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A missed chance? Freedom and the 1990s in the actor's reflection of Czech men
Pražská, Michaela ; Hlaváček, Jiří (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the topic of the newly acquired freedom in Czechoslovakia after the "Velvet Revolution" in 1989 in reflection of the men from the Czech regions. Attention is drawn to meaning and use of the freedom in the context of an individual who did not participate in political negotiations, but lived and experienced the times as an ordinary citizen. Therefore the work is based on the definition of a sociological term called Thomas theorem and focuses on perceiving of the newly acquired freedom as a new opportunity, primarily in the economic field. Keywords: freedom, business, economic transformation, Thomas theorem, oral history
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Hustling Phenomenon in Czechoslovakia
Královičová, Jana ; Vaněk, Miroslav (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with hustling which was a phenomenon of Czechoslovakia in late socialism and it is neglected in Czech and Slovak historiography. The aim of this thesis is to bring a new knowledge, but mainly a new perspective on the environment of the shadow economy and people who were part of it. The research is focused on methods and practices of how this people ran their "secondary business", and I also try to find their place in Czechoslovak society. The main basis for this research, are interviews which were recorded by using a method of oral history. Beside this, the study is supported also by knowledge and information of literature, archive materials, and daily newspaper. The study presents new perspectives on the practice of hustlers, their motivation to start with this illegal activity, as well as various views on the term "vekslák", and how these people perceive this word and his sense in relation to their person. There is also a contribution to the ethics of this research which is specifically related to topic by its very nature.
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Šumava cabin as a place of memory
Schambergerová, Tereza ; Hlaváček, Jiří (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
The work deals with the tramp locality in Šumava. It is based on available resources and interviews with people knowing the cabin. Describes the stages and history of this place. Captures and characterizes authorities and communities close to the cabin. It places the cabin in their context. It mainly describes the organization of the CHKO Šumava (Protected Landscape Area) and deals extensively with tramping as a phenomenon of spending free time during the cabin's existence. The diploma thesis seeks answers to the questions of who is a tramp, why the cabin is an important place for this community. It searches for common elements between individual narrators and also answers the fundamental question of what defines a real tramp and if the cabin is really a tramp place. Keywords Oral history, cabin, tramping, CHKO Šumava, Protected Landscape Area, protectors of nature, military lookouts.
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Drak Theatre and its changes after 1989
Brabencová, Eva ; Houda, Přemysl (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
The thesis focuses on the history of the puppet Theatre Drak in Hradec Králové, with the main emphasis on comparing the period of the so-called normalization and transformation in the first years after 1989. The aim is to find out how the given political and social events were reflected in the functioning of the particular theatre institution. The focus of this thesis is interviews with former and current employees of the Drak Theatre. The main method in the treatment of the topic is oral history, which is supplemented by knowledge from archival sources from the State Regional Archive in Zámrsk and available literature. The empirical part is divided according to the main research areas, which include the internal affairs of the Drak Theatre, its external relations and reflections on the different stages of the theatre's development. These areas are further structured into thematic chapters that discuss the workload and conditions, collective, dramaturgy, audience, publicity, relations with other theatres, foreign countries and the communist regime. Within each of the chapters, a comparison is made between the two periods examined and a description of the changes that have occurred. This thesis seeks to capture the varied range of changes through the eyes of the narrators. The ambition of this...
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Women of Čejetičky. Everyday life of two generations of women living in the mentioned location between the years 1968 and 2000.
Picková, Monika ; Krátká, Lenka (advisor) ; Hlaváček, Jiří (referee)
This thesis focuses on recording the lived experiences and everyday lives of two generations of women, mothers and daughters, who lived in the city district of Čejetičky in Mladá Boleslav between the years 1968 and 2000. Research conducted using the method of oral history targets mainly the family environment and career prospects of these women, their time in and outside of work and also their general quality of life, as perceived by the narrators themselves. In this way, it gives a voice to women that have been historically and traditionally overlooked. By comparing the stories of two generations of women, we can observe how daughters followed the paths of life set by their mothers and were subjected to the pressures of patriarchal society only some fifty kilometers outside of Prague.
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History of Chrudim Puppetry Museum
Matula, Richard ; Krátká, Lenka (advisor) ; Wohlmuth Markupová, Jana (referee)
The diploma thesis attempts to outline the origins and development of the Chrudim Puppetry Museum, founded in 1972, using the method of oral history, archival research and available literary sources. Attention is focused on the circumstances of the establishment of this memory institution with international ambitions, the formation of its collection, the characteristics of its professional activities and the everyday life of its employees during the period of the so-called normalisation. However, the work also traces the transformation that the above-mentioned areas went through in the context of the fall of the previous regime in the new political, economic and social conditions until approximately the first half of the 1990s.
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Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping in memory of Czechoslovak sailors (1959-1989)
Krátká, Lenka ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Vaněk, Miroslav (referee)
The main target of the work is to extend our current knowledge concerning history of the Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping company during the period from the company's founding in 1959 until year 1989. The main basis for this task fulfillment there are interviews with former Czechoslovak sailors realized with help of the oral history method. Beside this, the paper is supported also by archive materials. The text reflects certain specificity of the topic (maritime business running in the inland country, in addition country ruled by non-democratic regime) and it aims to the company's history; but its main part is concentrated on the sailors' living conditions. It processes direct testimonies about sailors' life and work on Czechoslovak ships; there are included topics as travelling, emigration, direct experience with communist regime on ships, private life of sailors, and their father and husband role. The author does not propose definite conclusions; her effort is aimed to see the topic from various points of view. Sailors are not portrayed as exceptional people but as men whose meaning of life was work on the sea. And this fact principally influenced their lives as well as lives of their families.
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Changes of Life and the Perception of Political Power between World War II. and the Comeback of Capitalism in the Village of Sudoměřice
Bek, Lukáš ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
Using the example of the inhabitants of Sudoměřice, a predominantly Catholic village in South Moravia, this thesis examines the relationship of the non-privileged strata members to the manifestations of political power in the period from the end of World War II until about 1990. The main sources are oral history interviews with 13 local citizens. The local chronicle is also an important source. It appears that the power (domination, using Weber's term), which is the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPC) for most of the period examined, takes on a number of different forms in memories, not only depending on the period, but also on the bearers of memories and other circumstances. For example, even some people whose families were persecuted during the Stalinist period have quite different recollections of the local CPC officials in the 1950s and their successors in the 1970s or 1980s. The topic is the question of faith, but also the standard of living. Emphasis is placed on the key moments of "great" history, such as 1945, 1948, 1968 and 1989. This thesis also aims to contribute to the discussion of how the communist regime could hold on for so long. Part of the answer is precisely that diverse perception of power, as well as the forces of social coherence at the village level affecting both local...
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Miners as a profession in the background of the Ostrava region.
Hybešová, Kateřina ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
This thesis deals with the development of mining and mining colonies in the Ostrava region and also deals with the interpretation of interviews with miners performing their profession in the Ostrava-Karviná mining district between years 1950 and 1994. It focuses not only on the development of the environment and mining conditions in the Ostrava region, but also reasons and motivations for choosing a demanding and often life-threatening profession, as mining is. The thesis is produced using inductive method, where the processes at the individual level apply to wider groups. Such processing allows me to process interviews with witnesses alongside traditional written sources. The finding of the thesis is the fact that there are three main motives for the choosing of mining profession, which are family tradition, the possibility of not participating in two-year compulsory military training and last but not least, the above-standard wage. The thesis offers another view on how workers in socialist Czechoslovakia lived.
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