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Life of sisters from Saint Ursula in time of communism
Trunečková, Pavlína ; Doskočil, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
This thesis deals with the relationship between the state and the Catholic Church during the years 1948 - 1989 and its impact on women's religious orders, namely the Union Order of St. Ursula, whose members in 1950 have been victims of internment and as a result of the centralization of the state in the event "Ř". Specific stories of six nuns documented the conditions in which the Order was forced to survive in a time when the activities of all religious orders were prohibited. The persecution of nuns were forced to work in agriculture, industry, and later also worked in psychiatric hospitals and social care institutions. The authentic experiences of survivors help us not only to reconstruct the sequence of historical events, but also give us nuns personal views on this difficult period, during which, regardless of circumstances, they managed to maintain their inner freedom. Individual narrative report in view of the time they experienced mostly match, but we find little differences. The aim of this work is to find continuity in the experiences, to understand and learn the motivations behind the positions of the narrators and on this basis to achieve at least partial conclusions. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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"The driver, who has a hard bread." Transformation of life and work conditions as experienced by bus drivers in Prague public transport.
Sommer, Jakub ; Krátká, Lenka (advisor) ; Mücke, Pavel (referee)
The master's thesis "Řidič, ten tvrdý chleba má (describing how hard life the driver has): Changes of the life and work conditions of public transport bus drivers in Prague" tries to bring closer the work of public transport bus drivers in Prague in the period called Normalization and Transformation on the basis of the oral historical method in comparison with secondary literature and the archival research. The thesis focuses on the Prague Public transport Company drivers who worked in Dejvice and Řepy garages. Through obtaining the oral history interviews and the written documents, author explores how the profession has changed over the last forty years. Based on his research, he concludes that drivers dominant position in respect of passengers and the transport company turn into a completely opposite role at present. The topic of the thesis is not only enriching us from the perspective of individual fates but it also allows us to open the topics regarding the impact of the modern technologies on the work of ordinary people. The master's thesis helps to understand the bus driver work and life but also shows the transformation of understanding this profession in the Czech society itself. Keywords: Transport company, Busdriver, Garage Dejvice, Garage Řepy, Normalization, Transformation.
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Czechoslovak Airlines in the seventies and eighties from the viewpoint of the employees
Andraschko, Rudolf Vladimír ; Krátká, Lenka (advisor) ; Hlaváček, Jiří (referee)
This thesis deals with the career and private life of a specific group of employees of Czechoslovak airlines - cockpit crew, especially pilots - during the years 1970-1989 with a slight overlap into the 60's and 70's as the context of the work requires. This thesis is based on the method of oral history. Recordings with all the narrators were combined into integrated blocks of data, that shows how these people became pilots of Czechoslovak airlines but also how they managed to deal with everyday contact with the wide abroad, how their career progressed, how they were affected by changes in the history of Czechoslovakia and Czechoslovak airlines during the era of "Normalization". The author of this thesis tried to provide an insight into the history of pilot profession in the mentioned period based on creating a brief history of Czechoslovak airlines, archive materials concerning the trends in aviation and testimonies and interpretations of the narrators.
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Prague ballet scene and its main leaders of the 2nd half of the 20th century.
Rajlová, Lucie ; Krátká, Lenka (advisor) ; Vaněk, Miroslav (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the Prague ballet scene and its important representatives during the second half of the 20th century. The study aims to provide a concise summary of a topic that has not been covered so far and holds great potential for further research. The effort is to capture life stories of several eminent personalities of the ballet scene in the area of dance, choreography and teaching. In addition, the author maps events which had a significant impact on the ballet scene both in terms of theatrical and historical milestones. The chosen problems are approached by using theme-oriented literature reviews and processing of archival documents. The method of oral history is used as part of the research. The contribution of this thesis lies in its concise mapping of the Prague ballet scene and the profession of a ballet artist with all its possible pros and cons. Most importantly, it also serves as commemoration of personalities who had an unforgettable influence on the history of this art form.
