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History in Contemporary Popular Culture: A Case Study of Kingdom Come Deliverance (2018) and Medieval (2022)
Voda, Štěpán ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Pýcha, Čeněk (referee)
(in English): This thesis analyses the computer game Kingdom Come: Deliverance and the 2022 film Medieval. Its aim is to explore the role of history in popular culture. The object of the analysis is the marketing campaigns associated with both works. Methodologically, the work draws primarily on the fields of medievalism and game studies. The two, originally Czech projects, are compared in terms of how Czech history is portrayed, as well as the different creative intentions that motivated these representations. The thesis discusses the crowdfunding campaign of Kingdom Come: Deliverance on Kickstarter, the controversies that accompanied the game, as well as the creative background of the film Medieval and its marketing campaign. The last part focuses again on Kingdom Come: Deliverance and analyses the animated intro and opening cutscene of this video game also in relation to its promotion campaign.
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Reflections of holocaust in contemporary children's literature
Kupcová, Markéta ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Fapšo, Marek (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the reflections of holocaust in contemporary Czech literature for children as a set of representations of the Czech Holocaust memory adapted specifically for a child audience. In the first chapter the thesis presents its methodological background within the field of memory studies and literary science. In particular, Gil Eyal's concept of the will to memory, whose four dimensions - the command to remember, mnemonic substance, mnemonic operations, and the function of memory - inspired the selection of chapter contents. Drawing on interviews and the authors' websites, the second chapter presents the personalities, goals, and motivations of those who implement the command to remember. In addition to the author of each work, it also traces the work of the participating illustrator. It also identifies the two significant mechanisms that influence the width of the reception of the emerging representations of the Holocaust. The third chapter introduces, following Eyal's concept, the content of works on the Holocaust for children, which relates to the reality of the subject matter - historical personalities and events. In addition, it identifies some established motifs and themes in the corpus of works. The fourth chapter examines the methods of handling the previously...
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Educational projects in the field of oral history
Boháčková, Pavlína ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Najbert, Jaroslav (referee)
The goal of the proposed thesis is the analysis of three educational projects, that use oral history as their main method. The projects are following: Příběhy našich sousedů by the organization Post Bellum, Československo v paměti žen by the organization Gender Atudies and literary competition Zlatý diktafon by Czech Oral History Association. The aim of this theses is to describe ptojects in context of the organizations and associations that organize and run them. Subsequently it will focus on didactics theory and the way in which projects are used for teaching history. The last part will be dedicated to selfreflection of the projects by using interviews with their leaders. Information used for this theses will be drawn from studying czech, german and english academic literature and project documents and methodologies. Key words: Oral history, project education, memory studies, history didactics
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Monuments Teach Us. Valtice Castle and its Use in Teaching History
Formáčková, Anna ; Fapšo, Marek (advisor) ; Činátl, Kamil (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with one specific monument and its use in the teaching of history. In the theoretical part, the author focuses on the role of monuments in education, the ways in which monuments are displayed, and also the content that is displayed. The practical part focuses on a teaching project that will be implemented at Valtice Castle. The goal of the thesis is the development of the historical thinking concepts.
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Film as a medium of cultural memory: a case study of the films Toman (2018) and Actor (2020)
Hakl, Martin ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Fapšo, Marek (referee)
The aim of this work is to describe the influence of chosen Czech historical movies, i.e. Toman and The Actor, on the construction of historical consciousness in the public. This is achieved mainly by analyzing the audience reactions in the media space and comparing these reactions with the creators' intentions. Secondarily, the work interprets promotional materials associated with chosen movies, along with accompanying contributions intended to increase the public's interest in the given film production. The aim of this work is to point out the considerable share that the film has in the creation of shared ideas about history and the formation of collective historical consciousness. Key words cultural memory; public history; memory studies; historical movie
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To the Moon and Beyond: Historical Events in the Public Space
Liška, Filip ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Jareš, Jakub (referee)
In the last few years, the number of events, happenings, and other inputs in the public space aiming on commemorating history has distinctly grown. This master thesis tracks these current trends on a few concrete examples of events (e. g. Moon50: Back to the Moon, Milada 70, Korzo Národní) in the Czech environment, whereas it focuses in particular on actions of activist provenance. How do these events work with history and how do they interpret it? What meaning and function do historical events carry in the public space? Which remembrance practices are link with them? To these questions and many others, the thesis presents hypothesis supported by the qualitative analysis of outputs, production, and commentaries of the creators of the individual events. In the case of methodology, the thesis is based on theories of memory studies and public history.
