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I, you, we and they: forms of patriotism in teaching materials of the Czech educational system and the Czech classrooms
Kubíček, Jan ; Lánský, Ondřej (advisor) ; Samek, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis focuses on the form of the discourse of nationalism in educational materials, specifically in selected history and civics textbooks for primary schools. The aim of the paper is not to cover all available educational materials in the Czech school environment, but to conduct a probe into textbooks from selected subjects from one publisher, which serves as a sample. There are subtle forms of nationalism that are part of public discourse, and the thesis will map these forms in the textbooks as manifestations of the discourse of nationalism, which seeks to shape national identity, among other things. Therefore, the work follows in these textbooks their language, the topics they choose, the ways in which they report on the topics and the other media they use (e.g. visual documents). The thesis examines the aforementioned elements of the textbooks through qualitative analysis, specifically critical discourse analysis. The main question that the thesis seeks to answer is which discursive means are used to form Czech national identity, and whether this identity also includes an ethnocentric view of the world. The thesis is divided into three main parts. The first chapter focuses on the key concepts needed for the research. The second chapter focuses on the research methodology. The theoretical...
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Bautzen and Budyšin: Language Ideologies in the Capital City of Sorbs
Škrob, Jan ; Samek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Zandlová, Markéta (referee)
In this thesis, I attempt to describe and analyse language ideologies relevant in the specific situation of the Sorbian minority in the city of Bautzen (Sorbian: Budyšin) - a city with a clear German majority at the same time considered a cultural, social and political centre of Sorbs - with a special emphasis on links between language and nationalism. Focusing on these links, I also examine the specific role of language for maintainance of Sorbian national identity. I also view Sorbian language ideologies in the broader context of social and political relations in and around Bautzen, whereas I, among other topics, inquire into recently significant hatred of local German radical right towards the Sorbian minority. At the same time, I attempt to capture the power relations between German and Sorbian languages. Apart from the paradigm of language ideologies, I am also informed by works of certain poststructuralist authors, especially due to their emphasis on constructivism regarding identities and language mechanisms. Keywords: language, language ideologies, nationalism, language nationalism, identities, national identity, ethnicity, language and power, Sorbian, German, language and politics, language contact
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Refugee Music as the Concept of the Performation of Imigration
Skopec, Jan ; Beseda, Jan (advisor) ; Samek, Tomáš (referee)
Keywords music, immigration, asylum seekers in Czech republic, theatre, audience, medial mening, performance, xenofoby, globalization, postmodernism, cultural antropology, cultural and medial studies, semiotics Summary The aim of this thesis is describe and analyse a music, which cohere with refugees and the other forms of immigration in Czech republic. Concretely is about the music, which originate from Archa Theatre. This theatre is few years attending to the theme of immigration and refugees. The aim of this thesis is analyse the concept of "refugee music" created by Archa Theatre. In this music performance cooperate the asylum seekers and the czech and foreign professional artists altogether. I want to describe for what reason this music concept was created, how this artistically cooperation is proceeding, which meaning the particular musicians consider in this concept and which meaning of this music should be adress to audience. Simultaneously this music is set in the context of the complex artistic production with immigration themes of Archa Theatre. The another intention of this thesis is to show, which meanings of this music and the relative artistic production find the audience. I analyse in which way the audience is influenced with this production and also if is possible in this way to form the...
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Code-switching as an expresion of power and solidarity in Czechoslovak enviroment
Korenyiová, Mariana ; Samek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Halbich, Marek (referee)
Diploma thesis Code-switching as an expression of power and solidarity in Czechoslovakian environment deals with several crucial interpretational sets of code-switching based on a research with Czech and Slovak speaking participants of conversations in Czechoslovakian environment. It stresses various possible interpretational sets through which code-switching can be looked at. Code-switching is examined on the basis of conversational analysis of not solely Czechs and Slovaks. Code-switching is not interpreted only from macro-social perspective and the work anticipates also the importance of the sequence order in specific conversation. Chosen communicational code is to some extent always dependent on the participants' negotiation directly in the interaction. Furthermore, the emphasis is on the deeper knowledge of idiolect in a long term perspective and on a connection of the topic and the changing language code of the conversation. The last part of the text discusses the issue of alcohol and its impact on verbal behavior with emphasis on code-switching. Alcohol modifies human behavior and also the speech acts of each of us. The best known research in the field of alcohol consumption and language is taken into account. These studies are subsequently applied on the case studies of Czechoslovak code-switching.
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Cross-curricular Links between Basics of Civics and Social Sciences and French Language
Marešová, Dominika ; Zicha, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Samek, Tomáš (referee)
This Master thesis focuses on connecting school subjects to overcome the isolation of information that students obtain through them. First of all, the thesis describes the different forms of school subject integration and lists the positive outcomes to which this integration leads, as well as the reasons why any form of interdisciplinarity concerning school subjects could be demanding. While any sort of integration could be challenging because of the timetables or the teachers' workload, it is beneficial. The students can realize the connections between information that they acquire, and this leads to better retention of the knowledge. Plus, they feel more motivated because they can use facts from one subject in another one. Then, the main goal of this thesis is presented - to search for cross-curricular links between French language as a foreign language and Basics of Civics or Social Sciences. In order to do so, the thesis details their subject didactics and the goals of these school subjects. Based on their description and the analysis of their respective textbooks, their common themes emerge, and they can be used for further integration. These themes work as suggestions for teachers who wish to leave the isolation of their specialty. The thesis also proposes activities that work with common...
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Education of Roma Children and the Culture of Poverty
Siváková, Aneta ; Lánský, Ondřej (advisor) ; Samek, Tomáš (referee)
The main goal of this diploma thesis is based on conceptual analysis and empirical research to assess the suitability of the concept of poverty culture (Oscar Lewis) for analyzing the situation of socially excluded people - specifically Roma - in the Czech Republic with emphasis on education. In the first part of the work I will focus on the analysis of key terms and concepts related to racism, ethnicity and especially the culture of poverty. The second part is devoted to the issue of Roma education in the Czech Republic. I will use the knowledge from these parts as a basis for the operationalization of the given conceptual field into a form usable for empirical research. The last part introduces the implementation of a qualitative research probe between teachers and teaching assistants in a selected socially excluded locality, which focuses mainly on their work motivation and approach to socially excluded localities, etc. My research shows that the concept of Oscar Lewis can be applied in a school environment.
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