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Lifetime in one company. Elektropřístroj Písek. Survey of Czech society in 60. - 80. years.
Schwubová, Martina ; Hlaváček, Jiří (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
Abstrat: The aim of this thesis is to reconstruct the everyday life of employees of Elektropřístroj Písek, by using the methods of oral history and other archival sources. Every single period of time was affected by building a socialist society and its consolidation. Helping the farmers by patronage of JZD was later replaced by a companionship with a soviet enterprise. Also work and social conditions were changing during particular periods of the comunist regime. A democratisation process and a more free society that culminated in the year of Prague Spring, which was reflected both in employees' initiative and in the company organization and its economy, was characteristic of the sixties of the last century. The August invasion ment a sudden change and the following period of condition consolidation completely suppressed liberal tendencies of previous development. The whole period is completed by stagnation in the eighties, atempts of ecomonic revival after M. Gorbačov's appointment, the revolution in 1989 and denationalization of the company during main privatization. Key words: industrial enterprise, central planning, normalization, transformation, oral history, everydayness
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Femininity and masculinity portrayal as displayed in the Czech film posters in 1968
Krátká, Lenka ; Havelková, Hana (advisor) ; Kiczková, Zuzana (referee)
The main target of this work is gender analysis of Czech film posters created in year 1968 with emphasis on identification of main presentation patterns of women and men in this kind of graphic art as well as on interpretation of these works in the frame of a given historical and social context. Within theoretical part of the work, mainly function and expression of film poster is presented as well as conditions of graphic art work in the period of communist totality. In the analytical part, conclusions of some 'Western' theories related to gender in advertisements (Erving Goffman, Judith Williamson, Jean Kilbourn; Libora Oates-Indruchová within domestic context) are compared with femininity and masculinity displays on film posters from year 1968. Beside this, analysis is aimed on identification of specific characteristics of film posters production in a given period and also on ways of presentation (and mutual interaction) of patriarchal discourse on the one hand and communist ideology on the other. Analysis of film posters from 1968 collection detects stereotype images of women (women as passive objects) and presentations of hierarchical arrangement of gender relationships (women as a disadvantageous group). Within the analysed file of posters there were also identified alternative representations of...
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The Diamondway Buddhism in Czech Republic - the Past and the Present
Středa, Milan ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
Diploma thesis "Diamond Way Buddhism in Czech Republic - History and Presence: look into the life of community in the region of Olomouc" deals with a relatively new social phenomenon - foundation and development of centers of Diamond Way Buddhism in Czech Republic. We will concentrate on one of these buddhist communities connected to meditation center in Olomouc. This thesis contributes to knowledge of this buddhist style, its history, presence and dailiness. It focuses on creation, functioning and activities of this community. This thesis uses two methods to reach its goal. The first is to investigate available historical sources to put this community into the context of Czech, European and world Buddhism. The second method is oral history by which we can gain knowledge about yet unpublished information about organization, dailiness, habits and activities of a community. This thesis is also trying to find out what influence has regular attendance of community activities and the practitioning of this style of Buddhism on its members, their opinions on world and society.
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A Reflection on the Relationship between the Army and the Citizens using the Example of the Garrison troops in Holysov in 80s and 90s
Volfová Žáková, Magdaléna ; Hlaváček, Jiří (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
The thesis focuses on the reflection of the presence of the military garrison in the everyday life of the inhabitants of Holýšov in the time span from the 1980s to the end of the army's presence in the town (1997). The thesis deals both with the structural composition of the garrison in the period under study and with the significant events related to its presence, but the focus of the thesis lies in the analysis of the mutual relationship of the army with the population of the town and with its self-government. The research is based on oral history interviews with conscripted soldiers, basic service soldiers, civilian employees of the army and the local population. Key words: Military garrison, everyday life, Czechoslovak People's Army, normalization period, methods of oral history.
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