The Value Picture of the World of Modern Russian Society Through the Prism of Language and Experimental Data

The article discusses current linguistic facts (the oral nature of written statements, the abundance of expression and occasionalisms, the growth of evaluative vocabulary, the activation of pronominal units), demonstrating changes that affect the value picture of the world of modern Russian society: an increase in the importance of personal, personal interests and preferences. These changes are stimulated by the continuing strengthening of the culture of consumption and increasing digitalization, also consonant with the ideals of the consumer society. The planned axiological transformations are supported by experimental results - information obtained during the survey, the purpose of which is to form an idea of the understanding by young people – future philologists of the current state of the axiosphere of modern Russian society.

Shopping, Identity, and Place

The (almost) universal extension of capitalist production and distribution processes has spread the “culture of consumption” to virtually every corner of the globe. This chapter discusses the relationship between spaces of consumption—shopping malls in particular—and the processes of identity construction. It begins with a brief review of the first works to examine consumption and its spaces without viewing them as neutral backgrounds where the distribution of goods would take place, but rather as physical and symbolic spaces in their own right. Further on, recent approaches that have been most influenced by symbolic interactionism are also analyzed. These perspectives, by putting the actor’s point of view and their concrete daily practices at the center of research, understood the processes of identity negotiation and the practice of shopping as an ordinary, contextual, and situated activity.

Culture, Consumption and Economics of Creativity: Philosophical, Sociological and Communicative Aspects

The article gives a review of the scientific conference ‘Culture, Consumption and Economics of Creativity: Philosophical, Sociological and Communicative Aspects’ held at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. The text represents the course of the conference, the main thoughts of speakers, and some moments of discussion. Main topics analysed by the speakers of the conference were the following: consumption and creative society, consumer culture, creative industries and economics of creativity, social partnership in creative clusters, relationship between politics and culture, dialectics of culture and consumption, relationship between culture and economy, contradictions between creativity and economic sustainability; relations between capitalism, rationality and secularization; quarantgressions of frontiers of public and private, culture of consumption under conditions of pandemic coronavirus, the consumption of virtual culture and other.

Architecture of excess: navigating beyond the superficial

Contemporary architecture has become increasingly superficial as it relies on capricious visual excitement for appeal in the 21st Century. Architectural semiotics have been appropriated to become massively branded images in the urban landscape that aim for instant gratification, lacking experiential depth and qualities beyond visual delight. The aim for iconic and instant appeal in any building typology limits our understanding of architecture’s relationship to use, users, and context. Working both within and beyond the same culture of consumption and excess in the experience economy, this thesis posits that characteristics and values of entertainment architecture provide engaging experiential qualities for architectural design beyond superficial appeal. Entertaining values of educational leisure, themed environments, and consumption can in fact generate a more integrated and authentic relationship between architecture, people, and place in our society of the spectacle.

Architecture of excess: navigating beyond the superficial

Contemporary architecture has become increasingly superficial as it relies on capricious visual excitement for appeal in the 21st Century. Architectural semiotics have been appropriated to become massively branded images in the urban landscape that aim for instant gratification, lacking experiential depth and qualities beyond visual delight. The aim for iconic and instant appeal in any building typology limits our understanding of architecture’s relationship to use, users, and context. Working both within and beyond the same culture of consumption and excess in the experience economy, this thesis posits that characteristics and values of entertainment architecture provide engaging experiential qualities for architectural design beyond superficial appeal. Entertaining values of educational leisure, themed environments, and consumption can in fact generate a more integrated and authentic relationship between architecture, people, and place in our society of the spectacle.

IDENTIFICATION AND SYMBOLIZATION IN ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION TODAY

"This theoretical study, of a qualitative character, proposes to investigate what the relationship between identification and symbolization is in adolescent depression today. The importance of discussing the theme is as a direct result of the alarming observation that, as an illness of epidemic proportions, it does not refer to a natural illness, whose origin is restricted to the individual level, but mainly refers to structural determinations present in society. In this sense, this work addresses the problem of understanding which identification and symbolization processes are present in a culture that has transformed depression among adolescents into a social symptom. In order to develop this, it expresses the main determinations that are present at puberty, discussing the processes of primary and secondary narcissism, the nature of identifications, mechanisms of the capitalist culture of consumption and its relationship with the processes of subjectivation, reflecting on the possibilities and obstacles of the social bond to offer and / or allow symbolization of anxieties and humanizing psychical work."

FOCUS ON COORDINATION OF OPERATORS ENSURING THE QUALITY OF SERVICE IN TOURISM

The report focuses on the quality of service in tourism and in particular on the quality of blanks and work processes in the various issuing units and their coordination in the overall production process. Investments are focused not only on improved innovations in machine software and equipment, but also on such tricks and connections in the production cycle providing a high level of service and culture of consumption. Facilitating the processes provides a level of competition and creates an opportunity for affordability in quality and price. Emphasis is placed on the flexibility of tour operators and the tourist product and tourist service they offer, their quality, organization and management. Satisfying the modern "global tourist" requires not only knowledge of the structure of the offered tourist product and service, but also seeks an answer to the question "How" to be created and implemented.

PECULIARITIES OF USING MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FORMATION OF CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION OF NEW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION

The article presents theses of the scientific work devoted to the study of mechanisms and tools for the formation of European and Russian culture of food consumption. Particular attention is paid to the formation of fashion and subsequent massization in the consumption of new agricultural products through media technologies.