Abstract-The article investigates, on the foundation of ecophilosophical approach, the concept of ecology, in general, and the perspectives of its implementation in the sphere of culture researches; it analyzes the main approaches in ecological methodology. The authors conclude the ecological aspects of culture in the context of social and humanitarian knowledge; also they conclude the possibility to make the model of ecology of culture on the foundation of eco-philosophy.

Abstract-The article studies potential application of an information ecology approach for the analysis of a contemporary stage in the development of an information society. It is illustrated using the example of this approach utilized to study a social element -sociocultural space. The article analyses distinctive features of information ecology as a modern philosophical approach based on holistic and systematic principles which provides new opportunities for the consideration of a human, subject as a center of sociocultural space compared to traditional postmodernism philosophy. By using holistic methodology, the authors develop the question of information essence and its place in society and culture today through subject-object relations; apply the notion of subject's navigation in sociocultural space considered as its inclusion and an ability to navigate in the system of connections between a person and modern information space.

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The article studies the distinctive features of the foresight method as a cognitive tool for the study of the modern information society from the point of view of the ecophilosophical paradigm. The authors note as one of the problems of modern society, the gap between the existing creative abilities of the individual, its needs for self-realization, and the development of society as a set of highly specialized socio-cultural patterns, due to the priority of using the potential of information exclusively in the technological space. The article substantiates the demand for the introduction of ecophilosophical research methodology and methods of foresight design and foresight technologies for the development of the scale of personality corresponding to the scale of the tasks of the information age. Based on the principles of consistency and holism, the article explains the possibility of using research in the field of information ecology and ecology of culture in the framework of foresight projects. The article notes the development in the framework of the foresight environmental imperative and norms, thereby forming eco-information culture, acquiring new values, identity, and landmarks in its development.

The article explores some methodological issues and the role of digital technologies in the humanities, education system, and public life. The relevance of the research topic is confirmed by the rapid development of digital resources and technologies in public life, including humanities and education. The positive role of digital technologies for the development of humanities and education is emphasized; they are characterized by interdisciplinarity and open up new possibilities for research. It is argued that the process of digitalization is a reflection of the new historical realities of social life, including science and education, a reflection of the new needs of society in the research environment. And materialistic understanding of the phenomena of social life as the most important method of research, comprehension, and evaluation of social processes is used as the main method of research. It is argued that digital technologies in the humanities and education have serious negative consequences. This manifests itself in a potential decrease in intellectual activity, analytical abilities, and physical development of a person. Digital technologies are capable of taking a person into another reality, disrupting the process of traditional socialization, live communication. Such processes have a negative impact on his personal development, which contradicts the criterion of justice and social progress, which are expressed in the comprehensive development of the individual. It is argued that even the most advanced digital technology cannot replace the moral and psychological moments of live teacher-student communication.