NETWORK OF CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS OF CHERNIVTSI OBLAST: SOCIO-GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

The cultural sector plays one of the leading roles in shaping worldview, national identity, societal values and social cohesion. Given its significance in human life, there is a need for systematic scientific research in this area. The chosen topic is especially relevant in the context of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine.The purpose of the article is to analyze the dynamics and current state of the network of culturalinstitutions in Chernivtsi Oblast. Research methods: analysis, synthesis, descriptive, generalization,modeling, cartographic, comparative-geographical, statistical, mathematical.The article analyzes the dynamics of the number of cultural institutions in Chernivtsi Oblast and the provision of the population with them during the period 2013–2023. A reduction in the network of such institutions is predominantly observed. The current state of the infrastructure of the cultural and artistic sphere, which includes libraries, club institutions, film screening venues, art schools, museums, theaters, philharmonic hall, archives, etc., is examined. The coefficients of localization and territorial concentration of individual cultural institutions at the level of territorial communities (hromadas) of the region are calculated. The results of the calculations indicate an uneven distribution of institutions across the territory. The hromadas of Chernivtsi Oblast with the lowest values of the integral coefficient of localization of cultural institutions (relative to the number of the population) include Chernivtsi, Chahor, Chudei, Boiany and Mahala hromadas. The lowest level of territorial concentration of institutions (relative to the area of the territory) is observed in Seliatyn, Berehomet, Chudei, Boiany and Mahala hromadas. At the same time, the highest rates of localization of cultural institutions are characteristic of Vyzhnytsia, Koniatyn, Vikno, Ust-Putyla and Brusnytsia hromadas, and the highest rates of territorial concentration are characteristic of Novodnistrovsk, Chernivtsi, Vyzhnytsia, Nepolokivtsi and Kostryzhivka hromadas.