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Islamic and media territory
Kostelecká, Lenka ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
1 Currently, the media perform a very controversial function, which is still to be evaluated, and it cannot be assumed yet, that the media would be able to react adequately at the state of relations between Europe and Islam. In its quest for objectivity of description, the media are unable to meet the requirement of the so-called Second Modernity, i.e., to investigate their own interpretive framework set behind references and resources, that shape the media and allow them to act as an intermediary between what they refer about, and to whom they refer. All of this somehow without knowing, what brings the possibility of conveying something through communication. It's just a different, more differentiated phase of trying and searching to find the way to the so-called implicit knowledge, by which some discourses are able to emancipate from stereotypical schemas and patterns of coupling, the separation and formation of statements about reality. Thus, the contemporary commentators of the European and Islamic relations are faced with analogous problems, as the media: i.e., in-compatibility, self-referencing and tacit assumptions of knowledge. If we already talked about the double differential explanatory schema of Europe and its relation to Islam, we mentioned two essential aspects: The first is forming or...
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Babice 1951 - the Case Study
Stonjeková, Karolina ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Maříková, Hana (referee)
The aim of my dissertation is to focus on a real act of crime, that happened in the year 1951 in small Czech village, Babice. This act led to the series of show trials with alleged perpetrators - mostly representatives of Catholic Curch, private farmers and representatives of the resistance movement. In these trials more than one hundered people were persecuted and eleven of them were executed. I was also trying to make a brief introduction into the issues of mutual relationship between the Communist state and the Catholic Church, as well as the private farmers. The main contribution of this dissertation is based on the interviews with the persecuted people or the bereaved.
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Nestinars in southeastern part of Bulgaria
Svobodová, Eva ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Štěpánková, Jana (referee)
Diploma thesis Nestinars in southeastern part of Bulgaria focuses on the material and spiritual culture of Nestinars, a small group of people living in region of Strandja. The body of work describes in detail the specific phenomena of spiritual culture, which cut across the structure of traditional and contemporary Bulgarian folk customs. It describes ceremonies that are part of the clan, family, annual festivals and church calendar. Nestinars as a subculture, whose socio-cultural negotiations and ideas to some extent differ from the majority of the Orthodox population, they are perceived externally as part of it. In this work we meet with traditional clothing, folklore music and holy sacrifice. The parallel with the Greek rite anastnaria is mentioned in the work as well. Both groups represent a traditional ceremony where believers show their devotion to the saints by dance and walking on burning wood charcoal. Keywords nestinars - social group tradition - the transmission of customs and beliefs from generation to generation usually in framwork of certain culture or social group ceremony - a formal religious or public occassion, typically one celebraing particular event or anniversary; or ritual observances or procedures performed at grand and formal occassions to keep group's norms and values of...
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Interpretation of the Folk Religiosity: From Enlightened "Superstition" to Postmodern "Spirituality"
Veith, Daniel ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
This work represents various approaches to the phenomenon of folk religiosity, both from the perspective of ethnology and related humanities as well. Folk religiosity is here understood within the meaning of folk version of official religious ideas. Ever since the time of the Reformation in the 16th century, there were efforts to make a discipline out of the folk religiosity. Then the Age of Enlightenment contributed to the process of "disenchantment of the world" (Max Weber). Results of these processes are illustrated, among other things, in the example of handwritten prayer books and the phenomenon of folk chronicleship. The Enlightenment condemnation of folk "superstitions" in the name of racionality is put into context of postmodern interest in the so-called "Celtic Spirituality". Contemporary Celtic Spirituality is a specific spiritual power, which refers to numerous elements from traditional folk religiosity circuit. The analysis of the second life of folk religiosity shows to the creative reinterpretation, which emphasizes the perception of the world as the creation.
