50 years of chronicle discourse of the department of event-industries, culturology and museum studies of Rivne state humanitarian university

Abstract

Peer-reviewed monograph "Higher Cultural Education in Ukraine: Regional Discourse (through the prism of the Department of Event Industries, Cultural Studies and Museum Studies of Rivne State University for the Humanities)", prepared for publication by Doctor of Cultural Studies, Professor, Professor of the Department of Event Industry and Culture Vytkalov, is the first attempt in domestic historiography to comprehensively study the system of higher cultural education in Ukraine, based on 50 years of experience of the Department of Event Industries, Cultural Studies and Museum Studies of Rivne State University for the Humanities, formed in 1971 within the Rivne Faculty of Culture and Education of the Kyiv State Institute of Culture, and later (since 1979) - Rivne State Institute of Culture and (since 1998) - in RDGU. The use of historical-analytical method, system-functional approach and network analysis allowed the author of the monograph to comprehensively analyze the trends in the development of higher cultural education in the western region of Ukraine in its historical retrospective. In a highly professional clarification of the essence of educational and scientific activities of the staff of the department for 50 years, the author originally used the form of the Chronicle as a traditional method of phased coverage of events. This is a complete picture of the directions and effectiveness of its work not only in the system of higher cultural education in Ukraine, but also the development of culture and art in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi regions provided by the graduates of the department according to the state order. The monograph will be useful for scientists, students, cultural workers; it is a significant contribution of the lecturers of the Department of Event Industries, Cultural Studies and Museum Studies of Rivne State University for the Humanities to the development of Ukrainian cultural studies.