The university festivals as an urban phenomenon: consolidation of professors and students

University festivals, which grew as internal and corporate holidays, have a profound effect on the city. This problem is considered in the large historical and cultural context, beginning from the festivals of the oldest universities until the large-scale Universiade and the university festivals in Samara - the city with over a million dwellers. The university festivals are interpreted as a phenomenon of the culture that has a big impact on the development of the city. The internal function of the university festivals is the consolidation of the professors and the students; the external one is the formation of the spirit of the city and the citizens. Theoretical conceptions consolidating modern festivals with the human capital formation and humanization of the urban environment are discussed in the article.

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