Self-improvement of the prospective specialist in the process of acquisition of civilizational heritage in tourism practices

In: Social'naja politika i social'noe partnerstvo (Social Policy and Social Partnership), Heft 12, S. 831-838

Abstract

The civilizational heritage of humanity as a whole and even of individual peoples has not yet become available to people in general: the problem lies not so much in people, but in the lack of practices and the very goal and understanding of the value of acquisition of the greatest possible wealth of the heritage of their people and other peoples (humanity) by each person. Science, art, religion, institutions of education and social assistance, etc. most often work in this direction fragmentarily, in isolation. Tourism can become an integrative practice. So far, it is still usually in the nature of one-time or periodic trips that do not have systematic goals and are not focused on the tasks of acquiring the civilizational heritage, a kind of «civilizational competence» of all people, however, this can be changed. Even now, many types of tourism offer an idea of tourism as a practice of (re) organization and improvement of human life, striving to expand their abilities and opportunities, their life world, self-improvement by familiarizing themselves with different facets of civilizational heritage. Self-improvement of a prospective specialist in the professional field can and should be combined with improvement in the spheres of personal and partner life, with familiarization with the achievements of civilization as such, in synchronous and diachronic changes (present, past, future, one's own and another's world/cultures).