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Music festival as a socialcultural phenomenon
Kocianová, Barbora ; Soukup, Václav (advisor) ; Soukup, Martin (referee)
Subject of the thesis is to present a complex analysis of a music festival as a sociocultural phenomenon within a case study of Woodstock. The focus is on the role of Woodstock in the American cultural revolution in the 1960s. While applying chosen concepts from the field of social sciences, the author investigates whether Woodstock was an integral part of the American cultural revolution or not. The thesis proposes a neutral point of view of social sciences concerning Woodstock, since this event is interpreted in various ways. The aim of the thesis is to contribute to the research of this topic through a culturological reflection.
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Influence of Kasimir Malevich on Czech Art in the 1960s
Šosová, Jitka ; Wittlich, Petr (advisor) ; Rakušanová, Marie (referee)
This Bachelor Thesis tracks the influence of Kasimir Malevich on the development of Czech art scene of 1960s. It identifies recurring themes in Malevich's work, which inspired Czech artists in the 60s. The thesis also elaborates upon the mechanisms of these receptions. More specifically, this paper explores the imprints of Malevich's oeuvre in the artistic endeavors of Vaclav Bostik, Hugo Demartini, Dalibor Chatrny, and Karel Malich. And finally, this thesis also examines how Malevich's work was received and reflected in theoretical articles of Jiri Padrta, Arsen Pohribny, and Miroslav Lamac.
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The Contribution to the Problems of Public Activities of the Student Movement in the United States of America in the 1960s
Hochmuth, Daniel ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Koura, Jan (referee)
The Contribution to the Problems of Public Activities of the Student Movement in the United States of America in the 1960s In many aspects, the 1960s were a turning point in the history of the post-war world. Great number of political, as well as social and cultural turbulences took place during the decade, changing the world in a significant way. Social movements (which student movement was a part of - and an important one, one should add) contributed to these changes in many ways. After the "silent fifties" which almost completely lacked any form of political or social involvement of ordinary citizens, the sixties brought wave after wave of social disturbances, commotions, and even riots. First the civil rights movement, then the anti-war and student movements, tried to transform the American society into a better one. Students gathered around the issue of the Vietnam War, turning it into a cornerstone of their political agenda and even though they participated in a number of other (often more constructive) activities, these got necessarily overshadowed by the war issue. In order to gain more members, the student movement was forced to adopt more militant and violent kind of actions, which eventually estranged its members to the majority society. When we take into consideration the distorted lens of the...
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Yugoslav Experiment as an Inspiration for Reform Process in Czechoslovakia
Uxa, Šimon ; Tejchman, Miroslav (advisor) ; Šístek, František (referee)
The paper Utilisation of the Yugoslav experiment as an inspiration for the Czechoslovak reforms in the period of the Prague Spring deals with a comparison between the fundamental elements of the Yugoslav self-management model, which started to develop in the Balkan country from the end of the 1940s, and the prevailing visions and targets of the Czechoslovak reform process of the second half of the 1960s. The economic system of the Tito Yugoslavia represented, in fact, the only alternative to the directive Soviet model which was copied from the Soviet Union by other countries of the East Block. It is mainly for this reason why it is highly possible that the Czechoslovak experts looked for an inspiration in the already working Yugoslav system whose strong and weak points could already be seen in practice. For the purpose of this comparison, we have chosen five main backbones of both economic systems, as follows: planning, position of enterprises,price system, foreign trade and private enterprise. The selection of the phenomena is conditioned by their existence itself, and mainly by their significant importance for both the Yugoslav experiment and the reforms of the Prague Spring. Keywords: Yugoslavia, self-governing socialism, Czechoslovakia, reform process, 1960s, planning, price systém, position of...
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American opposition to the Vietnam war
Vítek, Tomáš ; Anděl, Petr (advisor) ; Smetana, Vít (referee)
This thesis deals with antiwar opposition during the Vietnam war. It contains interval between the 1950s and the year of 1968, from the movement for nuclear disarmament to the end of presidential tenure of Lyndon B. Johnson. The biggest stress lays upon interval between 1965 and 1968, thus the conflict itself. Thesis examines the roots and main representatives of antiwar movement, whether they were individuals or organisations. Furthermore it briefly summarizes situation in Southeast Asia and follows subsequent growing of american military presence. In the next part it describes escalation of the war and simultaneous emergence of antiwar movement. In the part of 1965 till 1967 it observes not only the development, spread and establishment as social current of the movement, but also inner and outer conflicts and its interconnection with civil rights movement. It examines the methods, which were used by the movement and also its relationship tomajor society. In the last section it draws attention to the year of 1968, which profoundly changed the perception of the Vietnam war. In addition, it analyzes the impacts of august Democratic convetion in Chicago on the antiwar dissent. In the end it draws the perspective after 1968.
