Toward the Results of the International Congress “L.S. Vygotsky and A.R. Luria: Cultural and Historical Psychology and Issues of Digitalization in Social Practices”

Abstract

The international scientific community turned to cultural-historical psychology to find solutions to the issues caused by the introduction of new tools into social practice — digital tools and artificial intelligence, embodied in the international congress: “L.S. Vygotsky and A.R. Luria: cultural-historical psychology and issues of digitalization in social practices”. The cross-cutting theme was the definition of the place of the digital medium in human life. Summarizing the results in a brief form, we identified five areas: defining the essence of the digital medium, its limitations and possibilities; highlighting the limits of its use; irrationality and rationality in relation to the “machine”; the role of the adult in learning and communication with the child when using digital media; the requirements for digital media in the boundaries of safety. In each area, the main provisions of cultural-historical psychology are examined in depth through the prism of their applicability to contemporary reality. The notions of “social situation of development,” tool and sign, inte-riorization and zone of the nearest development, age and its features, mediation and others showed not only their theoretical viability, but also the practical necessity of their application.