Науково-методологічні засади сучасного краєзнавства

Abstract

У статті розглядається актуальність та необхідність формування дисципліноформуючого статусу краєзнавства як сучасної наукової дисципліни.The article represents the urgency and necessity of acknowledging local history as a modern scientific subject. The methodological basis of local history researches are scientific approaches and principles which are generally accepted in the science to cognize the processes of nature and society development, such as scientific and historical character, complexity and systematic character. Being based on these universal principles of scientific cognition, local history should not only improvein current situation, but, in fact, it should rather re-build its own theoretical and methodological foundation. When it comes to the methodology of local history studies, the following traditional methods which are typical to these studiesare usually called: literature review, mapping, field observation method, visual method, questionnaire, etc. They are used in the majority of the local history researches at the micro level. Of course, they are important to local history and are often practiced. At the same time, their use should be improvedboth in local history studies and in the related disciplines, taking account their achievements. However, today due to the emphasis on the advanced interpretation of the object-subject area of local history studies, there is an urgent need for research testing methods at meso- and macro-levels.В статье рассматривается актуальность и необходимость формирования дисциплинофор- мирующего статуса краеведения как современной научной дисциплины.