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Solidarity in Czech society (case study of organization)
Adamcová, Lucie ; Novotná, Eliška (advisor) ; Musil, Martin (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with solidarity and its importance for society. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the degree of solidarity in the Czech society in a particular area. The aim is also to give the organization involved in this area recommendations for streamlining its activities. This work consists of a theoretical and practical part. The first chapters are mainly focused on solidarity in general. They explain the importance and division of solidarity by acclaimed authors. The central part of the thesis deals with solidarity in various areas of contemporary society. Greater attention is devoted to the negative effects of solidarity and involuntary solidarity developed by state interventions. The practical part is focused on the analysis of a particular organization. In conclusion, there are some recommendations for organizations proposed based on the analysis.
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New media and czech art institutions in the 1990s
Pogranová, Anna ; Šmejkalová, Jiřina (advisor) ; Hladík, Radim (referee)
The thesis investigates the phenomenon of new media in Czech art institutions in the 1990s. This work attempts to show how this difficult-to-define concept operated in this particular historically and geographically situated language game (using a concept developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein). The new media at the time were associated with vision of emancipation from ideologically burdened traditional media and the establishment of a new democratic society based on the Western type. The thesis is based on three case studies in which new media art penetrated first into the educational institution, and later it got through to a private institution with foreign support for exhibition programmes and for the general public, and finally in the late 90s new media art reached also a governmental organization. It is the foundation of New Media Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, the Orbis Fictus exhibition organized by the Soros Centre for Contemporary Art, and the formation of the department of intermedia and new media at the National Gallery in Prague. Despite the fact that new media should be linked with the restoration of the country and society in the spirit of the Western model and its new vision, interactivity, use of new technologies and opposition to the traditional media had the media...
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Regular Guests in Contemporaryr Pub Cultur
Kroufek, Marek ; Grygar, Jakub (advisor) ; Kotík, Michal (referee)
Štamgastenství v současné kultuře hospod Autor práce: Marek Kroufek Vedoucí práce: Mgr. Jakub Grygar, PhD. Abstract This bachelor thesis concerns on 'the practice of being a pub regular' ("štamgastenství") as a particular cultural phenomenon and its role in contemporary pub culture. It summarises the evolution of pubs in the Czech context and explains a symbolical meaning of the place of pub in the construction of a Czech national identity. The thesis looks at pub as a public space from the perspective of the concept of the third place of an American urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg according to which for one's healthy functioning in society it is important to have got, beside of a home and a workplace, also the third place, a neutral ground, where one can experience informal public life. As claimed by this approach, the existence of the third places is crucial for an establishment of local community and cultivation of civil society. This thesis focuses on pub regulars as the group that makes the third place in the form of a pub alive and keeps it as such. The practical part of the thesis engages in a qualitative research using a method of ethnography on two selected Prague pubs in order to find out whether there is still a space for 'the practice of being a pub regular' in contemporary pub culture and how...
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The Reflection of White Mountain time in Czech historical Prose of 19th century
Bruknerová, Tereza ; Vaněk, Václav (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
(in English): The theme of the thesis is a reflection of the White Mountain events and life in the time after White Mountain in Czech historical prose of 19th century. On selected prose works (especially proses created by Alois Jirásek) will be shown the way how Czech society perceived the White Mountain battle and its consequences. Attention will be paid to the way how the individual historical prose shaped the myth of White Mountain and what were the national and political interests and ideals or differences and the preferences of the individual authors who approached to the White Mountain theme.
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Reflection of haute couture in the Czech countries
Hoffmannová, Soňa ; Štemberk, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
"Reflection of Haute Couture in The Czech lands" deals with fashion in the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century in the Czech lands. Before confirmation of national independence in the form of Czechoslovak republic the Czech fashion was evolving between two opposing tendencies. First, there was acceptance of influence from abroad, especially from France, England and Germany particularly through fashion magazines, and second, there was an effort to preserve national originality. The target of this thesis is not the analysis of fashion trends in the Czech environment but analysis of fashion as a phenomenon linked to wider societal aspects, political affiliations, construction of national identity and specific, nearly missing position of Czech aristocracy. This thesis monitors the status of a tailor in the Czech lands, his struggle with the beginning of apparel production and compares his emplacement with the French tailors, also known as coutiers who have created an autonomous and independent status of the clientele already in the second half of the 19th century.
