TOMSK CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH FILM FESTIVALS AND STUDIOS: THE EXPERIENCE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH CINEMA REVIVAL

Regional film festivals are part of the film process and play a special role in the formation and preservation of national and cultural identity. The author of the article refers to the regional children's cinema festival. This topic is relevant because children's filmmaking is given very little attention in the space of contemporary culture (These are films made by the children themselves). We characterize this cinema as the artistic practice of “small cinema with great meaning”. The purpose of research – to identify the specific features of the cinema, as a product of children's creativity. In the course of the work, the following tasks were solved. Firstly, the features of the organization of children's film festivals and educational film studios (in Tomsk region) were studied. Secondly, an analysis of the artistic and imaginative specificity of children's cinema is given. The study was conducted on the material Children's Film Festival "Bronze Knight", the children's film studio "On a cloud" (Tomsk). Our research has shown that the experience of the regions demonstrates the success of the institutionalization of the practices of children's film-making in the format of film festivals, as well as in the form of organizing film schools. At the same time, an important organizational feature is the set guidelines for children's creativity. There are content priority setting; the need to determine value-semantic guidelines, attention to professional training; emphasis on the development of creativity, etc. Analysis of children's films, presented at the International Film Festival "Bronze Knight", enabled us to identify the characteristics of their artistic-figurative system. On the one hand, there is an orientation toward the Soviet film tradition with its distinct guidelines for the transmission of cultural value-semantic attitudes and special aesthetics. This is manifested, firstly, in themes, plots and heroes (humanistic values are glorified, respect for each other and love for their homeland, people and culture are instilled; a positive hero striving for good deeds; the presence of creative and instructive elements, a craving for intellectuality); secondly, in artistic aesthetics (close-ups, landscape photography; foreshortening; even rhythm, experiments with color: sepia, aged shots). On the other hand, there is an appeal to the modern cinema language, with its priority attention to visual effects, dynamics of frames and rhythm, including youth discourse (slang, neologisms). On the other hand, there is an appeal to the modern cinema language, with its priority attention to visual effects, dynamics and rhythm, including youth discourse (slang, neologisms). Thus, it should be noted that the ideological core of the artistic and imaginative system of children's films is based on the traditions of Russian cinema aesthetics, while maintaining a craving for intellectuality and spiritual and moral themes, while the visual embodiment combines the traditions of Soviet cinema and the means of modern cinema language.

Discursos juveniles desde un caso en la ciudad de Bayamo-Cuba. Reflexiones en tiempos de la Covid-19

Discourses are viable mechanisms for the study of different positions in relation to certain objects and phenomena. As a form of social practice, discourses refer to agents, institutions and practices that are structured in certain contexts. This preliminary exploratory study analyzes the diverse discursive positions of young people in the face of the emerging social situation in the context of COVID-19. It was carried out from the perspective of the sociological analysis of discourse, in the perspective of socio-hermeneutical analysis. The object of study consisted of the provoked speeches of 13 young bayameses residing in an interval between the Urban Historic Center (calle 3 de Camilo Cienfuegos) and the northern periphery (calle 24 de Ciro Redondo), using the semi-structured interview technique. The results show some discursive positions regarding the perception of risk of contracting the pandemic, the main changes associated with hygiene standards, local initiatives, the protection of vulnerable groups, and the management evaluation of the information they receive. Key words: discourse analysis, discursive positions, COVID- 19, youth discourse.

THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WORDS BORROWED FROM THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN MODERN YOUTH DISCOURSE

The article deals with the peculiarities of the functioning of anglicisms and americanisms, lexical units borrowed from the English language, in youth discourse, which is defined as the speaker and the conditions of speech. The main areas of use of English language by youth are identified in the article, and they are technologies, business, economy, culture, sport, travelling, fashion and every day life as within the professional sphere and within interpersonal communication. The factors that influence the active use of the borrowings from the English-language in youth discourse are also identified. One of the main factors is the development of technologies and the ability to communicate online, as well as the efforts of young people to look up-to-dated and care of their own image. It is noted that many words borrowed from the English language are used in both the non-adapted original form and in the transliterated form with some degree of grammatical adaptation to the Ukrainian language. It is specified that in the process of the borrowings adaptation into Ukrainian language some words expand or change their semantics. It is foreseen in the article that due to the processes of globalization and the current status of the English language as well as with the development of new technologies the borrowings from English will continue.

