VITA ANTIQUA ISSN 2522-9419 (Online), 2519-4542 (Print)
Center for Paleoethnological research
VITA ANTIQUA 14, 2023, CULTURE HERITAGE AND THE WAR : CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
Oleksandra Ivanova¹, Pavlo Shydlovskyi²
Protect the past - to save the future (Instead of a Foreword)
¹,² Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
¹ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7848-3419
²ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6771-812X
DOI: 10.37098/VA-2023-14-10-22
https://doi.org/10.37098/VA-2023-14-10-22
ABSTRACT
Ukrainian society is going through one of the most difficult moments of its historical development - the brutal and unprovoked aggression of the Russian Federation on our peaceful towns and villages, which for our people has become a struggle for real freedom and independence. Wars all over the world always have the similar consequences, and the Russian-Ukrainian war is no exception: they lead to terrible casualties among the civilian population, mass displacement, violations of human rights and neglect of international humanitarian law. One of the manifestations of such violations is the destruction of cultural heritage; it becomes one of the most vulnerable segments of social life during war.
In the conditions of the threat of losing part of the cultural heritage, the meaning of this heritage is being rethought in society and an understanding of the importance of preserving and studying objects of historical, anthropological, ethnographic, and archaeological value is being formed. The future vectors of social consciousness will definitely be related to the development of critical thinking, awareness and control over things and events happening around. Cultural heritage and diversity will become one of the focuses of attention of the society of the new Ukraine. The struggle of Ukrainians for independence is also a struggle for humanistic values, among which respect for the cultural and natural heritage of mankind is of particular importance.
Language:
Ukrainian / English
PDFCite as:
Ivanova, O., Shydlovskyi, P. 2023. Protect the past - to save the future (Instead of a Foreword). VITA ANTIQUA, 14. Culture Heritage and the War : challenges and solutions.