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On-line communities
Pleva, Petr ; Kandert, Josef (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Marie (referee)
Petr Pleva On-line communities Abstract The bachelor's thesis "On-line communities" deals with the topic of online communities and software that they use. The aim of this work is to reveal regularities in the development of these communities and find the influence of software on their lives. First, I deal with the term "online community" and its definition over the years. Based on the chosen literature the work identifies key elements of life of online communities. I highlight the purpose of emerging communities and the importance of technical platforms they use. The next part describes members of online communities, particularly the membership life cycle and the significance of identity. The work describes the types and value of special events for the life of community and also describes the most common types of software. The practical part of this thesis evaluates the results of observations in several online communities and analyzes them based on selected key factors. I find similarities in their develomplemt and based on them I determine three phases of their life path. I also find and describe the influence of software on the important areas of these communities such as the membership life cycle or course and nature of events.
Individual food self-sufficiency in Czech Republic: case study of permaculture oriented families and individuals
Soukup Tůmová, Terézia ; Tuček, Milan (advisor) ; Kandert, Josef (referee)
This diploma thesis is a descriptive case study of permaculture oriented families and individuals in the Czech Republic, who are aiming for food self-sufficiency. The goal is to describe the lifestyle of self- supplying food producers, their strive for permacultural principles of sustainable development and the making of agricultural systems. Data were collected by observing and interviewing 8 households, analysing relevant literature and other data resources that were autonomously provided by informants. The main focus is on describing the economical and material background of households, their strategies and practices for achieving food self-sufficiency, and motivation and difficulties related to this matter. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
Promethean technology: Discourse analysis and narrative construction of meaning
Kotlík, Pavel ; Kandert, Josef (advisor) ; Balon, Jan (referee)
Cílem práce je porozumění významu propojení současných a revolučních technologií s mýtem "O Prométheovi". V teoretické rovině jejich metaforické propojení považuji za heuristický nástroj sociální racionality, která má přisoudit realitě určitý smysl, má alegoricky vyjevovat na první pohled nezjevné významy moderních technologií. Představuje také imaginární vztah lidí k "reálným" podmínkám jejich existence, které se zároveň reflexivně ustavují. Prostřednictvím diskurzivní analýzy a analýzy narativní konstrukce, přistupuji k analýze mýtu v oblasti biotechnologií, jaderných technologií a technologie vzdělávání. Zde na základě historického významu mýtu odhaluji dva režimy vyprávění mýtu o technologii - triumfální (triumf) a katastrofální (spád). Oba plní důležitou úlohu v oblasti mocenských praktik. Triumf a spád se reflexivně opakují v různých technologických oblastech na základě narativní konstrukce ze strany aktérů - jsou diskurzivními formacemi. Aktéři těchto diskurzů vybírají vhodné paralely ze dvou metaforických částí, mýtu i technologie, aby vyhovovaly reprezentacím adekvátním smyslu jejich ideologie. Skupinovým vyjádřením těchto ideologií vznikají i tzv. prométheovská společenství. Diskurzivně tvárný, prométheovský mýtus bez místních a časových omezení ožívá i v 21.století. Metafora je součástí...
Sociological characteristics and media representation of ethnic minorities in the media discourse as theoretical examination of comparative studies possibilities: (analytical study of minorities representation in mass media in Czech Republic and Kyrgyzstan in the nineties of the 20th century)
Iskanderova, Tatiana ; Šoltys, Otakar (advisor) ; Kandert, Josef (referee) ; Uherek, Zdeněk (referee)
The main issue of the dissertation paper was to provide a comparative analysis of ethnic minorities representation in the Czech and Kyrgzystan media discurses in the 90s of the 20th century. Both of the above mentioned countries have undergone a paradigm change, which in the terminology of the four theories of press changed the so-called soviet paradigm for libertarian one. The aim of the research was to demonstrate that it is possible to use the comparative analysis also in regard to ethnicities (ethnic minorities), cultures and national minority organizations that are geographically distant and typologically different. The research is based on comparison of four researches developed by the following authors: Petra Klvačová, Tomáš Bitrich: Jak se (ne)píše o cizincích, Věra Malkova: Этнические образы в республиканских газетах. Опыт этносоциологического исследования, Stuartem Hall (The spectacle of the "Other"), Bernard Berelson, Patricia J. Salter (Majority and Minority American's: An analysis of magazine fiction). The subject of the study is the collection of texts materials from printed media, supplemented and confronted with a trial research sample of responses provided by representatives of media, politics, science and public etc. (in-depth interviews) on the topic of minorities. By means of...
