CROSS-CULTURAL COMPONENT AS A CONDITION FOR SELF-REALIZATION OF UKRAINIANS IN EUROPE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/facs-2024-6-26Keywords:
culture shock, acculturation stress, adaptation, integration of cultures, cross-cultural identityAbstract
The era of outstanding scientific and technical achievements requires an open society and a corresponding algorithm of intercultural interaction. Radical changes in the life of modern Ukraine, integration processes, and the constant expansion of the spheres of international and interethnic communication show that development is possible only in conditions of dialogue between representatives of different national and cultural communities, capable of understanding and accepting another culture as equal to their own. Scientific developments in the study of migration flows indicate the properties of migrants, which in one way or another contribute to their inclusion in a new cultural environment. The purpose of the article is to highlight the factors of the host environment and the characteristics of the dominant ethnic group in order to determine the success of interaction, as well as to identify strategies for their solvation. It is proven that conflicts between acculturants and the host community most often occur due to national, ethnic misunderstanding of the indigenous inhabitants of the city, region, country. The methodology of studying the problem was determined by the following approaches: cultural – understanding the relationships between social and spiritual phenomena of a particular period; comparative – comparing historical events of different centuries; analytical – when mastering literature on the topic of research; theoretical generalization – summing up the results of the work. Scientific novelty – the cross-cultural component is put in the first place as a condition for the realization of Ukrainians in Europe. Conclusion. Based on the scientific proposition that in a situation of intercultural interaction, changes occur in the psychology of individuals, associated with the socio-cultural adaptation of representatives of one ethnic community to the traditions, habits and lifestyle of another people, acculturation is considered as a form of cultural change. It is proven that it occurs as a result of contact with other cultures. The processes and results of inclusion in another cultural environment, as well as factors that characterize the state of the host society, are analyzed.
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