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Presentism - the challenge of the school history teaching
Šormová, Julie ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Fapšo, Marek (referee)
(in English): The thesis deals with the issue of presentism, which is a current topic of academic debates at many levels. In the first part of the thesis the author sheds light on the complexity of the debate and introduces definitions of presentism. The topic is studied from a didactic perspective and it is examined at the level of practical manifestations in historical thinking. The research is based on the examination of school exercises and observation of the manifestations of presentism through new media, specifically TV series. The author asks whether (and in what forms) presentism manifests itself in TV series and whether (and in what forms) it manifests itself at the level of pupils' historical literacy. Furthermore, the thesis addresses the issue of the connection between the two levels of manifestations of presentism, and whether the influence of TV series on pupils' historical thinking can be identified. Methodologically, the thesis is inspired by contemporary didactic theory, especially the concepts of historical thinking, and also takes into account historiographical works that deal with the issue of time perception. The core of the thesis is represented by the second and third chapters, in which the author analyses the manifestations of presentism. The second chapter deals with the...
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Petrkov: Transition from home to a place of memory
Endrová, Sára ; Janišová, Míla (advisor) ; Činátl, Kamil (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Petrkov: Transition from home to a place of memory" deals with transformation of Petrkov's castle, as a former home of Reynek's family, into a space, which became a monument and subsequently a Czech French centre of literature and fine arts. Based on collected sources, it aims to determine how a place of memory arises, but also how it anchors. It monitors which phenomena contributed to the creation of this symbolic place. It captures how Petrkov was perceived by its original inhabitants and guests, until the present, when this place has emptied in terms of inhabitants and become a monument, a place of memory into which we project our expectations and the formation of cultural identity. Finally, it outlines the current project of centre of literature and fine arts and its objectives.
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The second life of selected battlefields of the 30-year war, as possible places of memory
Havrlík, Marek ; Spurný, Matěj (advisor) ; Činátl, Kamil (referee)
The aim of the bachelor's thesis is to understand three specific battlefields from the period of the 30-year war as a phenomenon of places of memory and to reconstruct their second life. The time frame of the work is from 1918 to the present, i.e. the year 2022. The selected battlefields are near Rakovník (1620), Rozvadov (1621) and Třebele (1647), i.e. in the area of western Bohemia. Part of the analysis is also the search for continuities and discontinuities in the research interest and its impact. The rate and level of memory, or just the recall of battle events in the given area, is monitored. The battlefield is conceived as a defined area in the landscape, where its fate, transformation and development are monitored. Written sources, published texts, but also documents about activities reminiscent of former battlefields in public space were used for the work, supplemented by a questionnaire whose respondents are the closest residents in the vicinity of the battlefields.
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Memorials and Monuments remembering the 28th of October 1918: Politics of Memory as a Medium of Czech Historical dominance.
Havránek, Josef ; Činátl, Kamil (advisor) ; Pýcha, Čeněk (referee)
The proposed thesis will investigate the representations and instrumentalizations of artistic objects in public space as a case of retrospective historical construction affecting the relationship between Czech and Slovak nations during the period of the First Czechoslovak Republic. Memorials and monuments that remember the creation of the Czechoslovak Republic constitute the object of the analysis. They will subsequently be investigated as medium used for the construction of a specific historical narrative that will be further analysed in the thesis. Photodocumentation of the monuments, accessible audio-visual information conatining actors' expressions and further archival materiál concerning the analysed memorials will be used as primary sources. Key words memorial, Czechoslovak Republic, public history, politics of memory
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