Anthropocentrism According to Living Nature
Kirsová, Jana ; Kandert, Josef (advisor) ; Grygar, Jakub (referee)
This diploma thesis is inquired into the problematic of anthropocentrism and it' s relationship with the living nature. It is obvious that the anthropocentrism contributed to the current ecological crisis. The author is trying to delimit the definition framework of anthropocentrism and to find it's social, scientific even religious roots and to find the possible ways out of the crisis. The author also presents the key-concepts and theories that are non-anthropocentrically based and that are presenting the possible alternative attitude to the environment connected with the transformation of human values. Concretely it engages James Lovelocks Gaia Theory, Arne Naesses deep ecology and ecosophy or the Fritjof Capras new paradigm. Farther away it also follows the possibility of practical change of our life-concepts and as it's example describes the new concept of voluntary simplicity and New Age.
Tattooed and Non-tattooed as a Different World
Horáková, Lucie ; Kandert, Josef (advisor) ; Horák, Vít (referee)
This bachelor thesis concerns the differences between the world of tattooed and non-tattooed. The text is divided into three parts, in the theoretical part the author explains the term tattoo and presents its brief history, and other terms and theories, which relate to the following empirical part. The second part is methodology, which describes the qualitative research which took place in terms of exploration of the topic, the third part is the analysis of the data itself, which is supported with extracts of the interviews. In this part, the author separately explores the view of the people on themselves and on the society and compares it with expert literature.
Upbringing in childcare institutions - life chances
Šípová, Jana ; Tuček, Milan (advisor) ; Kandert, Josef (referee)
Diploma thesis "Upbringing in Childcare Institutions - Life Chances" deals with the sociological perspective of education and upbringing in childcare institutions. In the theoretical part, there is discussed the problem of socialization of individuals from specialized institutions, as well as their stigmatization or institutional environment from the perspective of the theory of total institutions. This work focuses on how education in specialised institutions allows development of their children's personalities, what help is offered to the children before leaving the facility (for their subsequent socialization in a new environment). The work is complemented by a historical overview of the legal definition of institutional childcare. The research part is intended to monitor the abovementioned sociological aspects of single orphanage facilities. The research is based on the responses of facilities staff, children who are about to leave the institutional and the children who have left this environment.
Justice and injustice - how we understand it in modern society
Kovaříková, Zuzana ; Kandert, Josef (advisor) ; Kotík, Michal (referee)
Objective of the bachelor thesis "Conception of justice and injustice in con- temporary society" is to describe and analyze how people in contemporary Czech society understand the concepts of justice, injustice, and fair and unfair treatment. In the first part of my work I am focusing on the theoretical background of the matters of justice. There I am interested in different types and possible bases of justice, as well as in philosophers who have tried to define justice. This is followed by a practi- cal part of the thesis, which deals with the methodology and the research itself. The research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with 10 respondents. Du- ring the analysis, I try to investigate not only the respondents' definitions of view of justice and injustice, but also concepts with which they identify or associate justice, even terms that their concept of justice conflicts with. The final section provides a comparison of research results to the initial hypotheses and comparison of practical and theoretical parts.
Lifestyle of residents in condominium in central city: They live elsewhere, work at the same place and live in the same way?
Hanák, Martin ; Illner, Michal (advisor) ; Kandert, Josef (referee)
The aim of the work is to explore lifestyles, let us to say everyday activities in time and space as they are reflected in lifestyle, spending, leisure and professed values as a part of lifestyle of residents in next block of flats in a part of central city (Prague 5, Smíchov) which is in a direct neighbourhood of a core city. The intention is to find out as well if the concrete lifestyle of residents led to the fact that they decide to live in the area although most of them dispose of sufficient resources and can choose their place of living in all of Prague. That is why is the aim also to compare everyday activities in time and space of residents of central city with activities of residents of suburb. We could discover in the explored population living in central city 8 main types of lifestyles: lifestyle centred on family, on the care of the body and spirit, centred against partnership, active lifestyle, ambitious and longing for prestige, life without constraints, taking a back seat (conventional) and lifestyle of professionals centred on culture. When one of the dimensions of lifestyle (everyday activities) was compared between explored residents in area of central city and in area of suburb was found out the differences in shopping, traffic, time spent in a job and in leisure. Powered by TCPDF...

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