INTEGRATION AS A CULTURAL VALUE

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INTEGRATION AS A CULTURAL VALUE

• Dr. Sergiy Kurbatov
• National Aviation University,
• Kyiv, Ukraine

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Basic Definitions

• Cultural values are collective conceptions of
  what is considered good, desirable, proper or
  bad, undesirable, improper in culture (Richard
  Schaefer, 2000)
• Integration is the process (and also the result
  of this process), which makes certain group
  something homogenous (in cultural, political,
  economic and other senses)

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The Main Ukrainian Regions(Differences)

• Main branches of economy
• The number of population
• The historical tradition
• Western
• Eastern
• South
• Central (Sarah Birch, 2000)

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Results of ElectionsDecember 2004

• Western and Central regions
• For Victor Yushchenko 81
• For Victor Yanukovich
• 16

• Eastern and Southern regions
• For Victor Yushchenko 19
• For Victor Yanukovich
• 76

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Elections March, 2006

• Western and Central regions
• Orange Block 65
• Blue and White- 12

• Eastern and Southern regions
• Orange Block 14
• Blue and White- 60

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Geopolitical Orientations

• Western and Central Region
• 40 of population connect Ukrainian future with
  Western countries

• Eastern and Southern Region
• 54 of population connect Ukrainian future with
  Russia

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The Results of Sociological Survey by Razumkovs
Centre (October-November, 2005)

• 56 of respondents support the idea, that
  Ukrainian society is splitting in two parts,
  which are in conflict relations
• 47 support the political forces, who try to
  integrate society
• 31 support those, who reject any compromise

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Working toward integration(Estonian Experience)

• The Main Dimensions of Integration
• Communicative and language integration
• Political and legal integration
• Social and economic integration
• Mario Lauristin, 2000

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Communicative and language integration

• The main goal
• The increasing of the level of tolerance and
  openness, based on creation the common
  informative space in the area of education and
  culture, mass media, in situation of everyday
  communication
• (Mario Lauristin, 2000)

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Two Main Scenarios for Communicative and Language
Integration in Ukraine

• First Scenario
• Spreading the area of Ukrainian language as the
  cornerstone of any culture(Hughes,1999) to the
  Russian-speaking population of Ukraine

• Second Scenario
• Integration Russian language into the Ukrainian
  culture and creation bilingual type of culture

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CONCLUSIONS

• Integration is an important process for
  contemporary Ukrainian society
• In order to understand the essence of this
  process, we need to study its reflection in
  public opinion
• Our expectation is that bilingvo

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Current Language Situation in Ukraine

• 48,6 of respondents support the idea of gaining
  official status for Russian language
• 34,4 reject this idea
• Natalia Panina, 2005

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The Project on Integration

• The Main Goals
• 1. Monitoring of the reflection of integrations
  issues in Ukrainian society
• 2. Monitoring of mass media and textbooks
  regarding the representation of value of
  integrated nation
• 3. Identifying of the main regional, ethnical and
  social differences in understanding of current
  situation and further development of integration
  policy in Ukraine

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CONCLUSIONS

• Integration is an important process for
  contemporary Ukrainian society
• In order to understand this process, we need to
  study its reflections in public opinion
• I expect, that bilingual type of culture
• is the most relevant to contemporary Ukrainian
  reality