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A view of the current techno scene through photojournalism
Fialová, Karolína ; Turek, Pavel (advisor) ; Láb, Filip (referee)
The practical part of this dissertation presents the current techno scene in Prague, Czech Republic. Techno as a relatively new genre of electronic dance music has gone through a wave of popularity in Prague over the past few years, but without the influence of established promoters. The photobook covers events organised by three collectives of young people, with a more extensive focus on one of them. They capture the euphoria of the night and subsequent morning fatigue as well as behind the scenes shots. The enclosed photo book shows photographs mainly from parties organised by Cukr. This collective of three young people has been active on Prague's scene for the past few years and its founders regularly run techno events. They change the location for each party, but organising events in places such as churches, theaters, abandoned banks or warehouses carries a risk - and sometimes things don't go according to plan. The theoretical part focuses on the history of techno, its cultural and musical context and the characteristics of nightlife photography through presenting the views of photographers such as Wolfgang Tillmans or Dave Swindells. I also compare Prague's techno with the situation in Berlin or London. I explain that the scene in Prague, as it is now, is fragile - and can disappear along...
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The Performance of Masculinity in the Milieu of Czech Extreme Metal
Hradecká, Anna Marie ; Zdrálek, Vít (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
Using a method of reflexive ethnography, this thesis deals with a question of masculinity performace in the Czech extreme metal milieu (to be specific I am concerned with the brutal death metal and related sub-genres). Participants of the brutal death metal subculture either in the position of performers or audience are with a very few exceptions men. Brutality, harshness, extremeness and other values are the main aesthetic criteria, which - as we can observe while doing the research - the participants connect with a coherent collection of ideas about a certain ideal of dominant manhood. To achieve these values to the greatest extent possible the musicians use particular musical features and topics of the compositions; and so does both the musicians and the audience via their visual image, with using specific kind of behaviour and having fixed movements and dancing during the music production. On the basis of an analysis of these values and means of their manifestation I am concerned with the question of what specific characteristics the masculine identity, which is performed in the given subculture, has. My research data show that these are: 1) mutual affinity with the other participants, 2) power as an ability of an aggressive attack as well as one's own endurance, and 3) coarseness, lack of...
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High school dances: youth in movement
Zámečníková, Aneta ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The theoretical part of this bachelor's thesis focuses on mapping out the development of portrayal of youth in American photography of the last sixty years. I have decided to show this development using works Brooklyn Gang by Bruce Davidson, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin, The Kids Were Alright by Ryan McGinley, The Teenage Gaze and 24hr Psycho by Petra Collins. This thesis contains a basic introduction of each photographer and the sociological and historical contexts of the period in which they were creating. Because of that, I touch on topics like feminism, pop culture and social media. Then follows a visual and theoretical analysis of the mentioned photo series. The goal of said analysis is to figure out changes that happened over time. The practical part of this thesis contains a series of photographs taken during dance classes for high school students which are a significant Czech tradition.
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Riot photography in the context of the Czech environment after the year of 1989
Mňuková, Dominika ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
This thesis explores various aspects of riot photography in the context of the Czech environment after the year of the 1989, with focus on the far left. First, it introduces the subjects of protests, new radical activism as well as describes the role of photography in protests. It deals with the role of the media in protests and linked with that topic, it also describes informing about protests, concept of moral panic and the media's ability to form meaning. Furthermore, it deals with iconic photographs, the issue of objectivity, emotional side of riot photography and photojournalistic ethics. In addition to that, it clarifies what extremism really is, it defines the far left, and it maps the history of the far left in the Czech Republic after the year of 1989 on a selected groups, especially anarchists. In the context of the far left it also describes the biggest riots in the Czech Republic. Portraits of four Czech photographers - Jaroslav Kučera, Karel Tůma, Karel Cudlín and Petr Vrabec, follow. In the final part it examines aspects of protest photography by interviewing selected photographers, and through analysis of their photographs it analyzes styles of shooting protests and it reveals a potential imaging stereotypes.
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Media Portrayal of Older Adults in Czech Senior Magazines
Sikorová, Renáta ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
This thesis deals with portrayal of elderly people in media. Thesis use a visual analysis of content to examine five Czech magazines for seniors: Doba seniorů, Grand Generace, Revue 50 plus, Spokojený domov and Vital Plus, year 2015. First part of the thesis explains theoretical concepts, which are related to this issue. It defines the concept of "oldness", the term "senior" and determines the limits of old age according to different authors. Next subchapter defines representation of reality in media and describes the difference between media reality and social reality. In the chapter Representation of old age in media we introduce the results of Czech and foreign studies, from which we have drawn not only in theory, but also in the preparation of our research plan. Fourth subchapter refers to stereotypes and myths about old age, ageing and seniors. Above that, the thesis also includes image analysis of photo content. Its main object are photographs with people over 50 years old. These images has are analyzed using several variables that we have created from Czech and foreign research. The data is mainly draw from the Czech study from 2007, whose results we compare with ours. The research was aiming to answer the research questions, make an image of seniors, who appear in "senior magazines", and to...
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Development of dry grassland communities during recultivation of limestone quarries
Turek, Pavel ; Münzbergová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Kladivová, Anna (referee)
My bachelor thesis is about methods of reclamation and rejuvenation of limestone limestone quarry, that are a very interesting location from an ecological point of view. I briefly pointed out the positives and negatives of individual used methods, such as reclamation, that aims to restore the vegetation cover quickly, but is very expensive and species that appear on the reclaimed locations aren't nearly as rare, as those on locations that are left to natural succession. Natural succession has the best results if the location is in close vicinity to a source of seeds. Reclaimed areas show a significantly lower biodiversity and hinder protection of rare and key species as opposed to natural succession. To avoid this, in some cases we can use smaller interventions instead of reclamation, and these interventions should be done as delicately as possible with the principles of natural succession in mind. I've noted important factors such as the microclimate, the soil conditions and the source of seeds, that can affect the succession and the legislation and waste law, that influence to a certain degree how the rejuvenation of disrupted sites proceeds.
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Zhodnocení provozu a technického řešení sběrného dvoru
Turek, Pavel
My bachelor thesis deals with analysis of facility for waste disposal in ASTV s.r.o. company. First part identifies the most important legislation dealing with waste management and basic concepts. The next section is focused on analysis of facility. It mentions histo-ry of company, equipment and services, which are provided by the facility. Finally is conducted an evaluation of operation and suggests appropriate precautions which can help improve economic and operational results.
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Transformation of topics and their elaboration in the era of the New Media illustrated on publication called "100+1 zahraniční zajímavost"
Svobodová, Veronika ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
This work focuses on the 100 + 1 zahraniční zajímavost magazine and its change due to the digital era. It is one of the oldest Czech magazines with its history dated back to 1964 when it was an instant phenomenon. The analysis in this work focuses on the change of media content and its form because of the start of digital era. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the influence of available technologies on the media content creation and magazine production. The text contains of two bigger parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part will contain of descriptive analysis and the practical part will contain quantitative content analysis and comparative analysis. So far, this problematic has been analysed with the focus on historical context influencing the media content. This work aims to provide another point of view on media transformation focusing more on the form and media convergence of the produced content offering. Compared and analysed are issues from years 1988 and 2015. In each year, the analysis focuses on issues No. 1, 5, 9, 13, 17 and 21.
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