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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Studies in Culture and Society</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Studies in Culture and Society</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Russian Studies in Culture and Society</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2576-9782</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2998-8292</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Science and Innovation Center Publishing House</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">495823</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12731/2576-9782-2026-10-3-334</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">ZZZBJG</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Социология культуры</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Sociology of Culture</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Cultural engagement with uncertainty in digital everyday life</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Культура обращения с неопределенностью в цифровой повседневности</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3210-5486</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3786-3163</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Панкова</surname><given-names>Светлана Николаевна</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Pankova</surname><given-names>Svetlana N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доцент кафедры социальной работы и управления персоналом, доцент, кандидат социологических наук</p> <p> </p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Human Resources Management</p> <p> </p></bio><email>s.n.pankova@urfu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Уральский федеральный университет</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Ural Federal University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><content-language>ru</content-language><pub-date date-type="preprint" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2026-09-30"><day>30</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2026-09-30"><day>30</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>10</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>79</fpage><lpage>101</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-08-02"><day>02</day><month>08</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-09-07"><day>07</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></date></history><pub-history><event event-type="received"><event-desc>Received:<date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-08-02"><day>02</day><month>08</month><year>2026</year></date></event-desc></event><event event-type="accepted"><event-desc>Accepted:<date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-09-07"><day>07</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></date></event-desc></event><event event-type="pub"><event-desc>Published:<pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2026-09-30"><day>30</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></pub-date></event-desc></event></pub-history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, S.N. Pankova</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, С.Н. Панкова</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">S.N. Pankova</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">С.Н. Панкова</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rcsi.science/2576-9782/article/view/495823">https://journals.rcsi.science/2576-9782/article/view/495823</self-uri><self-uri content-type="application/pdf" xlink:href="495823/495823-1279741-1-SM.pdf" xlink:title="PDF" xml:lang="ru">495823/495823-1279741-1-SM.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Background. Sociocultural uncertainty is a persistent condition of everyday life, but it does not in itself determine the course of action. In digital everyday life, platforms, algorithms, and generative systems participate in information selection and the organisation of interpretation; consequently, similar situations may result either in the reproduction of ready-made solutions or in the search for new practices. The cultural mechanism linking the recognition of uncertainty, its interpretation, and the choice of action remains insufficiently understood.</p> <p>Purpose. The study develops the concept of cultural engagement with uncertainty and proposes a theoretical model explaining its role as a mechanism of projective self-formation in digital everyday life.</p> <p>Materials and methods. This theoretical and conceptual study employs conceptual and comparative theoretical analysis, categorical synthesis, and theoretical modelling. It brings together research on everyday life, the future, curiosity, serendipity, algorithmic culture, and generative artificial intelligence.</p> <p>Results. Cultural engagement with uncertainty is defined as a system of norms, meanings, interpretive patterns, temporal regimes, and practices through which uncertainty is transformed into social action. Two modes are distinguished: premature interpretive closure and epistemic openness. Digital environments are shown to support either mode. The concept of a digitally mediated maieutic practice is introduced. The proposed model links the interpretation of uncertainty, the image of the future, experimental action, and projective self-formation.</p> <p>Practical implications. The proposed model can be used to analyse educational and organisational practices and to develop conditions that support interpretive autonomy.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Обоснование. Социокультурная неопределённость выступает устойчивым условием повседневной жизнедеятельности, однако сама по себе не предопределяет характер действия. В цифровой повседневности платформы, алгоритмы и генеративные системы участвуют в отборе информации и организации интерпретаций, поэтому сходные ситуации могут завершаться либо воспроизводством готовых решений, либо поиском новых практик. Недостаточно изучен культурный механизм, связывающий распознавание неопределённости, способ её интерпретации и выбор действия.</p> <p>Цель. Разработать понятие культуры обращения с неопределённостью и теоретическую модель, объясняющую её роль как механизма проективного самоформирования личности в цифровой повседневности.</p> <p>Материалы и методы. Исследование носит теоретико-концептуальный характер. Использованы концептуальный и сравнительно-теоретический анализ, категориальный синтез и теоретическое моделирование. Сопоставлены исследования повседневности, будущего, любознательности, серендипности, алгоритмической культуры и генеративного искусственного интеллекта.</p> <p>Результаты. Предложено понятие культуры обращения с неопределённостью как совокупности норм, значений, интерпретационных образцов, временных режимов и практик, посредством которых неопределённость преобразуется в социальное действие. Выделены режимы преждевременного смыслового закрытия и эпистемической открытости. Показано, что цифровая среда способна поддерживать оба режима. Введено понятие майевтически опосредованной цифровой практики. Разработана модель, связывающая интерпретацию неопределённости, образ будущего, пробное действие и проективное самоформирование личности.</p> <p>Область применения результатов. Предложенная модель может использоваться при анализе образовательных и организационных практик, а также при разработке условий, поддерживающих интерпретационную автономию.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>культура обращения с неопределённостью</kwd><kwd>преждевременное смысловое закрытие</kwd><kwd>эпистемическая открытость</kwd><kwd>цифровая повседневность</kwd><kwd>проективное самоформирование</kwd><kwd>интерпретационная автономия</kwd><kwd>образ будущего</kwd><kwd>майевтически опосредованная цифровая практика</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>cultural engagement with uncertainty</kwd><kwd>premature interpretive closure</kwd><kwd>epistemic openness</kwd><kwd>digital everyday life</kwd><kwd>projective self-formation</kwd><kwd>interpretive autonomy</kwd><kwd>image of the future</kwd><kwd>digitally mediated maieutic practice</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Berger, P., &amp; Luckmann, T. 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