Is a Dialogue of Cultures Possible in the Era of Globalization and Digitalization?

The article presents an analysis of the materials of the International Scientific Conference “Dialogue of Cultures in the Era of Globalization and Digitalization” held in Yekaterinburg on the basis of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. The conference was attended by representatives of universities and cultural institutions of five countries: the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, Hungary, the Republic of India, and the People’s Republic of China. The Russian Federation was represented by both the Central District and the regions of the Far East, Siberia and the Urals, as well as a number of autonomous republics: Buryatia, Mordovia, Sakha-Yakutia, and the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. The number of conference participants, despite the difficult situation of the pandemic in which we all found ourselves, was indicative — 78 people, including 38 doctors of science and 25 candidates of science representing various humanities disciplines, ten university teachers, three postgraduate students and two independent participants.

The conference materials were divided into four sections in accordance with the statement of scientific problems: 1. “Sociocultural Issues and State Cultural Policy in the Era of Globalization”, 2. “Issues of Preservation and Representation of Cultural Heritage of Different Peoples”, 3. “The Internet as a Space for Dialogue and Polylogue of Cultures. New Media Technologies”, 4. “Education and Creativity in the Era of the Digital Revolution”. The conference was attended by many famous scientists — representatives of the humanities of leading Russian universities.

All the materials and speeches of the scientific conference show that it resulted in proof that only culture and intercultural dialogue in the era of chaos and contradictions of the globalized world can neutralize international conflicts and lead the world to harmony and mutual understanding.

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