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Body Art - Tattoo and Piercing in Their Functional and Symbolic Meaning.
Kroupová, Eva ; Balon, Jan (advisor) ; Šanderová, Jadwiga (referee)
The diploma thesis "Body art - the functional and symbolic meanings of tatoo and piercing" focuses on body modifications that are used as body art and which have become fashionable as a cultural and social phenomenon in the contemporary society. First part of the thesis introduces a basic theoretical framework and sets the subject into the context, which the author presents in such a way that even a laic can benefit from the paper. Theoretical part defines the terms and introduces first archeological findings connected with this cultural phenomenon. Further on the paper introduces examples of body art from selected traditional cultures and describes the way, which this phenomenon undertook to the contemporary western society. At the end of the theoretical part categories of functional and symbolic meaning, which the body art can acquire, are introduced. Second part presents qualitative research that focuses on functional and symbolic meanings, that the body art in contemporary society acquires. Statements of twenty-two people who talk about their body art can be found here. At the end of the paper you will find out which functional and symbolic meanings of body art are the same among the contemporary society and the primitve one, how do they differ or which functional and symbolic meanings have vanised...
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Physical transformation
MÁLA, Jan
The theoretical part of the thesis should bring us into the issue followed by subsequent analysis and comparison of body modifications such as piercings, microdermal implants, tattoos and corsets in the socio-cultural discourse. The following section should be focused on the differences between ethnic cultures with respect to the issue outlined. The output of the practical part is based on theoretical knowledge, basic manual should be the final product, which would introduce the issue of deliberate physical transformation of the main points to the general public.
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Messages written on the skin
CENTKOVÁ, Petra
Theoretical work is divided into several parts. The widest range of the overall development of a tattoo. The first part describes character of tattoos, how is originated and how is arising. Another part of the work is focused on the oldest relics of tattoos in cultures around the world,how is tattoos connected with people´s lives, and the most common methods of application motives and their sense in different corners of the world. The modern concept of tattoo solves function, how is perceived today. Another chapter deals with the tattoos penetration into art, and also into psychology. I top my work off tha practical art. We can see fusion of art and tattoo on the women´s torso, where are ornaments whitch emulating this technique of beautify.
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The chosen topics from health propedeutics - tattoo, piercing and intimate hygiene of boys and girls in the age between 12 - 15 years.
HÁKOVÁ, Alena
The thesis is based on the results of theoretical - empirical studies. The aim of my thesis is the primary monitoring of the skills of boys and girls in the pubescent age from the chapters selected from propedeutics. This is an area of tattoos, piercings and intimate hygiene. Keywords: tattoo, piercing, intimate hygiene, boy, girl, health propedeutics, body art, infection. The work consists of several parts. The theoretical part describes the function of tattoos, side effects of application, piercings, intimate hygiene of men and women, the development of children in the age of 12 to 15 years, compulsory school attendance. The practical part analyzes the level of awareness, identifies students' attitudes towards this issue. Analysis are based on questionnaires which I wrote by myself and which were filled in by students of selected schools. Processing is shown in the graphic design. In conclusion, I can certify that the students of secondary schools are better informed than primary school students. Research question ?girls are better informed than boys? was been confirmed.
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Body-art in the trasformation man and woman
MÁLA, Jan
The topic of this work is to detect changes and development of contemporary body-art on the human body throughout life. Tattoos as a category of alternative art direction was inspired to create this work mainly with its inconsistencies, opinions differ on whether it is fully classifiable art. Theoretical work is divided into several parts, there will be a main topic of discussion of the tattoo in the cradle of this direction, which represents from 19 century America to date. The first part outlines the general characteristics of the items specified in the-art tattoo industry. Then move to the functional use of the field. In the third part of this work we try to approximate current distribution tattoo procedure followed by the individual motifs with categorical classification. The next chapter will proceed to the actual creation of the tattoo in the historical context and development of techniques in these parts of America, which will be part of this text primarily directed. In the penultimate section, we will focus on looking at the modern American scene from the environment groundbreaking 18th century. The final section should outline the psychological approaches to this field, not only from a historical perspective but also from the standpoint of contemporary psychology of modern society. The text is accompanied by inspiring the drawing artists, especially important for the practical part of this work, which takes us to the very essence of why the work was prepared, but also what resources corresponding to the tattoo was used. At the very end of the work to proceed on whether we can talk about the tattoo as a full-fledged artistic direction that should be accepted as a correct direction belonging to the arts.
