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Ethnographic and Folcloric Aspects in the Work of František Ladislav Sál
Tomášová, Jana ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the Eastern Bohemia figure of a regional significance - František Ladislav Sál (1867-1941). The aim of the thesis is to depict him as a representative of the generation of educated teachers - patriotic activists who had the amateur interest in ethnology and folklore studies. The opening section of the thesis introduces both his personal life and career. The reconstruction of these is based on the study of his archive heritage. Subsequent chapter deals with wider cultural-historical context with the emphasis on the history of pedagogy and ethnology. The principle focus of the thesis is the survey of Sál's educational and pedagogical papers in which he plentifully dealt with ethnographical material (such as fairy-tales, legends and children's folklore) by means of which he taught homeland study at primary schools.
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Metamorphoses of Prague periphery. The former slum Na Slatinách
Viktorínová, Jana ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee)
This monographical study is dedicated to the largest of the former Prague slums, to the slum Na Slatinách (Slatiny), the area of provisional housing of social excluded poor. It describes the time and circumstances of its formation in the middle 20s. It examines the creation of local community as well as its changes under the influences of political and economic forces during the second half of the 20th century. The study is further focused on interception of contemporary unsatisfactory condition of locality, on description of strong diversity of physical and social environment which is reflected in specific modified social relations and structure.
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Svojšín 1900-1938: life in the village in the first period of the 20th century
Strachotová, Ivana ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee)
The thesis aims to create a historical and ethnographic study based on archival sources, to handle with some selected aspects of life in a village in the first third of the 20th century - for example historical development, education, associations and partly ethnic relations - and that would be first stage to further more detailed study of the chosen topic. Surveyed villages in the timeframe 1900 - 1938 is Svojšín. A village which is situated in West Bohemia. The study draws on the record chronicles the village, parish and the Czech and German schools.
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Bilingual education of Czech/Slovak - German children in the Czech republic and German-speaking countries
Hrivíková, Zuzana ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee)
This MA thesis deals with the issue of bilingual education of Czech/Slovak - German children in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and German-speaking countries. The initial assumption is that intercultural education stresses the importance of the role mother and second language and supports bilingual education. The goal of this MA thesis is to conduct research on the issue, which at the time of globalization and free movement of persons within the EU has growing practical potential. Preliminary studies based on information available in foreignlanguage literature intend to analyse factors contributing to language acquisition / learning and those influencing psychosocial and cognitive development of children. In the qualitative and quantitative research we tried to highlight some aspects of bilingual language development of children being brought up and educated in bilingual Czech/Slovak - German environment.
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Argonauti: 30 years of a youth hiking club
Pohunek, Jan ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee) ; Pargač, Jan (advisor)
This paper describes history and character of a youth hiking club from Prague called Argonauti ("Argonauts") as a representant of minor youth organizations evolved from boy scouting. Origins of the club, which can be traced to 1960- 70s, it's structure as a social group, requirements, symbolics, role of tradition, perceived elitism and paedagogic methodology are also discussed. The club itself, as a group of individuals, but with a different name, was founded shortly before 1968, and became a 11th boy-scout club of Psohlavci centre when previously banned scouting was renewed during events of the Prague Spring. As the communist regime restored it's ban on scouting, the club was re-registered under Red Cross Youth, dissolved and revived again in 1977 as a local youth hiking and watermanship centre Gemini. Argonauti were created as a foremost club in this centre and did split from Gemini at 1993, forming an independent youth centre called Argo. Neither organization re-adopted boy scouting after 1989, unlike other former scouting clubs, which were masking their scouting activities in a similar manner. These former scouting clubs and similar organizations belonging to other youth movements (like Woodcraft), including the club discussed, can be in varying degrees considered to be a part of the "grey zone", which...
