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As Internet becomes to grow outside of its physical carriers,
it gains more influence over various subsystems constituting the social system in general.
This manifestation is especially visible in the economical plane, in which a certain sym-
biotic relationship between the world wide network and other outernet institutions and
organizations first occurred. With Internet becoming the modern...
In the context of this article and in the perspective of interpretational approach we have considered possibilities of sociological analysis of a religious
conversion. Based on examples of Evangelical Protestantism communities functioning
on the territory of Ukraine the author analyzes peculiarities of building and structuring
conversion narratives, a strategy of representation of the religious...
In 2013–2014 I was working as a DAAD
language assistant in Kyiv at the Kyiv-
Mohyla-Academy. My five students studied
political science – so there was a lot to talk
about at that time. When the Euromaidan
started I was thrilled because I just knew
Ukrainians as very politically apathetic people.
Now something was going on, students were
on strike and went with Ukrainian flags to the...
This research proposes the comparative analysis of the symbolic
representations of Maidan in the Ukrainian and Polish media outlets that comprise tabloid and
quality publications. Different types of symbols are identified in the news analysis, reports, and
feature stories on Maidan. The typology of symbols is worked out on the basis of the Cassirer’s
philosophy of symbolic forms and Langer’s...
The spreading violence beyond Euromaidan space in Kyiv have become one of the main issues of Ukrainian society in winter 2013–2014. For Euromaidan supporters their relatively safe space of every-day interaction came under pressure of discourse which
divided the whole world into “friends and enemies”. The naturalisation of collective identities
of Euromaidan supporters and their opponents served...
The article studies different forms of identity representation in
contemporary Ukrainian poetry using as an example the texts of Iryna Shuvalova. Shuvalova’s
poetry is discussed in a liaison with ideological and artistic changes in a literary process from the
late Soviet era till post-Independent times. The article examines the process of identity building
based on interaction between the...
This article examines the issues of identity and values in
Euromaidan slogans. Different types of identities and the ways of their expression are highlighted: gender, national, regional, social, European and so on. A spectrum of values is portrayed – the
values of love, friendship, mutual help, freedom, and dignity. Various linguistic representations
of identities and values are examined by...
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