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SUMMARY:Cultural Code of Single Motherhood in Russia and Britain:  Design 
 of the Project and Preliminary Results  - Dmitrii Sergeev
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CONTACT:Victoria Pratt
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to an online presentation by Dr Dmit
 rii Sergeev\, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow at the Faculty of E
 ducation\, University of Cambridge\, to introduce his project\, ‘Evolvin
 g Attitudes toward Single Motherhood in the UK and Russia’. \n \nWednesd
 ay\, 27 October \n5:30pm \n \n                                            
                      Meeting ID: 945 8427 1611 \n                         
                                         Password: 853832 \n  \nInvite Link
 :  https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/94584271611?pwd=bXRib0lIMlZua1NHOFJqUnlRTGQ
 vZz09 \n \n \nThe presentation will draw attention to the whole design of 
 this transdisciplinary project\, paying particular attention to its theore
 tical foundation. The lecturer will also discuss the findings on the forma
 tion of a cultural code of single motherhood in postwar Russia through the
  analysis of fiction. The cultural code of single motherhood has been forg
 ed in a contradictory environment. Though officially accepted since the 19
 44 law\, Soviet single mothers found themselves in an ambiguous context. O
 n the one hand\, single Soviet women were urged by the state and official 
 propaganda to give birth. On the other hand\, under pressure of traditiona
 l family values they felt despised by the traditional family values. The c
 ode was reconstructed through the analysis of twelve short stories publish
 ed between 1959 and 1984. The code itself was centred around eleven meanin
 g facets which conspicuously show its genesis\, structure and function. \n
  \n \n \nSince gaining his PhD in 2015\, Dmitrii Sergeev has primarily foc
 used on cultural meaning and its dependence on social determinants and cul
 tural variables\, analysing culture-related processes of meaning-making an
 d the development of new forms of cultural texts. He investigates how cult
 ural codes and production of cultural texts function within a particular s
 ocial group that is underrepresented. His research visit to the Laboratory
  for Social Anthropology of the Collège de France in 2011 enhanced his kn
 owledge of modern methodology applied in sociological research. His intere
 st in illustrated literature with its connection to societal and cultural 
 development stemmed from his study at the University of Versailles-Saint-Q
 uentin in 2013. He questioned the fact of the emergence of illustrated chi
 ldren’s literature particularly with its connection to social and histor
 ical contexts. This led him to develop a theory of pragmasemantic behaviou
 r which enriched the analytical instrumentation with new approaches\, part
 icularly\, the sociology of the text and social semiotics. Later he linked
  the studies of illustrated texts and culturally underrepresented groups. 
 His findings have been disseminated in three monographs\, two published by
  the Russian Academy of Science\, as well as in internationally peer-revie
 wed journals\, such as Russian Studies in Philosophy\, Universe of Russia\
 , Sociological Studies. His paper in the Sociological Studies Journal on t
 he pragmasemantic theory through the emergence of children’s picturebook
 s was recognized as the best publication of 2016 in the “New Approach in
  Social Analysis” nomination category. He has conducted long-term resear
 ch topics as a member of two research teams and headed three projects fina
 ncially supported by grants from the Federal Government of the Russian Fed
 eration. In 2018 he worked on the development of syllabus of the “Histor
 y of Children’s Picturebooks in the United States” in the Fulbright Fa
 culty Development Program at Illinois State University. \n \n \nSelected P
 ublications \nSergeev D.V. (2020) Sociologization of Human Studies: Search
 ing for Children’s Picturebook Definition. Sociological Studies. No 2. P
 . 96 -104. \nSergeev D.V. (2019) What Are We Reading? Toward A Definition 
 of the Children’s Picturebook. Children’s Readings: Studies in Childre
 n’s Literature. 15:1. P. 400-415. \nSergeev D.V. (2016) Microsociology o
 f Text: Factors of Pragmasemantic Behaviour Functioning. Sociological Stud
 ies. No 7. P. 92-100.  \nSergeev D.V. (2015) Meaning. Behaviour. Social St
 rategies. Chita: TrSU Press. \nSergeev D.V. (2015) Crisis of Cultural Mean
 ing Representation in a Contemporary Sociocultural Context. Humanitarian V
 ector. 42:2. P. 35-39. \nSergeev D.V. (2012) Cultural Peculiarities of Rus
 sian Society Development at the Beginning of 21st Century: Recurrent Cultu
 re\, Archaization and Invented Archaic History. Universe of Russia. 21:3. 
 P. 100-118. \nSergeev D.V. (2011) Semantic Strategies to Overcome Cultural
  Crisis in Social Consciousness. Russian Studies in Philosophy. No. 10. P.
  28-36. \nTrubitsyn D.V.\, Dorogavtseva I.S.\, Sergeev D.V. (2011) Cultura
 l Crisis and Modernization: Tendencies of Social Consciousness Development
  in Today’s Russia. Novosibirsk: Science. \nSergeev D.V. (2009) Ontology
  of Cultural Meaning. Novosibirsk: Science. \n
LOCATION: Via Zoom
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