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Social aspects of the forced community in Terezin
Fictumová, Andrea ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Maříková, Hana (referee)
This study deals with aspects of the everyday social reality of the forced community in the Terezin ghetto in 1941-1945. It is a microsociological introspection of the life of the prisoners that lived in the ghetto. It aims to define social factors that influenced the lives of people that were stigmatized, fought for their lives and lived in border-line situations. The research part of the study uses biographical method. It uses 10 recorded testimonials of survivors - former Terezin prisoners. The research was carried out by means of partly structured interviews. The questions dealt with internal and external factors that created the daily reality of this forced community. The aim was to map their subjective perception of life conditions, social ties, both negative and positive factors and further personal utterances of the narrators. The testimonies serve for better and deeper understanding of the Terezin reality. The factors that affected the community in a negative way included fear of the unknown, fear of loosing close friends and relatives, very bad life conditions that strongly affected the negative mind-set of people and loss of moral values. In contrast, the positive factors included culture and sports that were welcomed by the prisoners as they allowed them to shift aside gloomy thoughts....
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The Sociology of Death
Kolinger, Pavel ; Šubrt, Jiří (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
This thesis deals with the transformation of burial ritual in czech society in modern and postmodern times. First part outlines the evolution of burials considering the shift in relationship between confessions in modern society. Next part is focused on the influence of deviation from catholicism viewed as resistance which was connected with enforcement of cremation. Following chapters address changes related to spreading atheism and also reflect changes in political atmosphere and development of technology. The theoretical part is suplemented by empirical qualitative research showing the forms of burials in last fifty years in town and in the country. The aim of this thesis is to uncover the change the ritual has undergone, his current forms and which of the formative processes was crucial for it. Key words: secularisation, transformation, modernisation, confession, cremation, the Church, ritual, graveyard
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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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Pupils' Leisure Time at the Age of Eleven
Klubalová, Tereza ; Soukupová, Blanka (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
Diploma thesis "Pupils' Leisure Time at the Age of Eleven" deals with pupils' reflection of their leisure time and it also focuses on surveying the field of leisure activities and the factors by which the pupils' leisure time is formed (parents, school, friends etc.). To achieve defined goals the qualitative research strategy was chosen. At first, pupils filled in a brief ethnological questionnaire focused on leisure activities, then they were asked questions during the semi- structured (in-depth) interview and after that acquired data were supplemented and partially verified through non-participant observation. The diploma thesis brings an insight into children's notions about leisure time, which is to some extent coincident with professional notions, however, in some aspects of the issue their point of view is completely different. Furthermore, the findings of the research point out that, generally, it is not possible to talk about the children's lack of interest in physical activity and that (ab)using of computers which is refused by many people does not serve only to play games but also as a means of communication with children's friends and as a source of new information.
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Monsters in Folk and Popular Culture
Krejzová, Anna ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Janeček, Petr (referee)
The work is devoted to study the evolution of the concept monstruality throughout European history. In my work I try to show the monster as a phenomenon accompanying the history of humanity from antiquity to the present. Perceptions about the existence of these enigmatic and mysterious creatures in the course of history has changed. Gradually, the monster was pushed out of reality into the world of fiction literature and films, yet had kept its popularity and attention million people as a cultural universal. Key words: basilisk, monster, koncept of monstruality, folk culture, popular culture
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National identity of Albanian emigrants in Prague
Stehlíková, Barbora ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
The target of this bachelor thesis is research of national identity of Albanian migrants in Prague and its manifestation. The research is carried out with the biographical method, by which the researcher focuses much more on the life of a particular person. The narrative episodic interviews are used and the greatest space is given to the narrator. Afterwards the texts obtained by this way are interpretated properly. In addition to the analysis of the interviews this paper encompass the summary of the literature engaged with the Albanians in Czech Republic. Furthermore there is the description of the biographical method, whereas it stems from the essays of Petra Klvačová and Zdeněk Konopásek. The theoretical determination of the basic terms like "identity", "national identity" and "ethnic identity" follows and then the brief review of the historical development in Albania and Kosovo. The less attention is paid to the relationship between the migrant and the city. We attained to the conclusion that the national identity of the all seven informants represents one of the possible subidentities, which moves on the imaginery web in the bigger distance from the centre than other aspects presented by the informants. These aspects were e. g. job or some hobby.
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The Image of Slušovice in Narratives about "Slušovice miracle
Fialka, Jiří ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Dědovský, Daniel (referee)
This thesis is based on local normative written sources as well as interviews with selected people living in the town of Slušovice. The aim is to analyse the various topics these people mentioned in the interviews in connection with their lives in Slušovice and in what way they remembered them. The main focus of the analysis deals with special visits to Slušovice, the cultural events connected to them, as well as the way in which these events were depicted in the media at that time. A microhistorical approach has been used when focusing on the type of content of the interviews. When dealing with the ways of remembering this thesis draws material from the work of Maurice Halbwasche and his follower, Wulf Kansteiner; i.e. the impact of individual and historical memory on collective memory. This leads to an explanation of what factors may have influenced the specific memories. Key words Slušovice, memory, interview, life story, rural Anthropology
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The building at 18, rue Bonaparte: The place of memory and its meaning for the Czechs living in Paris
Okénková, Věra ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
Diploma thesis "The building at 18, rue Bonaparte: The place of memory and its meaning for the Czechs living in Paris" deals with the theme of everyday life of the Czechs in Paris which is connected with a place that presents a piece of Czech country inside of the historical Paris. This work tries to show the perception of this place on the basis of material, functional and symbolic meaning of this building. As well it treats the overhangs to the migration studies, memory studies and problems of identity. Constituent of the text is also theoretical embodiment of the concept of a place not only in the ethnology but also in others social and humanity sciences - mainly with the regard to the Pierre Nora's theory "places of memory" and Marc Augé's theory "anthropological places". Apart from the symbolical capital of the building at 18, rue Bonaparte which is important place of memory there is presented in the text also history of another places in France which is a part of collective memory of the compatriots up to now. The main goal of this work is to present how important role can play one concrete physical place with strong functional and symbolic meaning for the Czechs living outside of their homeland and how this place can contribute to the process of integration to the hosting society.
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Local Legends About Russian Self-appointed Tsars
Trebushkova, Liubov ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Janeček, Petr (referee)
(in English): The BA thesis focuces on the Russian imposture. It places this problematics into a larger context of the world history. It examines the phenomena of Russian imposture from the historic and folkloristic point of view. The folkloristic material comes from Central Russia, Volga Region and Ural region. In conclusion we consider general questions about mentalities, social ideals, utopias and peoples' models.
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Wild hunt phenomenon and its alteration in time
Vozáb, Jakub ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Janeček, Petr (referee)
(in English) This bachelor thesis is focusing on issues of Wild Hunt phenomenon and its alteration in time. Main focus of this thesis is to create coherent view on basis of phenomenon with first explaining the basic idea of mythological phenomenon Wild Hunt, its history from mythological sources through medieval to present popular culture. Next it is trying to outline range of it and following the alteration of phenomenon in time. For this purpose it is using the folklorist's collections, which include our studied phenomenon, but also popular literature and another reference in popular culture which it is comparing in conclusion. Klíčová slova (anglicky) folklore, myth, local legend, fantasy, german mythology, wild hunt, revenants
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