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Art-critique work of Jiri Setlik and Czech art critique of the 1960s
Sládková, Hana ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Pelánová, Anita (referee)
The "Art-critique work of Jiri Setlik and Czech art critique of the 1960s" text describes the approach, sources and method of Jiri Setlik, important Czech theoretician and historician of art and art critic. The text follows his work in three different periods of the Czech afterwar art and art theory (1950s and 60s, the normalization period of 1970s and 80s and after the 1989). The structure of the first part of the text follows these periods, that represent different enviroment, possibilities and inspirations, mentioning the important cultural and art scene events, practical background of exhibiting, art writting, journalism or pUblishing and other circumstances that influenced the approach, style and work of Jiri Setlik and his colleagues. For each period, several art-critical texts of Jiri Setlik are selected, that are representative of his style development and also situation given by the culture and politics of that time. The second part of the text defines the art-critique method of Jiri Setlik in context of the contemporary art-critique theory and practice of 1960s, which is considered the most influential until today. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The journal "Plamen"
ŠINDELÁŘOVÁ, Tereza
The work focuses on the journal Plamen and its development. This development is demonstrated on the first and the last year of the journal, which constitute its major milestones. The articles of every single issue of these two years are described and put in contrast to provide a reader with the main changes which happened throughout the ten-year development. The next part of the work displays various ideas of the future from 1967 and 1968. It presents the world of the pre-August liberalization, characteristic of the theories thematising a modern future, which lasts several months after the August invasion to the beginning of the normalization.
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Animation prerequisite of Prague buildings from the 1960s
Vacková, Karolína ; Tyslová, Irena (advisor) ; Lindner, Milan (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the architecture of the 1960s in the former Czechoslovakia. Its aim is to create a list of all buildings from this period, built on the territory of Prague and chart their prerequisites for a successful inclusion to life of a present society. It also includes a chapter describing the phenomenon of prefabricated housing estate. The theoretical part defines the basic terms of animation, public space and outlines the issues interposing culture into economic framework.
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Music as an Expression of the Lifestyle in the UK in 1960s. Contribution to the European Consumer Society after 1945.
Vlčková, Petra ; Soběhart, Radek (advisor) ; Kozmanová, Irena (referee)
This thesis focuses on the British music scene in the 1960s. Popular music was one of the main manifestations of consumerism and influenced the behavior of most young people. The aim of the thesis is to explain the extent in which popular music played a role in the establishment of a consumer society and, above all, the impact caused by interpreters and music groups on the lifestyle of their listeners and audiences.The thesis also examines how the British music developed in the Sixties and how it was characterized.The thesis is based on the assumption that the 1960s' is a key decade in the postwar history of modern society, a time when fundamental changes occurred in the value systems of most Western societies, notably the British. New generations of young people associated with economic prosperity surfaced at that time, fostering the development of the phenomenon of consumer society, thus changing people's lifestyles.The first part of the thesis is dedicated to economic and social assumptions of the development of the consumer society. The second part of the thesis addresses the social structure of the British society, focusing on the youth - arguably, the social extract that was most appealed by popular music. The core part of the thesis analyses the British music scene in the 1960s, with focus on the music groups and also the music industry and its impal on the lifestyle of youth.
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The theme of guilt in Czech prose of the 1960s
HOUZIMOVÁ, Eliška
The diploma thesis is focused on the theme of guilt in the particular texts edited in the 1960s. The theme is followed with regard to the phenomena of holocaust, transfer of Sudeten Germans, collaboration and communist regime. The ties between actual and fictional world are among others considered with a view to refer to the unique character of totalitarian regimes. One of the aims is to find out parallels between the Nazi and the Communist regime and the interface of their ideologies in terms of analysis, comparison and interpretation of the texts. Simultaneously, the narrative discourse is considered within context of the influence it has got upon the interpretation of guilt. The guilt itself is surveyed with regard to the philosophy of existentialism which contributes to the specification of possible ways of defining the particular offences and their evaluation, and at the same time helps to open new ways of discussion about guilt and possibilities of staying innocent as the significant phenomena not only in the realm of the literature of the 1960s.
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