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The Meaning and Perception of Local Smal-Town Cinema
Bargel, Robert ; Gibas, Petr (advisor) ; Pauknerová, Karolína (referee)
This diploma thesis is an ethnographic study of a local small-town cinema in Řevnice near Prague. It analyzes social, cultural - or symbolic - meanings of this cinema with respect to a wider social and cultural context. Because the cinema, as a place, is constituted by the social practice of "cinema-going", this thesis is a "thick description" of spectators' lived experience in that space. The author of this thesis employs the interpretative approach of Geertz as well as the approaches of phenomenologicaly oriented thinkers of Patočka, Berger, Luckmann and Tuan. The author's research reveals that in current times, there is a strong symbolic polarity between small cinemas and multiplexes. Small cinemas are seen to be in opposition to the "popcorn culture" of the multiplexes on the levels of aesthetics, morals, ethics etc. In the case of the cinema in Řevnice, the local character of the facility is very important too. It not only distinguishes this cinema from multilpexes, but it also helps form local identity incorporated by the town and its inhabitants. The author also points out the differences between young and older people's perception of cinemas in general caused by their different previous experiences. In order to capture the wider cultural context of the cinema, the author uses the work of...
Discourse and construction of new identity of place in locality development: a case study of the Victory Square in Prague
Procházková, Alena ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Pauknerová, Karolína (referee)
In the cities locality development tends to be the object of conflicts and negotiations of different actors with varied interests, e.g. investors, developers, municipal leaders and citizens' associations. It is possible to find among these participants a wide range of strategies and preferences, often including a visual presentation of the urban projects. This diploma thesis centers on the completion of the Victory Square, which according to the master plan of Prague should be a secondary center and it should be the main square of Prague 6. Currently completion projects for the Victory Square are discussed with a significant amount of opposing debate on their intended use, their purpose and also their design. The aim of this paper is to (1) analyze the present-day role of the unfinished Victory square in the center system in Prague, (2) ascertain who has an interest in the completion of the square and what methods are utilized to present their goals, with particularly emphasis on construction of a new identity of the space, and (3) discuss who has the ability to influence the final result considering the different roles of private investors, municipality and citizens. This thesis will try to identify the role of capital, residents, and discourse as influential actors in the reconstruction process...
The relationship of young citizans of Prague to cottaging
Pirochová, Klára ; Pauknerová, Karolína (advisor) ; Moravcová, Mirjam (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on the phenomenon of young Prague residents' cottaging in the present day. The author defines cottaging as all activities taking place in a dwelling in the country that was not originally built for recreational purposes. The thesis is founded on her own ethnographic survey based on the method of semi-structured interviews, namely 30 interviews conducted with cottagers for the purpose of this thesis. Mental mapping and participant observation constitute additional methods. The focal point of the project lies not only in the collection of interviews and mental maps with the cottagers, but mainly in further analysing and interpreting the collected data. The thesis also focuses on the historical development of cottaging from the 19th century to the present. Looking for the reasons and motivations that have contributed to the development and popularity of cottaging and how these motivations have changed is an important point. In her work, the author focuses on sharing the premises of the cottage with relatives and on the performance of specific work and leisure-time activities. Among other things, the author concludes that the presumption that the opening of the borders after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the possibility of travelling abroad would result in a decline in...
Project of the Center of experimental archeology in Únětice
Pauknerová, Karolína ; Matoušek, Václav (advisor) ; Fridrichová Sýkorová, Ivana (referee)
Based on postprocesualism theories, this master's thesis provides data for setting up the Centre of Experimental Archaeology in Únětice near Prague, designed to pursue an experimental research of Unetice culture agriculture settlement. This project aims to provide space for carrying out archaelogical experiments on the one hand, and to present the results of archaelogical research to public in an innovative way on the other. In addition, it might play an important role in the touristic development of the village.
Body - walking - lanscape: Prehistorical agricultural cultures in the flatlands of Czechia
Pauknerová, Karolína ; Matoušek, Václav (advisor) ; Gojda, Martin (referee) ; Pleinerová, Ivana (referee)
Landscape is not only a material world out there since it also represents a particular way of seeing and understanding the world around. I draw on the idea that by researching landscapes of long gone people we can get closer to their (life)world. In behind of the whole research project lies the idea that the way people dwell in the world resonates with how they understand it. Within the research I employ the methodology of the phenomenology of landscape. Phenomenological research of landscapes inhabited by people in prehistoric ages is concerned with gathering and analysing sensual data such as view from the locality in question, colours, smells, texture, etc. at the place. Human body and the most common bodily activity - walking - is used as a research tool. I explore settlement strategies of four prehistoric cultures - Linear Pottery, Stroked Pottery, Funnel Beakers, and Aunjetitz cultures - within three flatlands in Bohemia (Kladno plateau, the area southwards from the city of Pilsen and the region south and south-westwards form the town of Kolín). At Kolín region and Kladno plateau I compare settlement distribution of two cultures: the Aunjetitz and Stroked pottery cultures at Kolín and Funnel Beakers and Aunjetitz cultures at Kladno. At Pilsen region I concentrated solely on Linear Pottery culture. The...

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