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Taking place and making place: a study on the role of space in Filipino Catholic religious (re)presentation in Florence, Italy
Mapanao, Kimberly ; Daniel, Ondřej (advisor) ; György, Eszter (referee) ; Gańko, Anna (referee)
Filipinos are known as harbourers of their faith wherever they go. In the case of Catholic Filipino migrants, they play an active role in the revival of churches with deteriorating and ageing attendance through their participation in the liturgical activities of the church. The use of space becomes vital not only in the practice of Filipino Catholic religious traditions but also in the representation of Filipino cultures by the migrants. This research focuses on the study of the role of space in the presentation and representation of Filipino Catholic religious traditions by the Filipino Catholic migrant community in Florence, Italy. Using the spatial triad proposed by Lefebvre in his book The Production of Space, the descriptions and usage of space by the Filipino Catholic community of the Church of San Barnaba in Florence, Italy were analysed to see how each aspect of space - the perceived, conceived, and lived space, is being fulfilled in their practice of rituals and religious traditions. Interviews were conducted by the researcher with members of the Filipino Catholic community in Florence, Italy to collect data on their descriptions of space and their performance of Catholic religious traditions at the Church of San Barnaba. Also, participation-observation was performed over a two-month long...
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Vietnamese immigrants in Prague before and after 1989 in transgenerational and transnational perspective
Horáčková, Tereza ; Křížová, Markéta (advisor) ; Bauer, Pauli (referee) ; György, Eszter (referee)
This thesis presents the results of a historical investigation of the arrival and presence of Vietnamese immigrants in Prague between 1974 and 1993. Methodologically, the research is based on interviews with witnesses of the program of socialist internationalism and on the study of the Czechoslovak government administrative documents from the period between 1974, ie. the year the signing of the Agreement between the Government Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam about employing Vietnamese citizens in Czechoslovak organizations1 , with a milestone in 1989 as the collapse of the communist regime, and the year 1993, as the separation of Slovakia and the establishment of an independent Czechoslovak Republic This work is not only based on the assumption that this program influenced the integration of the first generation in Czechoslovak society, but it also shows an indirect influence on the second generation coming after the Velvet Revolution, due to the program's effect on the emergence of Vietnamese social networks. The research aims to uncover the factors that influence the adaptation of the first and second generations in the majority environment and to indicate the effect that the normative framework of the program had on the formation of ethnic social networks. It...
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Being a European black person: a case study on the role of the urban space of Prague and Paris and current challenges.
Bilembo Adja, Lourdes Peggy Armelle ; Kovářová, Linda (advisor) ; Křížová, Markéta (referee) ; György, Eszter (referee)
and Keywords "In the World through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself." - Frantz Fanon In this thesis, one of my first aims, among others, is to discuss and put in perspective the different levels of identification that can coexist and contribute to the creation of a person. I want to understand the impact and the role played by the city in one's identity-building process by studying the self-perception of visibly black people in Prague and Paris. Why did I decide to work on blackness within the European context? I decided to work on blackness for many reasons, one being that blackness as much as whiteness are social constructs. However, when whiteness has a history of multiplicity, and white people are being granted individuality, blackness, on the other hand, is often seen as an encompassing term. Black people are perceived as a monolithic social group in every sense of the word, sharing the same history and past across the globe. It is because of the peculiarity of blackness, which is seen as a factor of global identity that I wanted to study that topic within Europe. Working on blackness in Europe is working on a topic that would look like an oxymoron. Indeed, Europe is associated with whiteness, and blackness is associated with Africa. Therefore, thinking about black Europeans or...
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Being a European black person: a case study on the role of the urban space of Prague and Paris and current challenges.
Bilembo Adja, Lourdes Peggy Armelle ; Kovářová, Linda (advisor) ; Křížová, Markéta (referee) ; György, Eszter (referee)
and Keywords "In the World through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself." - Frantz Fanon In this thesis, one of my first aims, among others, is to discuss and put in perspective the different levels of identification that can coexist and contribute to the creation of a person. I want to understand the impact and the role played by the city in one's identity-building process by studying the self-perception of visibly black people in Prague and Paris. Why did I decide to work on blackness within the European context? I decided to work on blackness for many reasons, one being that blackness as much as whiteness are social constructs. However, when whiteness has a history of multiplicity, and white people are being granted individuality, blackness, on the other hand, is often seen as an encompassing term. Black people are perceived as a monolithic social group in every sense of the word, sharing the same history and past across the globe. It is because of the peculiarity of blackness, which is seen as a factor of global identity that I wanted to study that topic within Europe. Working on blackness in Europe is working on a topic that would look like an oxymoron. Indeed, Europe is associated with whiteness, and blackness is associated with Africa. Therefore, thinking about black Europeans or...
