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The Socialist Bar and Bartender Phenomenon
Kreuzerová, Barbora ; Houda, Přemysl (advisor) ; Franc, Martin (referee)
This dissertation deals with the profession of bartender between years 1958 and 1988 in socialist Czechoslovakia. It describes the development of mixology after the WW2 and difficulties it was facing in the socialist period up to late Eighties. Through interviews with contemporary witnesses, the author examines bad habits, shortcomings and abuses of the system behind the bar. Attention is paid to the availability and shortages of different kinds of alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks. The author also looks at bartenders as illicit moneychangers. The work analyses regulatory laws valid at this period and offers compact description of the most interesting and popular bars in Prague at that time.
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Czechoslovak insite art
Oberfalcer, Edvard ; Franc, Martin (advisor) ; Krátká, Lenka (referee)
The diploma thesis "Czechoslovak insite art" deals with the topic of the historical and theoretical development of insite art in Czechoslovakia. In the theoretical part attention is paid to the development of the theory and terminology of insite art and its relation to other kinds of art. To provide the richer and highly complex description the thesis also reflects on the historical development in the world and the history of insite art in Czechoslovakia too. The main part of the diploma thesis focuses on two projects of Slovak National Gallery. The first project is an international exhibition "Trienále insitného umenia" which took place three times between 1966 and 1972 in Bratislava. The second project which the organizers of the exhibition made was publishing of "Buletin INSITA" which has become an crucial source of information for this diploma thesis. The next part of the diploma thesis consists of interviews with Katarína Čierna, an art theorist, and with Pavel Konečný, an art collector. The interviews were made by methodology based on oral history which completes and supplements information from literature, archival sources and contemporary press. Keywords: insite art, Trienále insitného umenia, Bulletin INSITA, Štefan Tkáč, naive art, Czechoslovakia, Bratislava, Insitafilm
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Economic and social interaction during Normalization era - system of return services and barter exchange in non-cash market
Kříž, Štěpán ; Vaněk, Miroslav (advisor) ; Franc, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis Economic and social interaction during Normalization era is is based on qualitative research. It deals with issues of system of return services and barter exchange in non - cash market in 1970's and 1980's in Czechoslovakia. The centrally planned economy was not able to produce enough consumer goods and meet the demand of the population. Employees, who worked in department stores, took easier approach to consumer goods than others. They excercised power over distribution and they traded some commodities for another services. As a research method applied is oral history. The primary sources used are narrative interview and secondary history literature.
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The religious life in South Bohemia in the period 1948-1989
Shonová, Kristýna ; Houda, Přemysl (advisor) ; Franc, Martin (referee)
The thesis Religious Life In South Bohemia In The Period of 1948-1989 deals with the issue of limitations of Catholic religious life from the Czechoslovak state. Due to the fact that after the February 1948 the Communist goverment begun to publish "new canon laws" and started targeted restrictions in the church life, it influenced countless life stories of believers. By using the method of oral history, studying achival sources of South Bohemian Regional National Committee and history literature, in my thesis I was trying to approach at least some aspects of that time in the lives of seven witnesses comprising four catholic priest and three laymen. Keywords: catholic church, policy, religion, oral history, canon laws, communism
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Magazine Květen
Mečíř, Vojtěch ; Houda, Přemysl (advisor) ; Franc, Martin (referee)
Kveten was a monthly magazine for literature and art (and by its third year also for "life"), which was published under the auspices of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers from September 1956 to June 1959. It was founded as a magazine for "aspiring writers", but quite soon this concept proved to be unsustainable and members of the editorial board started to give the magazine its own new look, which got even a more comprehensible form during the II. Czechoslovak Writers Congress, after young poets (and theorists) manifested the "Poetry of Everyday Life". It was, however, defined quite generally and maybe even vaguely, which is the fact the authors were struggling with during the following year. At the same time they are exposed to the pressure of official authorities as "anti-revisionism" began to destroy liberal environment that prevailed around 1956. Kveten tried to resist this tendency. In addition, at that time young theorists found a firmer basis, which gradually became unacceptable for the regime. At the beginning of 1959 there comes a wave of heavy critcism and results in abolishing the magazine. In my thesis I demonstrate through archival research, oral history and semiotic analysis that despite the abolition the management of Kveten maintained the principle of "partiality" and is guilty rather for...
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Supply of non-durable goods and services in Opava during the time of so-called normalization
Stříbná, Klára ; Franc, Martin (advisor) ; Vaňous, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis is going to discuss the supply of non-durarable goods in Opava and the accessibility of different services for its inhabitants during the time of so-called normalization. It will examine what services and non-durable goods were available in Opava and its surroundings and what services and non-durable goods was Opava lacking as well as the level of satisfaction of local people with the scale of supply of those goods and services. The thesis will follow the transformation of public spaces in the city with regard to the change of discussed supply. Relevance of this thesis is strengthened by interviews with contemporary witnesses associated with this area. Oral history as one of the methods of research will also be used for this approach. This method in the area of contemporary history, the most important epoch in this thesis, is working with the fact that participants of the reviewed period are still alive and can comment past events based on their own experience and memories.
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Alois Vocásek (1896 - 2003) The life story of the last Czechoslovak legionnaire
Beroun, Zdeněk ; Mücke, Pavel (advisor) ; Franc, Martin (referee)
The thesis is a biography of the last member of the Czechoslovak legions Alois Vocásek (1896 - 2003). His long life story is presented chronologically. The author describes the period of his childhood and adolescence, participation in the First World War, service in the Czechoslovak legions, life in Czechoslovakia under German occupation and after the defeat of Nazism. The greatest attention is devoted to his service in the Czechoslovak foreign army and his political positions during the occupation. These two historical stages form the main part of the master's work. Life story is confronted with archival materials.
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Cultural and Science Policy of the Communist Party and the Ideologization of Social Science in Czechoslovakia 1945-1960
Devátá, Markéta ; Míšková, Alena (advisor) ; Kocian, Jiří (referee) ; Franc, Martin (referee)
The Cultural and Science Policy of the Communist Party and the Ideologization of Social Science in Czechoslovakia 1945-1960. Abstract This study deals with the cultural and science policy of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1945-1960 from the perspective of meeting the policy's main aim, i.e. a general acceptance of the communist ideology of Marxism-Leninism. The period started with formulating a programme of social and political transformation from the "national and democratic revolution" to a "socialist revolution", followed up by the proclamation of "accomplishing the socialist construction". Having reached a power monopoly, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia concentrated on a cultural revolution conceived as "a conversion of culture and people's thinking toward the Marxist-Leninist world-view". The communist cultural and science policy is therefore analysed in the context of the Marxist discourse and through the forms of reshaping the social science predestined to spread the Marxist philosophy. More specifically, my research focused on the development of university and college education policy as a part of the communist cultural and science project. In particular, the constitution of political education and teaching Marxism- Leninism at universities is observed as a key instrument of shaping...
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Rumford’s Soup and Other Delicacies. The Poor Man’s Diet in the Habsburg Monarchy in the First Half of the 19th Century
Franc, Martin
The subject of this essay is the standard dietary composition in the poor sections of society in the Central european Habsburg Monarchy during the first half of the 19th century. Thee study does not cover instances of emergency situations such as those of famine or war. According to the data recorded in sources, the standard diet of the poor was unexceptionally dominated by the vegetable component, at that time still comprised largely of flour-based food including bread, whereas potatoes served as a staple food for the poor only in certain localities. Another important dietary component were pulses and, as a valuable supplement, also other vegetables and fruit.
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