Description of Linguistic and Cultural Situation (LCS) as Theoretical Issue and Practical Task

The article substantiates relevance of study of the Russian language current state from the standpoint of linguo-culturology as complex and interdisciplinary science. Historical and regional language particularities, temporal cultural context of a linguistic situation are considered. The study is conducted within the framework of the contemporary linguistics: cognitive science, sociolinguistics, ethno-linguistics, psycholinguistics, etc. Linguo-cultural description of a situation as theoretical concept and as object of a linguo-cultural analysis contributes to the development of LCS-theory and poses a problem of practical study of specific linguo-cultural cases. Any radical changes in a language are historically and culturally dependent. Directly or indirectly, they reflect socio-political or ideological transformations in the life of a society, and are related to language consciousness and language worldview of native speakers. Hence, space-time circumstances have crucial influence on a particular linguo-cultural situation and require a comprehensive analysis. Youth discourse, being a rapidly changing and constantly updated issue, is affected by the time period and the cultural environment in which it develops. It gives grounds to choosing youth discourse as the main object of study in the description of the current linguo-cultural situation. The linguo-cultural approach to the analysis of youth language (particularly, that of students as large and socially active layer in the modern society) is aimed at enhancing the forecast of some development trends both in the language and in the linguo-cultural situation in the country. Besides, it helps to determine both general regularities of linguo-cultural development and features of LCS as one of key linguo-cultural concepts.

Emociones juveniles y participación política en jóvenes universitarios de la ciudad de Lima durante los procesos políticos y electorales de los años 2015 y 2016

La investigación parte de las elecciones presidenciales y congresales realizadas en el Perú en el año 2016. Se analizan reflexiones discursivas juveniles universitarias en Lima a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas que profundizan en el significado de la política. Se reconocen críticas a una política inservible o muy negativa que debe ser reestructurada desde sus cimientos para alcanzar una verdadera transformación de la sociedad. La juventud consultada posee una participación activa en el cambio de sus propias instituciones universitarias, por lo cual no dejan de ver en la política una estrategia institucional de cambio y posibilidades; por ello, presentan una concepción renovadora y necesaria. La crítica vertida por los estudiantes entrevistados migraría hacia nuevas resignificaciones de la política en el Perú. The research is based on the presidential and congressional elections held in Peru in 2016. University youth discourse reflections in Lima are analyzed through semi-structured interviews that deepen the meaning of politics. Criticisms are recognized of a useless or very negative policy that must be restructured from its foundations to achieve a true transformation of society. The consulted youth has an active participation in the change of their own university institutions, so they do not stop seeing in the politics an institutional strategy of change and possibilities, for which they present a renewal and necessary conception. The criticism expressed by the students interviewed would migrate towards new resignifications of politics in Peru.

Acculturation as intergenerational trajectory and accountability concerns in immigrant youth discourse

The aim of this study is to explore the ways in which young ‘second generation’ immigrants from Albania in Greece account for their acculturation in semi-structured interviews and orient to different acculturation strategies. Interviews took place in Thessaloniki and 6 women and 13 men, aged between 21 and 30 years, participated. Analysis, which used the tools and concepts of discursive and rhetorical social psychology, indicated that participants’ accounts of acculturation involve multifaceted temporal, intergenerational and intergroup comparisons and juxtapositions which raise important dilemmas of accountability and involve interesting tensions and contradictions. Within these comparative accounts, participants are concurrently oriented to both construct themselves as active agents of a successful integration procedure, on one hand, and to show affinity to important ‘others’, on the other hand. Therefore, the prioritization of different acculturation strategies constitutes the by-product of managing ideological dilemmas in context.

Youth Education with Proverbs: A Case Study of Polish Proverbs about Work

This paper focuses on the place of metaphorical narratives in education and in young people’s perceptions of work. Paremiology—the study of proverbs—explores cultural stipulates as scripts imprinted in proverbs, based on metaphor and metonymy, stored in collective wisdom. The article aims to present typical features of proverbs, indicating their potential in teaching: for example, helping in value clarification and career planning based on metaphorical narratives found in youth discourse. The paper discusses theoretical and methodological issues and the potential of applying them in education. First, the basic theoretical assumptions referring to language and culture are introduced, alongside the phenomenon of reasoning through proverbs. Then, proverbs are described, and their use in cross-cultural linguistic research is justified. The new concept of the paremioscript is introduced to demonstrate the power of proverbs in youth culture, and a few case studies are presented as metaphorical carriers of folk wisdom in the collective memory. The paper concerns the mechanism of valuing and embodiment in proverbs and finally discusses the advantages and limitations necessary to be considered in applying paremiology in education.

The Russian Federation after the ‘Colour Revolutions’

The mobilization by young people in the Russian Federation illuminates an important part of the stabilization of the country’s authoritarian regime structures from 2005 to 2011. First the political developments of the episode are contextualized by contrasting the regime’s insecurity in 2005 with the situation by 2011. After discussing the socio-political context of young people during the post-Soviet transition years, the chapter explores the findings from the discourse network analysis. Public discourse and political mobilization interact and the chapter discusses the spectrum of politically involved youth from pro-Kremlin groups to the very diverse opposition, including liberal democratic movements, fascists, and communists. It is argued that the regime’s success in capturing control over youth discourse and young people was critical in the consolidation of Vladimir Putin’s power.