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The circulation of a historical entertainment within the European Exhibitions: the reconstitution of "old cities" (1890-1900)
Chazal, Elisa ; Daniel, Ondřej (advisor) ; György, Eszter (referee) ; Stanziani, Alessandro (referee) ; Rainhorn, Judith (referee)
Keywords: Historical reconstitution ̶ Entertainment ̶ Attraction ̶ World Exhibitions ̶ Prague ̶ Budapest ̶ Paris Abstract: The circulation of a historical entertainment - the reconstructions of the 'Old cities' - during the world Exhibitions at the end of the 19th century constitutes the heart of this project. Combining imperial, national and local scales, these 'Old cities' exploit several dynamics. First, these historic entertainments resulted from the restructuring of the Western and Central European empires. Indeed, the permanent injunction of national questions - here Czech and Hungarian - into the Austro-Hungarian empire and the expansion with a universalist aim of the French empire interfered within the construction of the 'Old cities' and their educational vocations. However, these imperial and global dimensions came into reaction with national and local scales due to the promotion of local products - architectural, commercial - serving the cause of the host nation. Thus, the various adaptations of 'Old city' recorded the materialization of collective memories fabricated to correspond to the challenges of the re-composition of empires and national agendas. These time capsules, fixing the past of the host city for one or several centuries, were like commercial attractions with educational purposes....
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Is the urban district a «mixing place » ? Case study of Arnaud-Bernard neighbourhood in Toulouse in 1990s.
Bouchot, Alicia ; Klusáková, Luďa (advisor) ; Green, Nancy (referee) ; György, Eszter (referee) ; Ozouf Marignier, Marie Vic (referee)
The aim of the analysis is to question the meaning of the idea of "mixed neighborhood" today in France. The research focuses on Arnaud-Bernard, city center district of Toulouse, during the beginning of the 1990's. Three aspects are significant: different waves of immigration, different names, and a singular event, the "district's dish" (repas-de-quartier") as social link's creator. The mechanism of the Carrefour-Culturel, main association in the neighborhood in order to build a "mixed neighborhood", has been studied in this thesis. Interviews and sources from the association have been analyzed. Moreover the literature has been examined in order to underline the complexity of the idea of "mixed neighborhood". Résumé L'objet de l'analyse est de questionner ce que signifie la « mixité » et ce qu'elle désigne à l'échelle d'un quartier aujourd'hui en France. La recherche se focalise sur le quartier Arnaud-Bernard du centre ville de Toulouse à partir des années 1990. La particularité de ce quartier repose sur trois choses essentielles : les vagues migratoires successives qu'il a vu arriver en son sein, les différents noms qui lui ont été attribués et la création d'un évènement, le repas-de-quartier comme créateur de lien social à l'échelle du quartier. Dès lors, nous avons observé les dynamiques mises en...
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Vietnamese immigrants in Prague before and after 1989 in transgenerational and transnational perspective
Horáčková, Tereza ; Křížová, Markéta (advisor) ; Bauer, Pauli (referee) ; György, Eszter (referee)
This thesis presents the results of a historical investigation of the arrival and presence of Vietnamese immigrants in Prague between 1974 and 1993. Methodologically, the research is based on interviews with witnesses of the program of socialist internationalism and on the study of the Czechoslovak government administrative documents from the period between 1974, ie. the year the signing of the Agreement between the Government Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam about employing Vietnamese citizens in Czechoslovak organizations1 , with a milestone in 1989 as the collapse of the communist regime, and the year 1993, as the separation of Slovakia and the establishment of an independent Czechoslovak Republic This work is not only based on the assumption that this program influenced the integration of the first generation in Czechoslovak society, but it also shows an indirect influence on the second generation coming after the Velvet Revolution, due to the program's effect on the emergence of Vietnamese social networks. The research aims to uncover the factors that influence the adaptation of the first and second generations in the majority environment and to indicate the effect that the normative framework of the program had on the formation of ethnic social networks. It...
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