Graphic Design in the Professional Training of Future Specialists

In the work, it is determined that the processes of globalization, characteristic of modern society, require an understanding of the problems of national revival, a reflection of the manifestation of the features of national culture in modern ethnodesign. Therefore, the study of its phenomenon in the system of ethno-cultural values as an important component of culture is relevant, because namely design affects the formation of the mentality of both an individual and the people in general. The role of ethnodesign as an element of culture in the context of globalization and multicultural transformations, in particular against the background of glocalization processes, is studied. It is shown that design today acts as a kind of intermediary, reproducing the peculiarities of the functioning of objects, things in the sphere of culture, performs sociocultural functions, increasing the value characteristics of the environment with its works. Conceptual provisions for the development of Ukrainian ethnodesign as a creative modernization of traditional artistic forms, creation of a cultural image and a national brand as a tool of soft power in the conditions of globalization are suggested.

Conceptual Transformations of Ethnodesign in Ukraine, With Regard to the Processes of Globalization and the Introduction of Digital Technologies

ROHOTCHENKO,

SYVASH,

ODREKHIVSKYI

et al. 2023

Interdisciplinarity as a Modern Global Trend of Professional Training of Higher Education Graduates in the Field of Culture and Art

TRYHUB,

BILIANSKA,

SHULIAK

et al. 2024

The article examines modern culture and art as an area of interdisciplinary knowledge and practices, in the context of both evolutionary and philosophical-anthropological understanding, and pedagogy of higher education. Based on a review of the literature and available evidence of university practices in various regions of the world, the vectors of development, possibilities and potential of interdisciplinarity in professional training of higher education graduates in the field of culture and art are outlined, in particular, with the consideration of STEMAC (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics for Arts & Culture) educational paradigm.

Public Sculpture in Wartime Ukraine as a Form of the State’s Memory Politics

ISYCHENKO,

PROTAS,

MIRONOVA

et al. 2024

The authors argue that during wartime in Ukraine, public sculpture serves as a reflection of the memory politics of the contemporary Ukrainian state. As such, these politics are aimed at breaking away from the Soviet legacy that continues to exist simultaneously in the form of hidden or sometimes obvious remnants of older colonial narratives of Ukrainian history and in the form of aesthetic artifacts akin to those that can be seen in the public space of big cities, e.g. sculptures and reliefs, etc. However, in its efforts to shed the Soviet legacy, Ukraine's memory politics often uncritically adopt dominant capitalist narratives, inadvertently perpetuating another form of cultural oppression and colonization. In addition to critiquing contemporary market-driven discourse, the authors stress the importance of not overlooking the layer of mythological memory, as it constitutes one of the most fundamental elements of Europe's cultural landscape.