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The Czech language courses for foreigners: Czech language exam A1
Rakušanová, Anna ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee) ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the linguistic integration and language courses of Czech for foreigners which are available in Prague. It is also trying to characterize the exam A1 of Czech language which is mandatory for foreigners from the third countries who apply for permanent residence in the Czech Republic. It also reflects the problems associated with start-up testing system. The thesis is based on terrain research, which should support the theoretical findings. The research was based on interviews with teachers of Czech language, with a foreigner who has been attending Czech courses for foreigners and with the Director of the Asylum and migration policy. Further research consisted of a questionnaire survey, which was to learn more about the exam A1 directly from the exam participants.
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Alien's registration office
Libichová, Lenka ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee) ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor)
This Bachelor's thesis deals with the relationship between immigrants and the Alien's Registration Office in the Czech Republic. The thesis should be divided into two parts. The first one - Chapters 2 and 3 - summarizes the theoretical view. That is the structure and the history of the Alien's Registration Office, the structure of the immigrants and the introduction to the legal issues. However, the Alien's Registration Office is developing and the laws are changing very quickly, so the thesis is going to be past. The second part - Chapters 4 and 5 - deals with the practical problems of the Alien's Registration Office reflected in the mass media and literature and also includes the field research. The most criticized problems are the queues associated with a long waiting, a shortage of officers which are often unpleasant and the clientelism which is associated with bribery. The Alien's Registration Office tries to solve these problems, but it is a 'fight' for a long time.
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Czech techno subculture on change of the century
Zeman, Daniel ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee)
Techno subculture has often been discussed in public and media in the last decade. Police intervention during CZECHTEK 2005 raised the question within the excited discussion: "What is the essence of techno"? The overflow of unprofessional explanations published in media, following the incident, created the demand on serious explanation of the phenomenon. This work tries to explain the phenomenon of subcultures genesis with the help of theory outlined by Van Gennep and further extended by Victor Turner, i.e. subcultures are understood as archetypal continuation of initiation rituals in modern industrial society. Techno party is a ritual way how to create the anti-structure area and establish a liminoid environment in which the adolescents realize their relativity through the changed status of mind and they develop the attitudes to each other as well as within the society. As any social phenomenon fulfils more functions at the same time, this interpretation must be considered as one of the possible explanations. Furthermore also the work of Michel Maffesoli and the idea of neotribalism are taken into consideration. This work also reflects the evolution of subcultures from the beginning to the present and at the same time it reflects the studies of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies in Birmingham and...
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Family roles and migration: the case of Afghan families living in the Czech Republic
Lomová, Ester ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee) ; Skupnik, Jaroslav (advisor)
The topic of this thesis is the issue of family roles of man and woman in the context of change that can be caused by migration. The basic assumption is that the dominant socio-cultural structure is influencing the socio-cultural structure of immigrants. This influence is the cause of social change in the lives of immigrants. The questions formulated in this thesis are: What changes are occurring on the level of family life? Which factors are these changes influencing? What the changes mean for the actors themselves? The answers are sought with the help of scientific literature and the results of interviews done with Afghan immigrants living in the Czech Republic.
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Traditional culture of Turkic nomads in Central Asia
Hejzlarová, Tereza ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee)
Turkic nomadic tribes of the Central Asia, in fact the traditional material and spiritual cultures of nomadic Kazakh, Kyrkyz, Turkmen, Uzbek and Karakalpak peoples, are described in this rigorous paper. Territory classified in this paper as Central Asia is limited to the territory of five states: Kazakhstan, Kyrkyzstan, Turkmenstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The theme is also limited by other linquistic criteria. Therefore e.g. Tajik (belonging to Iranian linguistic family) are set aside this theme. The whole paper is divided into two parts, the former one consisting of five chapters introducing the area and its historical background represents the essentials for the latter one devoted to the phenomenon of nomadic shephards and manifestation of their culture. The period between the 18th century and the 20s of the 20th century is described in the second part. Most of the first records were provided by the Russian researchers. After the Soviet Union had been established further field research and ethnographic expeditions were organized and vast amount of materials dealing with cultures of the Central Asian peoples were gathered. This paper is aimed at introducing basic facts of traditional nomadic shepherds culture, the majority of them have never been published in the Czech language. The coherent picture of...
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