The discourse of everydayness in the context of studying "live music" played by buskers
The article aims to carry out an analysis of the situation of "animation" of everyday urban space in the context of the development of "live music" played by buskers. The author of the article proves the relevance of the chosen research topic. The article makes an attempt to consider different approaches to the interpretation of everydayness: historical, sociological, philosophical and cultural ones. The discourse of everydayness is interpreted as a basis for the analysis of "live music". Having studied the features of the discourse of everydayness and the definitions of everydayness given by a number of Russian scholars, the author points out that the auditory context in everyday urban spaces needs a kind of musical "animation" and "live music" played by buskers can be viewed as its embodiment. The article reveals the key characteristics associated with the semantic bases of the analysed discourse of everydayness in the context of studying "live music" played by buskers. The author comes to the conclusion that the activities of buskers as subjects of animation of the urban space of everyday culture, in addition to satisfying the entertainment and leisure needs of citizens, performs a number of important sociocultural functions, which are also described in this article.