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This article views the problems connected with the influence of globalization processes and new information and communication technologies on the transformation of cultural codes systems, the increase of intensity of adverse impacts of social anomie, the marginalization of culture, the destruction of the foundations of collective identity. In the present context the authors analyze new trends of civilizational development of society, having a direct impact on the transformation of value orientations of mass, youth...

Historical museums are a specific reservoir of ways of representing past events, and a key element in the processes of rationalization and institutionalization of history. Museums legitimize and interpret the past for the visitors, while their wide impact and authority make them jointly responsible for the shape of collective memory. Each museum is part of historical policy pursued in order to shape the historical consciousness and collective memory of a community. Although museums try to appear (ethically and pol...

Human beings evince a natural tendency to perceive patterns like faces, figures or shapes in otherwise random phenomena. This well-known psychological phenomenon called “pareidolia”, “apophenia” or “clustering illusion” (depending on what we refer to) has a convincing evolutionary explanation. As a universal phenomenon it is therefore part of our human nature, although different cultural and/or religious factors can influence or even determine the sensitivity to detect hidden signs and patterns. The present paper ...

Osijek is one of the bigger cities in Croatia, and is considered to be the capital of eastern region of the country. Orientation to the European cultural values and the affiliation to the Austro-Hungarian cultural circle are often mentioned as the part of its identity. Today’s city administration states that their mission is to “develop Osijek as a European metropolis influencing the entire macro-region where it belongs geographically “. Also, their vision is „Osijek - a city of satisfied people … an economically ...

This article adopts a socio-cultural position to describe and analyze the main patterns in the development of the cultural environment of modern postindustrial cities. The author presents the historical experience and contemporary condition of Pittsburgh to illustrate his arguments. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Pittsburgh developed an international reputation as an important center of American heavy industry. It achieved particular fame for its iron and steel works. However, by the end of the twentie...

The scope of the study was to identify social factors influencing significant transformations of the landscape in south-eastern Poland, with particular emphasis on the rural areas of the Podkarpackie Province. The research methodology included quantitative social research (CAPI) performed in selected villages regarding the perception of tall trees in the immediate neighbourhood of respondents' residence site (house, street). An archival query on cartographic and iconographic materials of selected settlements enabl...

A certain article aims to develop a topic of the IT and visitor interaction in terms of a museum's space. The essay evaluates a practical implementation of the IT technologies as well as its utilitarian function. The article proves that a practice of using gesture management tools as well as semantic web possibilities are the future of the European cultural landscape. Analysis of the museum’s cases within international field gives a certain opportunity to understand both current and future possibilities of the cul...

The culture of modern society as an object of study is a complex interaction of many fields and factors. One of the most important is education as a necessary minimum of knowledge about the world. We investigated the results of the implementation of the programme of education for all in the world practice, taking into account reports of UNESCO and the World Conferences on Education. The documents that guarantee everyone's right to education, starting with the Declaration of Human Rights, were chosen as the basis. ...

The article focuses on the compositional activity of Oskar Gottlieb Blarr. This contemporary German artist creates diverse music based on a variety of themes, forms and styles, and carrying a humanistic and religious message. His works arise from the past, document historical memory and pay tribute to traditions. As a musical testimony of the past, they commemorate events, facts and figures, but they also express a reflective longing for lost homeland. History and traditions present in Blarr’s music are discussed ...

First habits connected to alcohol drinking young people gain in the family. Misuse of alcohol and other addictive substances in young people is often connected to complex family situations and family problems while drinking model is primarily developed in peer groups. The aim of this study was to examine the connection between young people’s perception of parental acceptance-rejection, peer pressure and some sociodemographic characteristic (gender, family structure, parent's education, subjective estimation of fam...

The aim of the research was to indicate the characteristics of traditional wooden buildings, determining its multi-faceted value and the role it plays in the contemporary structure of the city, on the example of Rzeszów (south-eastern part of Poland). The research methodology included field work and analysis of the city plan that is identification of existing traditional wooden residential buildings. A query was made of archival materials and studies on conservation documentation regarding the studied objects in t...

The article is dedicated to the role of education and science in the contemporary world. Development and interaction of them are necessary for mankind to survive under conditions of increasing challenges and threats of our civilization, especially ecological. The author accentuates attention in the importance of education in ecological sphere in all Institutes of Higher Education, including non-specialized, and for all specialties. This must be preceded by training ecological consciousness, beginning from the pre-...

With a history spanning over more than 200 years, the traditional ensemble of three instruments known in Romania under the name of Transylvanian Trio gathers instruments of different sizes and shapes, encompassing a specific repertoire, unique in the Romanian area. In order to collect this specific repertoire, for its preservation and promotion, a Transylvanian Trio Festival takes place in Cluj County every year, bringing together the local ensembles of this type. The present paper analyzes the audience’s percepti...

The article reveals the essence of research activity and the process of its organization at the university in the context of the competence approach. The concepts of "competence" and "competence approach" are defined. It is established that the essence of the competence approach implies not only the acquisition of knowledge and skills by the students, but also the ability to apply them in practice. The article also highlights the principles of the teachers’ work, as well as the scientific research principles in a ...

Cultural consumption as sociological phenomena is point of the scientific interest from latest 40ies of last century. Today, there are many authors who are studying questions of cultural consumption understanding that the social and economic impact on it is very important for different aspect – from city life to building of the national identity. The article gives a short summary about current studies in the field of cultural consumption in Latvia after 1991 as well as introduces to the survey made at the Universi...

This is a first national scale research of people’s attitude towards hunters in Latvia aiming to establish the current situation because there is a perception that the negative public attitude against hunting has increased over the past years. Attitude is one of the most important aspects of our life – a positive or negative internal thought and emotion about specific issues with an effect on behaviour. Attitude is also a type of positioning to act according to the inner state therefore we can predict behaviour of...

Pablo Escobar was the king of cocaine, seeing himself as ‘a king of magicians’ because he had magically broken the geographic limits of the illegal cocaine trade. In other words, it is what we can consider in some ways a representation of illegality. To understand and define illegality, we must understand legality first. Omar Calabrese in his book Neo baroque defines legality as something that creates a border. A border can be constructed by cutting or defining limits, which is what Calabrese identifies semiotical...

The article deals with one of the most important factors of pedagogue’s professional motivation, communication and collaboration, in the context of the education process. The major idea of the introduced empirical research is to generalise characteristics of communication and collaboration in music schools of Lithuania, while analysing the aspects of relationships between teacher and pupil, educator and school manager in detail. The conducted empirical research results reveal that the relation between teacher and ...

The objects of the research presented in this article are the processes labeled by cultural, philosophical and sociological discourse as clustering of culture and society. The topic of research concerns one of many tendencies of large-scale sociocultural transformation, known as multi-elitism by the author. Cluster communities formed by information facilities, free information exchange (being an "estranged experience"), and by interpersonal communication interactions are defined in the work as "projective" forms o...

The cultural access, participation to the cultural activities and the overall presence in the cultural markets of the European consumers have registered a decline somewhat less than expected, at least in connection to the current level of development of the European Union countries. This state of the European cultural market is directly determined by the consumers’ behavior related to the cultural products, services and activities as well as by the overall context in which providers of cultural output conduct thei...

Territory marking signs for the preservation of ethno-forming culture Industrial development of Siberia and the Northern part of Russia continues. The number of unauthorized penetration of oil and gas and timber processing enterprises into the territory of traditional natural resource use of the indigenous population is increasing. Part of the pollution extends through river ecosystems to the Arctic Ocean. Along the river systems, the full functioning of the traditional life activities of the indigenous peoples of...