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The Ethnology Notebooks. 2018, 2 (140), 339—343.

UDK 745/749:004.738.5]:001.9”21”

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/nz2018.02.339

Received 15.02.2018

THE CURRENT STATUS OF CREATIVE PRACTICES OF UKRAINIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS (NARRATIVES OF INTERNET SOURCES): The first question: attempts to classify useful information

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8292-202X

Boliuk Oleh, Candidate of Sciences in Art Studies, Ph.D, research fellow

Folk Art Department

of the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Svobody Avenue 15,  79000, Lviv, Ukraine.

Contacts: e-mail: oleh.bolyuk@gmail.com

Abstrakt. Аn overview of the current state of Ukrainian arts and crafts, highlighted in Internet sources at the level of classification of useful information, is launched. The problematic aspects of the virtual informative base of Ukrainian arts and crafts are revealed and ways of their overcoming are defined. It is suggested for scientists to join the writing of professional articles, which will be placed on reference sites; to take active part in advising journalists; to promote compulsory authorship of Internet texts. The category of messages posted on group and individual websites, including information resources of government agencies, private organizations, and individual bloggers, has been identified.

Keywords: narrative, information, creative practice, arts and crafts, Internet.

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