical retrospection is applied to the analysis of the object. This made it possible to assess the general trends in the production of urban space at the early the twenty-first century. A comparison of Esma Sultan's palace to the projects that are close in style and overall design showed the prospect of creating a modern mental image of the city. The authors concluded that the semiotic system of this architectural object is focused on the presentation of a multi-level semantic space. The loft-style palace not only organizes space, but creates a lifestyle with its egocentric hedonistic notes. The article proves that the reconstruction of Esma Sultan declares a new style of life and a type of urban culture in which spatiality becomes an expression of a multi-layered meaning. Rebuilding is not the same as reconstruction because its goal is not to return the past in the image of the building but to “hang” between experiencing the past and its awareness in the present. Thus, the Esma Sultan project became an example of a generalization of paradigm shifts in human perceptions of the 1990s - 2000s and a demonstration of the transition to the sociocultural situation of metamodern. We see how metamodern eliminates the very principle of dichotomy of choice, evaluation and functionality. The technological leap of the beginning of the 21st century, the changing nature of sociocultural practices, the abandonment of the policy of multiculturalism (the practice of social collage) influenced the formation of a new understanding of the problem of meanings manifested through spatiality, contingency and contextuality of any phenomenon.

Narratives of Media Education of Modern Liberal Information Culture

The scientific understanding of the narratives of media enlightenment of the modern theory of liberal culture and the factor of functioning of its carriers in the conditions of historical and contemporary aspects of the communication transformation of society is a relevant and undeniable fact of the modern science of social communications. The description of the theory of liberal information culture from the point of view of typology and the principles of identifying the primary and fundamental nature of the fact and the possibility of its free interpretation in the realization of the interpretive resources of the carriers of information culture, which forms a specific feature of liberalism in their totality — free personal social evaluation. Despite several centuries of actual spread within the global information environment, liberalism (both as a philosophical trend, theoretical current, and informational practice) stands in a certain way aside from serious research in social communications. Modern mass communication, increasingly clearly and unequivocally drawing the border between the demonstration characteristics of a communication product based on the principle of online or offline, leaves both severe topics and problems, as well as the seriousness of approaches to their coverage, out of the context of the audience’s attention. The study aims to reveal the key factors of the modern and historical aspects of the carriers of Ukrainian liberal information culture. Following the purpose of the research, we defined the following tasks: to find out the content and audience characteristics of social communications as the basic concepts of the functioning of liberal information culture. The methodological basis of the research is a combination of general scientific methods and particular methods and approaches to the study of regularities and features of information processes and phenomena. As for the comprehensive system of scientists in the theoretical component of the research on Ukrainian information culture of the second half of the 19th — beginning of the 20th century, this approach leaves out of the research field two popular opposite paradigms of information culture: the so-called Modern project and the Postmodern project. Accordingly, the research results are specific general ontological grounds for the universal unity of things, people, events, and reports about them, hence — universal criteria for evaluation and interpretation of everything. In this understanding, the informational and cultural world is a universe of all possible meanings, contents, and guidelines of human existence, transmitted to a person at any time and space.

Path Study on the Infiltrating and Integrating "Curriculum Politics" into Art Teaching in Primary and Secondary Schools

"Curriculum politics" refers to an educational and teaching concept that constructs a whole-person, whole-course and whole-course education of people. It leads students "thoughts with "politics" and cultivates students' skills with "art". They are carriers of each other, as well as they permeate each other and develop in the same direction. The ideological and political development of students is the primary objective of the curriculum. At the same time, the political orientation of art education is emphasized and patriotic education is reinforced when professional development education is integrated to form an effective teaching vehicle for the concretization and vividness of core socialist values. In this paper, from the perspective of curriculum politics, the disciplinary thinking of moral education is applied to delve into the relationship between curriculum politics and basic arts education, the path of infiltration and integration, as well as the cultural genes and value paradigms embedded in the arts curriculum are explored in order to produce concrete results.

A Review on Western Studies on the Socialist Transformation in China

Based on the literature analysis of the research on China’s socialist transformation in Western academia, this paper briefly reviews the historical status of Western academia’s research since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, taking the normalization of China-US relations as the node time. The study on China’s socialist transformation has experienced more than half a century of development, showing its own unique characteristics. Due to the influence of their own cultural concepts, ideologies, research paradigms and research methods, Western scholars’ understanding of relevant issues inevitably shows some one-sided and arbitrary perspectives. However, the novelty of Western scholars’ research perspectives, the diversification of data sources, and the interdisciplinary comprehensive research methods have certain reference significance for China’s domestic academia to further advance the research on socialist transformation.

