EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL MISSION OF SCIENTIST MARIA KITSIUK IN SHAPING THE UKRAINIAN IDENTITY OF DIASPORA CHILDREN

Abstract

The article presents a comprehensive scholarly study of the activities of the Tkachenko family in Ivano-Frankivsk as a unique sociocultural phenomenon of contemporary museum pedagogy in Ukraine viewed through a personalistic perspective. The relevance of the study is determined by the need to conceptualize new forms of cultural heritage preservation and to examine the role of private initiatives in the development of the museum-pedagogical environment amid transformations in the cultural sphere and the growing importance of creative industries. The study explores the specific combination of artistic creative practices, private museum initiatives, collecting, exhibition activities, cultural communication, and cultural tourism development within the activities of the Tkachenko family. It is substantiated that the Tkachenko family functions not merely as a bearer of cultural values but also as an active subject involved in their creation, interpretation, preservation, and transmission into the public sphere. It is demonstrated that the family's activities extend beyond traditional private collecting and can be interpreted as an example of a family creative industry within which an integrated cultural product is created and publicly represented. Particular attention is paid to the personalistic approach, which makes it possible to conceptualize the family as an integrated creative community in which individual creative strategies are combined with collective cultural-production practices. The stages of the private museum's development, the specific features of collection formation, and the implementation of unique artistic and record-setting projects are analyzed, including series devoted to the coats of arms of the regions of Ukraine and European countries. Their significance for promoting Ukrainian culture, strengthening national identity, and fostering intercultural dialogue is determined. The article proposes an original approach to understanding the functions of a private museum as a contemporary actor within the creative industries. Such a museum performs educational, developmental, cultural-creative, communicative, and tourism-related functions. It is argued that activities of this kind contribute to the development of cultural tourism, the revitalization of local cultural practices, and the preservation, interpretation, and transmission of both tangible and intangible cultural heritage.