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Cultural identity as a space for experiencing the psychological comfort of an individual
stmm. 2023 (1): 121-139
DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2023.01.121
Full Text: http://stmm.in.ua/archive/ukr/2023-1/10.pdf
RAISA SHULGA, Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy, Leading Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology of Culture, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)
rashulga@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5302-3669
The article examines the relationship between a person's experiences of his/her identity and the state of psychological comfort. The significance of this condition for the person's vital activity is determined. A person is constantly in search of psychological comfort. Among representatives of various disciplines, psychologists pay the most attention to the study of this condition and note the difficulties in its definition. This is connected with the subjective nature of his experience, the personal coloring of the choice of objects that bring the desired pleasure.
Identity is considered as a factor capable of satisfying the need to achieve and experience psychological comfort. Approaches to understanding cultural identity as such, the significance of its experience for a person are determined. The connection between the need for such an experience and the achievement of the desired psychological comfort is substantiated. Considerable attention is paid to art as an effective factor in satisfying the need for experiencing identity and achieving a state of psychological comfort. There is reason to believe that the most productive possibilities of art are revealed in the reproduction of ethnic and cultural identity.
Ethnic identity is defined as an established worldview construct that differs from other manifestations of identity by a strong emotional color. Folk art is seen as a space where ethnic identity is reproduced and produced.
Cultural identity in the modern world under the conditions of the total influence of the media resource on a person, and under the conditions of free access to a huge array of art, has an ambivalent character. On the one hand, a person defends his identity as belonging to a certain culture, community, on the other hand, he/she feels the need to understand and rethink the identity of his identification markers of reality.
Understanding the processes that take place in this area requires theoretical and creative reflections on the purpose of art and real artistic practice, respect for the needs of the average consumer in their approach to art. The essential character of the identity parameters embodied in the work of art, and the existential dimension of their experience by the person are determined.
Keywords: cultural identity, ethnic identity, psychological comfort, art, existential perception
References
Comfort in psychology (s.a.). Methodical bulletin "Psychological comfort of a child in the educational institution". [In Ukrainian]. Retrieved from: https://seo-base.org.ua/komfortnist-u-psixologi%D1%97-metodichnij-byuleten-psixologichna-komfortnist-ditini-v-osvitnomu-zakladi/ [=Комфортність s.a.]
Erikson, E. (2006). Identity: youth and crisis. [In Russian]. Moscow: Progress. [=Эриксон 2006]
Matuzkova, O.P. (2014). Identity as a structure. [In Ukrainian]. Scientific notes of NaUKMA. Philological science, 164, 15–19. [=Матузкова 2014]
Pylypiv, V. (2020). The concept of cultural identity in the context of the cultural history of the postmodern world. [In Ukrainian]. Ukrainian historical journal, 1. Retrieved from: https://uhj.history.org.ua [=Пилипів 2020]
Rafalskyi, O. (1999). The concept of "national minority" in ethnopolitical research. [In Ukrainian]. Scientific notes of the Institute of Political and Ethnonational Studies, NAS of Ukraine, 8. Retrieved from: https://ipiend.gov.ua/publication/vypusk-8-1999 [=Рафальський 1999]
Serdiuk, L.Z. (2017). The structure and function of the psychological well-being of the individual. [In Ukrainian]. Actual problems of psychology. Collection of scientific works of the of the H.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, NAS of Ukraine.Vol. V: Psychophysiology. Psychology of work. Experimental psychology, 17, 124–133. [=Сердюк 2017]
Shulga, R. (2021). Augmented reality in the realities of art functioning. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 3, 146–166. [=Шульга 2021]
Tancher, V. (2019). Cultural identity in a multicultural society. [In Ukrainian]. International relations: theoretical and practical aspects, 4, 271–285. [=Танчер 2019]
Zhukovska, L. (2007). Psychological comfort as a pre-condition of mental health of the individual. [In Ukrainian]. Healthy lifestyle, 24, 18–21. [=Жуковська 2007]
Received 25.11.2022
Cultural identity as a space for experiencing the psychological comfort of an individual
stmm. 2023 (1): 121-139
DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2023.01.121
Full Text: http://stmm.in.ua/archive/ukr/2023-1/10.pdf
RAISA SHULGA, Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy, Leading Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology of Culture, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)
rashulga@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5302-3669
The article examines the relationship between a person's experiences of his/her identity and the state of psychological comfort. The significance of this condition for the person's vital activity is determined. A person is constantly in search of psychological comfort. Among representatives of various disciplines, psychologists pay the most attention to the study of this condition and note the difficulties in its definition. This is connected with the subjective nature of his experience, the personal coloring of the choice of objects that bring the desired pleasure.
