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Xenologies: Sociality on an Alien Planet
Bohal, Vít ; Armand, Louis (advisor) ; Horáková, Jana (referee) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
(ENG): The dissertation explores the use of the morpheme 'xeno' in anglophone theory and literature, and aims to formulate a comparative xenology which would address its contemporary meaning and significations. The term 'Xenology' has existed since the 1950s, largely denoting a speculative science researching alien life, and Part I provides a historically reflexive analysis of the xenologies of the second half of the twentieth century, culminating with a critical analysis of the project Xenologies: Immigrant Instruments by avant-garde artist Krzysztof Wodiczko. Part II then moves to formulate a comparative xenology drawing on contemporary projects which have notably utilized the xeno and its relation to the alien, uncanny or other. A central feature of the discourse is the xeno's collusion with the social sphere - where some theorists use it as an index towards a sublime transhumanism, others develop its original social resonances; this dissonance is addressed throughout the work. As a meta-narrative on the xeno today, comparative xenology is constructed around three modes - the figural, the procedural and inhuman - which are discussed in relation to three contemporary xenoprojects - xenofeminism, xeno-architecture and xenoplanetarity, respectively. Part III then features a glossary of the most...
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the Screeners
Pětiletá, Petra ; Daniel, Ladislav (advisor) ; Valachová, Daniela (referee) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
8 digitální fyzický Abstract: The thesis offers a phenomenological view of the contemporary hybrid world, consisting of interpenetrating two inseparable spheres: the physical (originally material) world and the digital (virtual world). My work shows how we can think about the world by separating the physical and the digital. In my research, I involved students in the eighth year of high school, aged 12-14, who are referred to as Generation Z or "digital natives". I was interested in how students described these two worlds and how they related to them and their intersection. I first explored the phenomenon of the digital world as part of my own artistic research, looking for themes and aspects to highlight. As part of my early research, I subjected the artistic mind maps to qualitative analysis, but the maps did not lead me to a deeper understanding of the digital-virtual world in the way I would expected. What did emerge, however, was the shape of the students' instru- mental relationship to the digital world through physical space and their own physical bodies. I was also interested in how students used the Internet and social networks, so I wanted to have different view on something that I don't usually learn in the classroom as a teacher. In the main research probe, we explored with the students the...
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New challenges of the surveillance theory
Lacinová, Miroslava ; Štogrová Jedličková, Petra (advisor) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
The main aim of this diploma thesis, that names "New challenges of the Surveillance theory", is to describe the surveillance theory in today's social network society by using information theory. Accordingly, I will verify the theory of surveillance in two case studies. First case study verifies an impact of Facebook's profiles content on the hiring decisions. The second case sudy analyzes regular day of concrete person in context of surveillance. Both case studies demonstrate surveillance in different surveillance sites.
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Brain and event
Malečková, Dita ; Petříček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Fulka, Josef (referee)
In my work I aspired to clarify the relationships between the vision and thinking. In the first part I was above all trying to show that the vision is not unchallenged, automatic process. Than I specify the intersection between vision and thinking and I went to the problem of motion and corporality (sensuality). In the second part I arrived to the theme of the space - with regard to the vision and thinking, as a "inscape", and I also outlined the probleme of metamorphosis of space in forms of toplological space, virtual space, or cyberspace. In the third part of my work I developed the theme of chaos and the afinity of chaos and creativity in three zones of human creativity - philosophy, art and science - on the concrete examples of three creators: philosopher (Deleuze), artist (Boudník) and scientist (Mandelbrot). In the last part I concluded with the question of connection of chaos and "brain" as the actual degree of the human knowledge, and also with the contexture of the brain and the event. And I finished with the notion of noosphere. The whole writing is based mainly on work of the french philosophers Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Teilhard de Chardin and partly also Jean-Francoise Lyotard or Paul Virilio. From the czech authors it is Michal Ajvaz or Egon Bondy.
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Changing the Environment Comes to Changing the Way of Communication: Differences in Usage of Social Networks in Japan and the Czech Republic
Birnerová, Aneta ; Malečková, Dita (advisor) ; Šisler, Vít (referee)
(English) Master thesis is focused on the influence of cultural environment on the user approach to social sites. First chapter of the theoretical part is oriented on the evolution of the human behaviour in the role of an active creator of the content in the hypertext. Next chapter examine the roots of the social networks' usage diversification in Japanese sociocultural environment. Special focus is given on the divergence of the social networks' usage comparing to the global standard. Also, the thesis is trying to reveal possible reasons of the Japanese usage specifics via exploring the historical evolution of the publishing of the users' content in Japan from the first blogs to the most popular social networks worldwide. These platforms are then analysed with emphasis put on description of the Japanese user specifics. In the practical part of the thesis we are trying to support the hypothesis that change of the cultural environment for the long time period (a year of longer) will lead to the change of the usage customs. Following study is concentrated on this question in order to answer it using half-structured interviews with the Japanese respondents who lived/is living in the Czech Republic for the time period longer/equal to one year. The results will be compared with the results from the same...