ХОРОВОЙ ЦИКЛ «МАДРИГАЛ» А. УШКАРЁВА КАК ФЕНОМЕН ТЕАТРА ПОЛИФОНИЧЕСКИХ МИНИАТЮР

Theaterisation in Russian choral art of the second half of the XXth century touched upon the work concept as well as the individual composer's style and performance staff. The search for musical solutions is aimed not only at giving birth to the new, but also at appealing to the artistic experience of previous eras. In this sense, particularly interesting are works that synthesize the diversity of cultural and historical paradigms. Such samples include the "Madrigal" cycle for mixed choir a cappella by Anatoly Ushkarev (1928–2008). Several aspects of composition were studied: its literary source, dramaturgy, genre and style features. It is emphasized that the plot of the poetic source is built by moving from the gloomy images of unrequited love and death to the bright themes of happiness, the victory of life over death. The broad semantic field of the poetic basis becomes an impulse to polyphonize all means of musical expression. It is noted that the architectonics of the work appears in the form of three "cycles in a cycle" with a preface and an afterword. Each part acts as a "character" in a choral "theatre of polyphonic miniatures". In conclusion, it is emphasized that the genre-style elements of choral composition appear as an update within the canon.

The Dialectic and Coupling of Three Paradigms in the Process of Art Rural Construction: Environment, Culture, and Industry.

The development and construction of cities and villages are a complex process jointly promoted by multiple subjects such as government, residents, enterprises, planners, and community elites. Through the summary and analysis of the practice of art rural construction at home and abroad, it is found that its events show three main paradigms in the development process. The environmental creation paradigm reconstructs the environmental semantics of the countryside through the creation of environmental art works, showing the remarkable characteristics of “the presence of works.” The cultural revival paradigm maintains the local culture through cooperation with residents in art and has the characteristics of “de-artization ” and “de-heritage.” The industrial development paradigm adjusts the industrial structure through the production of commodity art to achieve the improvement of the rural economic foundation. Under the new development trend, the three paradigms are gradually converging.

Découverte et méconnaissance du poisson fermenté: Le cas des dictionnaires jésuites du Japon

It seems likely that the time has come for Latin and Greek studies to address the question of liquamina with reference to Asia. This article therefore aims to draw attention to the fact that in 1595, in the Amakusa dictionary, related Latin terms were actually translated in Japanese. The analysis of this initial confrontation sheds some light on a hitherto unseen aspect of the problem: liquamina, being filtered liquids, have to be by-products of something else, and to be valid, it is here that any comparison should begin. The Amakusa dictionary, on which the Portuguese and the Japanese collaborated, and sometimes opposed each other, betrays traces of the Japanese endeavour to discover familiar things, beyond the Latin terms. In the subsequent Nagasaki dictionary, fermented fish appears, amidst its vegetarian variants, as the very touchstone of Jesuit food acculturation, allowing us to grasp the cultural paradigm through which the Fathers understood otherness in the Japanese context, namely Greco-Latin Antiquity. This long-forgotten Jesuit understanding of fermented fish products leads us even deeper into the problem of representations associated with fish fermentation.

Design criticism in the context of modern cultural paradigm

Design criticism in the context of modern cultural paradigm

Impact of the concept of “technoscience” on the genesis features of the legal regu-lation of artificial intelligence and robotics technology

The paper is devoted to studying the legal regulation genesis of innovative AI and RT in law. The research suggests comprehending not only the answer to the question why these technologies can be considered as “disruptive” ones for the legal system, but also why this is happening right now, decades after their appearance. It is concluded that AI and RT are closely related to the concept of “technoscience” since due to them we can talk about interdisciplinarity, mutual strengthening of scientific cognition; capitalization; the growing influence of corporations on science; and the logical consequence is the involvement of technoscience in the state policy orbit. At the same time, technoscience brings social and cultural paradigms of scientific research to a new level as it allows us to raise the question of scientists’ attitude towards the consequences of their inventions in a new way. This, in turn, determines a number of the genesis features of AI and RT in law which are justified in the article.

СЕМЬЯ В РУССКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЕ: АКСИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ АСПЕКТ

The article analyzes the system of values that exists in every culture, is formed due to the cultural meanings contained in the concepts. In particular, the main attention is paid to the «family» concept presented in culture as a three-level unity, where the first level is cultural memory, which assumes the participation in the life of the family of all relatives, deceased, living and not yet born — in relationships and in the memory of the living; the second level is the cultural code, or those basic values that a particular family relies on at a certain stage of its existence; the third is the intergenerational transmission of cultural experience, the content of which depends on the attitude to the values being broadcast: the retransmission of values, the transformation of values; the deformation of values; the denial of values; the replacement of values. Taking into account the interdisciplinary nature of the work, the author relies on a set of culturological, linguoculturological, cultural philosophical, sociocultural approaches when choosing a methodological base. These approaches, and above all the culturological approach, allowed us to consider the value-semantic content of the «family» concept to present the main functions of this concept in culture — the adaptive function and the function of identity formation, the implementation of which occurs in the family through the presenting cultural tradition. The paper examines the range of possible relations to tradition, the relationship of personality, family and society, the peculiarities of the existence of the family under the influence of changes in the cultural roles of its members. It is argued that the attitude to values and their semantic content in the context of the identity crisis in which our society finds itself in the globalizing world determines the awareness of a person of his position in the world and in society. At the same time, the complexity in defining value orientations is emphasized, which consists in changing cultural paradigms, and in the difference in meanings that different social groups put into the same naming values. The author comes to the conclusion that in order to respond to the new challenges faced by the family in culture, and to preserve the family in new conditions, qualitative changes will have to be experienced by each of its participants.