Identity is considered as a factor capable of satisfying the need to achieve and experience psychological comfort. Approaches to understanding cultural identity as such, the significance of its experience for a person are determined. The connection between the need for such an experience and the achievement of the desired psychological comfort is substantiated. Considerable attention is paid to art as an effective factor in satisfying the need for experiencing identity and achieving a state of psychological comfort. There is reason to believe that the most productive possibilities of art are revealed in the reproduction of ethnic and cultural identity.
Ethnic identity is defined as an established worldview construct that differs from other manifestations of identity by a strong emotional color. Folk art is seen as a space where ethnic identity is reproduced and produced.
Cultural identity in the modern world under the conditions of the total influence of the media resource on a person, and under the conditions of free access to a huge array of art, has an ambivalent character. On the one hand, a person defends his identity as belonging to a certain culture, community, on the other hand, he/she feels the need to understand and rethink the identity of his identification markers of reality.
Understanding the processes that take place in this area requires theoretical and creative reflections on the purpose of art and real artistic practice, respect for the needs of the average consumer in their approach to art. The essential character of the identity parameters embodied in the work of art, and the existential dimension of their experience by the person are determined.
Keywords: cultural identity, ethnic identity, psychological comfort, art, existential perception
References
Comfort in psychology (s.a.). Methodical bulletin "Psychological comfort of a child in the educational institution". [In Ukrainian]. Retrieved from: https://seo-base.org.ua/komfortnist-u-psixologi%D1%97-metodichnij-byuleten-psixologichna-komfortnist-ditini-v-osvitnomu-zakladi/ [=Комфортність s.a.]
Erikson, E. (2006). Identity: youth and crisis. [In Russian]. Moscow: Progress. [=Эриксон 2006]
Matuzkova, O.P. (2014). Identity as a structure. [In Ukrainian]. Scientific notes of NaUKMA. Philological science, 164, 15–19. [=Матузкова 2014]
Pylypiv, V. (2020). The concept of cultural identity in the context of the cultural history of the postmodern world. [In Ukrainian]. Ukrainian historical journal, 1. Retrieved from: https://uhj.history.org.ua [=Пилипів 2020]
Rafalskyi, O. (1999). The concept of "national minority" in ethnopolitical research. [In Ukrainian]. Scientific notes of the Institute of Political and Ethnonational Studies, NAS of Ukraine, 8. Retrieved from: https://ipiend.gov.ua/publication/vypusk-8-1999 [=Рафальський 1999]
Serdiuk, L.Z. (2017). The structure and function of the psychological well-being of the individual. [In Ukrainian]. Actual problems of psychology. Collection of scientific works of the of the H.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, NAS of Ukraine.Vol. V: Psychophysiology. Psychology of work. Experimental psychology, 17, 124–133. [=Сердюк 2017]
Shulga, R. (2021). Augmented reality in the realities of art functioning. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 3, 146–166. [=Шульга 2021]
Tancher, V. (2019). Cultural identity in a multicultural society. [In Ukrainian]. International relations: theoretical and practical aspects, 4, 271–285. [=Танчер 2019]
Zhukovska, L. (2007). Psychological comfort as a pre-condition of mental health of the individual. [In Ukrainian]. Healthy lifestyle, 24, 18–21. [=Жуковська 2007]
Received 25.11.2022
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