Socio-cultural space of the city: theoretical conceptualisation and structural analysis

Authors

  • Aliona D. Matusevich Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, 17 Rabkarawskaja Street, Minsk 220007, Belarus

Keywords:

socio-cultural space, conceptualisation of space, urban environment, relational approach, Setha Low, comparative analysis, theoretical model
Supporting Agencies
The author expresses gratitude to PhD (cultural studies), docent O. M. Sokolova for her assistance in preparing the article.

Abstract

The article reveals the content of the theoretical concept of socio-cultural space of the city in the Russian-language academic tradition. The specificity of the synthetic term «socio-cultural space of the city», which integrates social relations and cultural meanings, is examined, and its methodological vagueness is identified. A comparative analysis of this concept with the differentiated concepts of Western scholarship («social space», «cultural geography») is conducted, demonstrating a fundamental divergence of scientific paradigms. As a result, the productivity of using Setha Low’s concept of «spatialising culture» as a conceptual bridge is substantiated, offering a relational and multidimensional model for the analysis of the urban environment. The scientific novelty of the work lies in overcoming the terminological gap and transitioning to a rigorous analytical application of the concept in urban space research.

Author Biography

  • Aliona D. Matusevich, Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, 17 Rabkarawskaja Street, Minsk 220007, Belarus

    postgraduate student at the department of cultural studies, faculty of cultural studies and socio-cultu­ral activities

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2026-10-30

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No. 1-2 (2026): Human in the Socio-Cultural Dimension

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Socio-Cultural Communications

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Matusevich, A.D. 2026. Socio-cultural space of the city: theoretical conceptualisation and structural analysis. Human in the Socio-Cultural Dimension. 1-2 (Oct. 2026), 60–65.