The features and forms of development of folk art: past and present (оn the example of Kazakh folk art)

Abstract

Unfortunately, global integration processes and standardization of all spheres of life in modern societies often cause a decrease in the importance of ethnic culture, thereby, increasingly hindering the preservation and development of folk art — a significant component of culture. This trend can lead to the loss of cultural identity. In this regard, the issues of preserving the ethnic core of the entire artistic culture of the people, expressed in their daily life and work, are relevant. In the study, for the first time, as special types of historical and cultural Г. Темиртон 168 Вестник Карагандинского университета sources, little-known to both the general public and specialists, visual materials from museum funds, including photographic documents, are introduced into scientific circulation, which are distinguished by their clarity and reliability in reflecting the past. It should be noted that photography as a documentary source in the national cultural science, and even in museology, unfortunately, has not yet been the subject of serious scientific study. In this regard, the task is to study the problems of the development of folk art on the basis of photographic documentary materials, which, in fact, constitutes the main content of this article.The article is structured into thematic subsections, which will allow in the historical and cultural context to reveal more comprehensively both the essence of the subject of research — folk art, and its direction of development and transformation.The results of the study indicate that the Soviet socio-cultural policy aimed to create a single unified cu