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Bridging sociology with anthropology and cognitive science perspectives to assess shared cultural knowledge

Following the cognitive revolution of the 1960s, cultural variation in behavior and knowledge has been a long-standing subject in social sciences. The “cognitive turn” in sociology brought to light many interesting issues and complex questions. The present publication addresses both theoretical and — to some extent — methodological challenges faced by the sociologists engaged in researching shared cultural variation within the culture-and-cognition research agenda, and compares it with the status quo in cousin social sciences that share the same cognitive perspective on culture. I specifically focus on the conceptual junctures that work from the assumptions of shared cultural knowledge and intersubjectively shared cultural worldviews to highlight the important features of culture which can be effectively used for quantitative assessment of complex cultural processes. While I discuss various aspects of the findings and failings attributable to the culture-and-cognition research direction, my principal concern centers on encouraging more enhanced and sensitized interdisciplinary communication, as well as maximized intersections between cognitively oriented studies of culture in different social sciences, to bring the sociological studies of culture and cognition to full fruition.

Modernisation of Ukrainian society: The current state, challenges and prospects from experts’ standpoint

The paper provides a deeper understanding of the modernisation-driven processes taking place in Ukraine nowadays. Answers to the following questions have been analysed: a) What is the impact of these processes on the economic, political and sociocultural domains of Ukrainian society? b) How well are different areas / aspects of social life in this country modernised so far? c) How significant is the contribution of different power structures and social institutions to modernisation in Ukraine? d) What seems to impede this process the most? The data of an expert survey conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (May–June 2019) constituted the empirical basis for the analysis. The survey participants were also asked to reflect on a country (-ies) whose experience in implementing modernisation-oriented reforms Ukraine might draw upon. The author notes that transformation processes occurring in our country often do not follow a consistent pattern. What will be the goal / tasks of necessary change remains an open question. Finally, it is suggested that the attribute of modernisation should be defined as a successful transformation facilitating progressive development.

The ways of achieving peace in the Donbas: Public attitudes, expectations and concerns

The paper presents the findings of a recent (4–19 November 2019) nationwide survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv “Democratic Initiatives” Charitable Foundation jointly with the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. In total, 2,041 people aged over 18 were canvassed for their perceptions of an ongoing armed conflict in the Donbas and views on the possible ways of restoring peace in this territory. For this purpose, a number of questions were asked including a person’s opinion on the main objective of Russian intervention in the Donbas, acceptability (or unacceptability) of some compromises for the sake of establishing peace in this region, the respondent’s attitude towards the withdrawal of military forces, ideas about the political future of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics”, etc. The study covered all Ukraine’s regions, except for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and non-government controlled areas in the East.

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