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Discussion

The acute phase of the Ukrainian-Russian cultural confrontation - of which we are both witnesses and participants - is unfolding primarily in the media space. In this context, the concept of “networked culture” gains particular relevance, as it deconstructs the binary between elite and mass culture. Elite knowledge, such as art expertise, becomes accessible to average users via digital tools. Ukrainian cultural media have emerged as a distinct field of information warfare. Prior to 2014, platforms like Cultprostir and LitAkcent were few. By 2022, outlets such as LiRoom, Moviegram, Chytomobooks, Suspilne Kultura, Cultprostir.ua were active, with many others appearing during the war (PostImpreza, Sensor Media). These media produce “media-cultural texts,” typically composed of visualizations, commentary, and additional elements. A media-cultural text may also include another cultural text - a “text within a text.” For instance, @chytomobooks published a post on 11 June 2022 featuring visualized quotes from Oleh Slyvynsky’s Dictionary of War, commentary, and an authorial remark. The book itself serves as the secondary cultural text. Deconstruction in this post operates on multiple levels. On the textual-semantic level, the quote titled “Life” narrates a death, creating a paradox between title and content. On the genre level, Dictionary of War subverts the dictionary format, presenting fictionalized definitions as literary expressions.The conflictogenic nature of the post is revealed through its title and ideological content, showing how war transforms perception and meaning. Deconstruction and conflictogenicity intersect: contradiction is central to both. Deconstruction uses destruction as a tool; conflict is both cause and result. It reflects the collapse of everyday life and conveys suffering, death, and fear - while also constructing artistic form. This presentation analyzes cultural texts to explore the boundaries and intersections of “deconstruction,” “conflictogenicity,” and “decolonization” in Ukrainian networked culture. Decolonization here refers to removing Russian influence and restoring authentic Ukrainian artistic expression. The study examines how selected texts manifest catharsis - renewal and rebirth - through digital platforms.The author introduces a concept of catharsis in Ukrainian art as transmitted via networked culture on platforms such as @liroomcomua, @moviegramua, @chytomobooks, @post.impreza,  @sensormedia.ua, @shtukango, svobodadumky.ua, @suspilne.culture (2022–2025). The study employs media, aspectual, iconographic analysis. It concludes with reflections on Instagram’s role in visualizing abstract concepts and the conflictogenic nature of media-cultural texts in wartime Ukrainian culture. This presentation is part of the research project “MINIATURA 9,” funded by the NSC(Poland), entitled Born of Shocks: The Catharsis of Ukrainian Art in Cultural Media Content (2022–2025).