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Ballroom Dancing in the Czech Social Environment in the 2nd half of the 19th Century
Šámalová, Tereza ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Hejzlarová, Tereza (referee)
Thesis deals with the theme of ballroom dancing in Prague bourgeoisie society in the 2nd half of the 19th century. The theme is situated in social and historical context and contemporary political situation. The second part is dedicated to prague associations, Sokol of Prague and sokol festivities. That part of the text proceeds from analysis of the articles and contributions of the journal Sokol (from years 1871-1895). The following chapter about ballroom dancing tries to focus on the types of free time activities which are connected with dancing in the milieu of Prague Czech-speaking society in the 2nd half of the 19th century. It also characterises favourite ballroom dances at that time in the context of social and cultural life. One of the last chapters is dedicated to the relationship of a significant public figure of that time, Jan Neruda, with ballroom dancing. These passages are based on selected examples of Neruda's texts, adopted mostly from Národní Listy. The main intention of the extracts is to complete the picture of ballroom dancing with personal reflection of Neruda as a great dancer, expert on literature and artist. Key words: 2nd half of the 19th century, Prague, czech society, ballroom dancing, associations, national festivities, thematic carnival ("šibřinky").
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Gender prejudices and stereotypes in Czech society
Kolomá, Jana ; Kubišová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Markéta (referee)
The thesis entitled Gender prejudices and stereotypes in the Czech society deals with such prejudices and the stereotypes that are the current social problem with which every man in his life can encounter since attending the primary school and later during the looking for a job or in a family life. The aim of this thesis is to find the gender prejudices and the stereotypes in the MEN/ WOMEN magazine, the WOMEN part, column Topic for 2011 which consisted of ten editions of this magazine. The thesis is based on the theoretical knowledge and it tries to interpret the analyzed gender prejudices and the stereotypes. The theoretical part serves for better comprehension as it focuses on the definition of the term gender, as well as gender and its associated prejudices and stereotypes and the media themselves as the magazine analyzed is part of them. To achieve the objective, a method of a quantitative content analysis was used. The data from the research are processed into individual tables.
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Image of the lifestyle of the sixties according to Vlasta weekly magazine
Blinková, Karolína ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Sekera, Martin (referee)
My master thesis examines lifestyle in the sixties of the 20th century as depicted on pages of Vlasta weekly magazine. Vlasta has been published since 1947 and thanks to the long continuity and grounding in the Czech environment, it is considered to be a traditional magazine. It has gained and maintained its broad network of readers throughout the years and is considered to be a leading magazine of Czechoslovak women during the communist era. In my thesis, I focus on the content analysis of the magazine in years 1960 - 1968. The thesis is set in a historical, social and media context. I emphasize the topics that are closely related to lifestyle. The areas that determine the lifestyle and on which I focus are, in particular, housing issues, workload, family relations, education, fashion, art and leisure time. I have also covered questions involving emancipation of women and their position in society. I also deal with the question whether the image of the lifestyle as presented by the Vlasta magazine matched the actual lifestyle of people in the sixties. In addition, I examine whether the magazine actually fulfilled the role of a weekly magazine for women, as it is well known that Vlasta was under the political supervision. The thesis is divided into two parts, the theoretical and analytical. The...
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Perception of art in czech culture at the turn of the 19. and 20. century
Pogranová, Anna ; Půtová, Barbora (advisor) ; Hoftichová, Petra (referee)
This thesis deals with visual art and its reflection in Czech culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. It describes the emergence of modern art and how it responded to the public and critics. The situation in the Czech countries is compared with the perception of art in France, in the U. S. and in Japan. Biographies of Czech artists who lived at the time - Max Švabinský and Alphonse Mucha, were used as the case studies. Finally, the work concerns with the perception of art from perspective of theory. The work aims to contribute to the phenomenon of perception of art in Czech culture and society in a particular socio-cultural context.
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