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Tourism as a metaphore of postmodern lifestyle: case study of tourists in India
Šírová, Lucie ; Halbich, Marek (advisor) ; Heřmanský, Martin (referee)
This master's thesis is concerned with the phenomenon of tourism in the context of social and cultural anthropology, approaching the anthropology of tourism from a comparative perspective. Studying the historical development of this phenomenon, it proposes that tourism might be considered as a metaphore of postmodern lifestyle. Through a case study of tourists in India designed by the thesis's author, this paper aims both to apply the field research data to theoretical approaches, and to suggest conclusions as well as the specific characteristics of tourist in India.
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Plants of transformations: Using of plant hallucinogens by mexican indians in Oaxaca and by mestices in Peru
Horák, Miroslav ; Halbich, Marek (advisor) ; Komárek, Stanislav (referee)
This diploma thesis compares the use of natural hallucinogens by native groups of Mexican and Peruvian inhabitants from the cultural-ecological point of view. The basis of the thesis is an ethno-botanical analysis of the particular plant species containing this type of psychoactive substances, an anthropological interpretation of shamanism and a description of the particular rituals focusing especially on their curative function. Attention is also paid to artistic displays of shamans and healers. In the end of the thesis the ritualised way of using hallucinogens is confronted with the attitude to drugs of the present society.
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Can we just decide or is the nation "rooted in everyone"?
Školoutová, Lucie ; Horský, Jan (advisor) ; Halbich, Marek (referee)
This master's thesis focuses on the issues concerning the identity formation of the contemporary minority group members, in particular Central European ones. It is concerned with studying to what degree their identity is determined and affected by their ethnicity. It is based on "empirical" research of the high school students born from 1988 to 1991 who were attending the bilingual gymnasiums either in Vienna or in Těšín.
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