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In the Footsteps of Vladimír Franz
SWIERSOVIČ, Magdaléna
Vladimir Franz is a fascinating individuality of the czech culture scene. He is famous mainly for his visage, tattoos all over his body and face. Unfortunately nearly nobody knows his opinions, mind and amazing music. My essay is about the life and work of Vladimir Franz. It is an analysis of work and personality of this composer, teacher and last but not least painter.
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The Phenomenon of the Present Tatoo and Piercing in Light of Rritual Behaviour
JERSÁKOVÁ, Klára
Tattoos and piercings are modern trends in the present time. Society still has prejudice against people who have tatoos because being tattooed was description only applied to offenders in the past. I´ll try to change that point of view about tattooes and people with piercing in my thesis. I´ll concentrate on explaining the concepts of tattos and piercing within a historical context and then I{\crq}ll gradually progress towards understanding these phenomena into their present day forms. Consequently, I´ll explain the concepts of ritual partly from an anthopoloigcal and also partly from a psychological point of view, as well as the currrent meaning for society and how this affects the individual. The most important point of this thesis is to explain if it is possible to comprehend tattooing and piercing as curative behaviour within the present postmodern society. The target of thesis is analyse the motivational factors for tattooing and piercing by identifying and analysing the ritual aspect of today{\crq}s phenomenon of tattooing and piercing, with a point of view towards the absence of ritual within the present postmodern society. I have used the qualitative investigative method with the help of a structured interview with a specific target group and I{\crq}ve also used observation, as a research method. Furthermore, I have used a second type of updated analysis (found in literature). The main target is the composite of a person who is tattooed and pierced; as opposed to the minimum prerequisite for this procedure which are having at least two tattoos or two piercings per individual. The additional file contains information of those tattooed people or by the people who do the piercing. The research questions regard the qualitative character of the development and have been determined based upon the results that are evident for some people that a tattoo symbolizes the kind of personal expression. On the contrary, piercing is largely done just as a fashion statement. Tattooing and piercing are on the rise independently from the escape of an individual life period and it means that they doesn´t pose medical problems. The large significance presents the choice of motives, which are the main factors of the respondents for the further motivation for an additional tattoo or piercing.
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Sophistication of population about origin of infection in tattoo and piercing saloons
RICHTROVÁ, Daniela
Tattoos and piercing are part of the mankind since time began. It is by no means a matter of new fashion. Until recently, tattoos and piercing was attributed to a fringe group of the population. Today, this body art is influenced by the fashion industry and music. However, during the application of tattoos and piercing, infection or blood-borne diseases can be transmitted. It is an activity in which the integrity of human skin is damaged. Therefore, in my diploma paper I deal with the issue of informedness about the risks of infection at tattoo and piercing parlours. The main objective was to find out about the level of informedness of students at the Faculty of Health and Social Studies of the University of South Bohemia (ZSF JU) about the presence of infection and the possible risk of its transmission at tattoo and piercing parlours. A secondary objective was to compare the level of knowledge of people with tattoos or body piercing and those without them. In this paper, the experience of ZSF JU students with tattoo and piercing parlours and the knowledge about blood-borne diseases were described. This diploma paper used a quantitative research, through the form of an anonymous questionnaire. The group of respondents consisted of students at ZSF JU. The paper presented three hypotheses and the research results bring the following evident conclusions: H1: The population is not sufficiently informed about the risk of infection at tattoo and piercing parlours. This hypothesis was refuted. H2: The informedness of the risk of infection at tattoo and piercing parlours is higher for people with tattoos or body piercing than for people without them. It was found out that the informedness of the risk of infection in both groups did not differ statistically. H3: People, when choosing a tattoo or piercing parlour, are rather interested in the price than in the quality. This hypothesis was not confirmed. The knowledge obtained can serve as an informative material for the prevention of infection at tattoo and piercing parlours.
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