The everyday life of a modern student

Vyacheslav. A. Chistyakov, Cand. Sc. (Sociology), Docent, Associate Professor of Department of General Education and Professional Disciplines, Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Railway Engineering — branch of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Volga State University of Railway Engineering”, N. Novgorod, https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3344-7389, AuthorID: 717043, SPIN code: 6251-9410, e-mail: fpk_kfu@mail.ru

Svetlana M. Maltseva, PhD in Philosophy, Docent, Associate Professor of Department of Philosophy and Theology Minin University, Nizhny Novgorod; Associate Professor, Department of General Education and Professional Disciplines, Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Railway Engineering — branch of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Volga State University of Railway Engineering”, N. Novgorod https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7273-1852, AuthorID: 736254, SPIN code: 9502-6593, e-mail: maltsewasvetlana@yandex.ru

Artem D. Sirotkin, student, Department of Professional Education and Management, Minin University, Nizhny Novgorod, e-mail: mklva@mail.ru

The relevance of the research is due to the need to understand the new forms of everyday life that arise in the digital age. The article examines the culture of everyday life of a modern student through the prism of philosophical and sociological analysis. The focus is on the transformation of everyday practices under the influence of digitalization, changes in the educational environment and social interactions. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the synthesis of philosophical and sociological approaches to the study of student everyday life, as well as in the application of relevant empirical data to verify theoretical positions. The study of the culture of everyday life of a modern student requires a comprehensive methodological approach combining philosophical analysis, sociological methods and cultural interpretations. The work is based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods that identify both structural patterns and subjective meanings of everyday practices. The methodological framework includes the analysis of empirical data, theoretical concepts of everyday life (A. Schütz, M. de Certeau, P. Berger, T. Lukman) and the author’s observations. The results of the study demonstrate that the student’s daily life is characterized by the hybridity of digital and offline spaces, fragmentation of time structures and new forms of communication. The article contributes to the understanding of modern cultural processes among young people.

Keywords: everyday life, student life, digitalization, time modes, communicative practices, hybridization, social interactions, philosophical analysis

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