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Typography of web design
Uhlířová, Martina ; Brejcha, Jan (advisor) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
Typography is one of the most important elements of web design and marketing. Good typography makes web design more appealing, which is important for readers in evaluating titles and the quality of text. The aim of this thesis is to provide a characterization of good and bad typography. I will use this characterization to identify modern typographical trends in a digital background. In the theoretical part, I will describe the basic features of typography. In the practical part, I will distinguish appealing typography and visual smog, and find specific examples demonstrating typographical trends in web design.
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Men and Women Image Construction in Lifestyle Magazines on the Internet
Buchtová, Naďa ; Slussareff, Michaela (advisor) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
(in English): This diploma thesis focus of portrayal of man and woman in lifestyle magazines on the Internet and on the social network Instagram. The theoretical part describes history and a role of the image, respectively photography, in the Western world and its development. It also deals with the theme of stereotypes and changes of representation of man and woman in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. The next part discusses types of visual analyzes concentrating on qualitative semiotic analysis. This analysis is used for the selected images in the practical part. The practical part analyzes 400 images from selected Czech and American women's and men's lifestyle magazines and their accounts on the social network Instagram. The analysis reveals differences between contributions to Instagram and magazine pages and in the each media itself. It also identifies how women and men are portrayed in the selected media and if the stereotypes described in the practical part have disappeared in the context of the ongoing transformation of the position and roles of men and women in society, especially if the emancipation of women has had any effect.
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Design and Nanotechnology
Čužnová, Dominika ; Malečková, Dita (advisor) ; Fiala, Jakub (referee)
The main goal of this bachelor thesis is to describe the term nanotechnology and other related terms. It will include description of the development of this field in various countries and it will also introduce the use of nanotechnology in different areas, particularly in the area of art and design. The thesis will then compare the nanotechnology field in Czech Republic and the world. The goal of this thesis will also consist of forming a conclusion about the position of the Czech Republic in this field.
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Gender View on Female Presentation on Wikipedia
Stančíková, Ľubica ; Slussareff, Michaela (advisor) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
This thesis examines, characterizes and quantifies how women and men are being presented on Czech and Slovak Wikipedia and further elaborates on their possible differences. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the current state of Wikipedia and media in general and draws attention to gender inequality within its editorial base, which is linked to the general trend in free culture communities, where there is also a visible inequality. Furthermore, the theoretical part of the thesis also deals with the issue of gender in general and summarizes current state of knowledge and methods of studying the issue of gender on Wikipedia. The practical part of this thesis partly replicates the study First Gender, Second Sex: Gender Bias on Wikipedia (Graells- Garrido, Lalmas and Menczer, 2015) using RStudio programme to do basic text mining and quantitative analysis of biographical texts of men and women in both languages, tracking word frequencies from selected word categories, namely Gender, Reference to the opposite sex, Family and family status and Career. Overall, we have analysed 24 510 Slovak biographical articles and 110 866 Czech biographical articles, and our findings have confirmed an imbalance and stereotyping in the presentation of women on Wikipedia in both languages.
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Changing the Environment Comes to Changing the Way of Communication: Differences in Usage of Social Networks in Japan and the Czech Republic
Birnerová, Aneta ; Malečková, Dita (advisor) ; Šisler, Vít (referee)
(English) Master thesis is focused on the influence of cultural environment on the user approach to social sites. First chapter of the theoretical part is oriented on the evolution of the human behaviour in the role of an active creator of the content in the hypertext. Next chapter examine the roots of the social networks' usage diversification in Japanese sociocultural environment. Special focus is given on the divergence of the social networks' usage comparing to the global standard. Also, the thesis is trying to reveal possible reasons of the Japanese usage specifics via exploring the historical evolution of the publishing of the users' content in Japan from the first blogs to the most popular social networks worldwide. These platforms are then analysed with emphasis put on description of the Japanese user specifics. In the practical part of the thesis we are trying to support the hypothesis that change of the cultural environment for the long time period (a year of longer) will lead to the change of the usage customs. Following study is concentrated on this question in order to answer it using half-structured interviews with the Japanese respondents who lived/is living in the Czech Republic for the time period longer/equal to one year. The results will be compared with the results from the same...
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