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Demons Image in Ancient Mesopotamia and Sumer
Mojžišová, Zuzana ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
Bachelor thesis is focus on the image of demons in ancient Mesopotamia and Sumer, as in literature, so in plastic arts, and following comparation with others region literature, most Bible. In the first part, the thesis is dealing with universal characteristic of individual demons, which is complemented with texts from each myth. The next part subscribes direct magic practics by attack of evil spirit and their resemblance with biblical texts. Key words: Demon. Mesopotamia. Myth. Magic. Bible
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Folk religion in Scandinavia. Dwarf, giant and elf in changes
Jiráková, Anežka ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Sochorová, Ludmila (referee)
Anežka Jiráková Folk Religion in Scandinavia Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, 2011 Abstract The bachelor thesis called Folk Religion in Scandinavia with the subtitle Dwarf, Giant and Elf in Changes is focused on the development of three supernatural beings - dwarf, giant and elf. More theoretical first part is focused on the analysis of spoken and written word and its application on the scandinavian mythology. The main topic is the characterization of development and changes of dwarf, giant and elf from the earliest surviving references to the present. The emphasis on the etymology of words is seen throughout of this text. The thesis includes research conducted among four danish respondents. One of the questionnaries is included in the text, as well as the part with pictures.
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French people in Czech Republic
Pištorová, Denisa ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
French in Czech republic The work is divided into two parts. The first part presents the French emigrants abroad and in the Czech Republic. It also presents the Czech emigrants in France. This part outlines the history of Czech-French relations. It describes the French group in the Czech Republic from the demographic and social point of view and in the background of the Czech society. In the other part I focus on research. Based on the results of several interviews the second part analyses and interprets some particular themes. The themes are concerning cultural and social life of the French who live in the Czech Republic and give testimony about it.
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Living in a small town in the First Republic
Kryštůfek, Jan ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to write historical and ethnographic study, based on archival sources and regional literature, which characterized the political, economic and social life in a small town as a "first" Czechoslovak Republic. Maps the Federal and cultural life of the special regard to federal action. City is examined in the period of 1918-1938 Dobris City, located in central Bohemia, in Pribram district. The study draws from the minutes of City Council, Federal chronicles regional newspapers, and census Operational Plan memory.
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Vision of oak in Slavonic societies
Mašek, Michal ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Sochorová, Ludmila (referee)
This thesis describes an iconic relationship to trees, especially oak, in the pre-Christian culture area. On the basis of wide excerpts the thesis characterizes the situation of pagan Slavs in the context of contemporary European cultural space. It describes the worship ceremonies of the oak, healing properties attributed to the oak and oak's feature in the myths creation of Indo-European and Finno-Ugric ethnic groups. The chapter of the current relationship man - tree concerns the development of this relationship, mentions the legislative acts relating to the trees and in the conclusion characterizes the role of the crisis of relationship man - tree to the overall moral crisis of the modern society.
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The oral history. (Mapping of oral history of the forcibly ejected inhabitants of Neveklov and its neighbourhoods during the 2nd World War)
Štěpánková, Jana ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Sochorová, Ludmila (referee)
Neveklov and its neighbourhoods, so- called Neveklovsko is a territory in the center of Bohemia. This area was during the 2nd world war (1939-1945) forcibly ejected by Nazis for reason to establish the parade ground for training of soldiers SS. Extent of evacuated territory was round 44 000 hectares. From villages were evicted 17 647 inhabitants and 12 184 inhabitants stayed in the displacement territory, they worked there by SS yards. The Diploma thesis is possible to be involved to the area of folklore, oral folk literature. It places emphasis on the oral history method. The thesis writes down oral history of the last witnesses of the 2nd world war from Neveklov and its neighbourhoods, that is based on the own field research. This thesis reflects history in forcibly ejected areas- Neveklov and its neighbourhoods during the 2nd world war. It reflects the current state of oral history in Neveklov and its neighbourhoods, also reflects analysis of oral history from this locality, within the meaning of confrontation and application the theories, that were earlier written by significant folklorists (Jech, Šrámková, Melicherčík, Michálek). On the basis of this analysis were found common features of oral history, themes, thematic ranges, some theories were acknowledged, some not. Simultaneously the thesis maps...
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