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Some aspects of magical thought in children of younger school age
Tanzerová, Adéla ; Doubek, David (advisor) ; Klusák, Miroslav (referee)
Annotation: The subject of this bachelor thesis is magical thinking in children of younger school age. The concept of magical thinking is defined in the theoretical part from the perspective of developmental psychology and culture anthropology, further the concept of magical thinking by Jean Piaget is introduced. His perspective is crucial for this thesis. The main objective of this research, which is based on my own empirical material, is to discover whether magical thinking is still present in the concepts of children of younger school age. Magical thinking (concepts of children) is used in contrast to realistic thinking (concepts of adults). Attention is given to analogical thinking, too. The data were collected by using methods of participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Findings of this research are compared with Piaget's conclusions. The result of this thesis is a characterization of thinking in first-grade pupils, categorization and definition of used principles of thoughts, description of aspects of magical, realistic and analogical thinking. Key words: magical thinking, younger school age, ethnography, children's conceptions of the world
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"And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed" An Etnography of a Czech Messianic Jewish Community
Soukupová, Monika ; Spalová, Barbora (advisor) ; Abu Ghosh, Yasar (referee)
This thesis deals with some aspects of the religiosity of the members of the Czech community, who claim to be a part of a Messianic Judaism movement. The text is based on the field research I did within the congregation. In the introduction, I attempt to present definitions of this type of religiosity, describe the historical development of the movement, make connection to evangelical religiosity, outline its basic pillars, clarify the role of non-Jewish believers in this movement, and ultimately outline possible forms of worship. Next, I describe my journey into the field, the development of my relationships with the informers and then I evaluate my insider-outsider position in the community. In the practical part of the thesis, I try to reveal the path of individual church members to this type of religiosity, relying on Kaell's concept of "born-again seeking". Based on testimonies from individual believers, I try to uncover why the congregation does not accept more elements of Pentecostal religiosity, as can be seen in many Messianic communities, especially in the United States and England. On the contrary, the church's aims seem to be a counterweight to emotional Pentecostal religiosity. On the phenomena of the celebration of Jewish holidays, the observance of the Sabbath, the relations to the...
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Symbolization of Adulthood by Girls from Sixth Grade of Elementary School
Kálalová, Jiřina ; Doubek, David (advisor) ; Levínská, Markéta (referee)
The subject of the bachelor's thesis is pubescence of girls at the sixth, later seventh grade of an elementary school. It describes girls' methods, that represent their pubescence by interaction with other people (mainly with teachers and classmates), and symbols, that the girls use to be perceived as adults by other people. This thesis points, that girl's new identity is formed by symbolization of adulthood. This thesis is ethnographic research, author picked data at an elementary school in Prague, between children at the sixth, later seventh grade, for nearly a year. She used qualitative methods: concernedly observation of class and interviews with girls. The text of the thesis is divided into two main parts, theoretical and practical. It contains introduction, resume and summary of used literature. The theoretical part includes findings of developmental and social psychology and ideas of Erving Goffman. The practical part contains a description of ground and observed methods, the girls use to construct their adulthood by interaction with other people. The resume deals with fundamental sense of social construction of dulthood for gradational integrate of girls to the world of adults.
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SLOVAKIAN PROBE. Negotiation of local identity of alternative bands in Moravian Slovácko.
Svobodová, Veronika ; Jurková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Seidlová, Veronika (referee)
The goal of this musical anthropology qualitative research, mainly based on the field work, is to describe, analyze and interpret the process of construction of local identity of an alternative bands in Moravian Slovácko. The subject of this research are mainly two music bands from Slovácko - PSCrew and 12:PIET. PSCrew band represents hip-hop style and 12:PIET ranks among punk style bands. The musical production of these bands is defined (using an emic term) as an alternative folklore. With a use of theoretical concepts of stereotype and partially also retro and revival, I tried to demonstrate how these alternative musicians with an emphasis to their authenticity by the means of their musical spheres (so called soundscapes) pursue their notion of what is considered to be related to Slovácko and how the negotiation of their local identity is involved. For that the locally defined stereotypes are often used. These are typically recontextualized by its adaptation into the form that reflects the postmodern period.
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Identity of hiphop subculture member
Sommerová, Lucie ; Doubek, David (advisor) ; Smetáčková, Irena (referee)
This bachelor thesis explores the environment hip hop subculture and investigates how it looks identity member subculture. The purpose is to determine what everything is for a member of the hip hop subculture important, what characteristics should a member of the hip hop subculture have. The research method was semi-structure interviews with people who have hip hop subculture know well and are active in it.Based on the interviews were identified basic categories and subcategories. The work consequently determines the relationship between them and how these categories affect the identity of the member of the hip hop subculture.
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