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Living in a small town in the First Republic
Kryštůfek, Jan ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to write historical and ethnographic study, based on archival sources and regional literature, which characterized the political, economic and social life in a small town as a "first" Czechoslovak Republic. Maps the Federal and cultural life of the special regard to federal action. City is examined in the period of 1918-1938 Dobris City, located in central Bohemia, in Pribram district. The study draws from the minutes of City Council, Federal chronicles regional newspapers, and census Operational Plan memory.
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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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Revitalisating the city - interaction of the municipality and the citizens
Czastka, Sven ; Uherek, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
Current development in those European cities affected by its post-industrial history is designated as revitalisation. However, since many years this process has taken place in Western Europe and in the United States of America, in Czech towns has been this phenomenon quite new. Revitalisation or city revival is a complicated action encompassing different stakeholders, oscillating consecutively between construction of buildings and regeneration of citizens and their local identification. In this diploma thesis I focused on an interaction between main participants in the capital city o Usti Region - the City of Ústí nad Labem. I have identified the city administration, the city council and the civic associations and clubs as main city players. The aim of this diploma thesis was to determine the notion of revitalization and possible connotations of its usage related to cities and a concrete application in Ústí nad Labem. Furthermore to describe relations and acting of the city administration, the city council and the associations and clubs as stakeholders in the process of revitalisation. In the conclusion of this thesis I offered a few suggestions for possible more beneficent cooperation of both sides. In the course of participated observation and from the results of the inquiry has come out, that in Ústí nad...
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Rock art within the context of archaeology and ethnology
Hájková, Jana ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Kandert, Josef (referee)
Master thesis is dedicated to rock art ±Tom the perspectives of Archaeology and Ethnology. These fileds should cooperate in rock art research with application of newest technics of documentation and new approaches of interpretations. The purpose of case studies is to show that despite of many variations of rock art in the world, we can find also many similarities which arise ±Tom the univerzality of human thinking. This is main thought of the theory of entoptic phenomena and theory of shamnism, which are also mentioned in thesis.
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Perception of the Ethnic Identity on the Frontier Between Two Cultures
Jonáš, Juraj ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
Synopsis The aim of this work is to analyse the difference between two different perceptions of ethnicity. On the one side there are people living in places relativlely homogenous in sence of the ethnic diversity, on the other side there are people living in places relatively heterogenous in the same sence. The assumption of this work is that the environment where this people live (ethnic heterogeneity/ homogeneity) has influence to their perception of the ethnicity itself. The core of the work is a research focused at the comparison of the mental model of the ethnicity of the people living in two different environments. First group are citizens of Košice and Trebišov. In both cities predominate Slovak population. Second group is the people living in the region of Horné Medzibodrožie where the big part of population is Hungarian. For the ascertainment have been used the survey mapping the respondent's enviroment and related traits. Respondent's implied model of ethnicity (the one which determines in a big part his acts related to this subject), explicit model of ethnicity (the one which is claimed by the respondent), the intensity of the interethnic relationship, national symbols and the importance of the respondent's ethnic identity. This respondent's point of view have been put in context with other his...
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(Public) space for action
Rumanová, Ivana ; Vrhel, František (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee) ; Korecká, Zuzana (referee)
The paper deals with the topic of wall-writings, leaflets and actions in the public space well before the November 89 when similar forms of disapproval expressions were considered as crimes. The research is based on an analysis of the materials form the Archive of the former State Security Services which permits to see the event from the point of view of those intended to repress similar expressions. Within the analysis a specific tension appears between the event (as indicated in fragments: by means of fotodocumentation, detailed description, or the evidence of the suspected) and a discourse which shapes it and which is in this case obvious and easy to deconstruct. The paper works with the criminalistic trace in a semantic and fenomenological sense of the word. The criminalistic registers provide with the very tangible examples of the particular, hybrid synthesis of the System and the everyday. The leitmotif of the paper consists in the various forms of dealing with the practical everyday necessities and with the System at the same time.
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The role of mountain ethnic groups in the social development of Laos
Nožina, Miroslav ; Vrhel, František (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee) ; Hubinger, Václav (referee)
The study deals with the problem of relations between ethnic minorities and central governments in Laos. It analyses mechanisms of the mountaineers' social and military mobilisation in historical perspective from the beginnings of the French colonial administration until the present. The main discussed topics are: the ethnic situation in Laos, ethnic relations, and the Lao government's ethnic policy. The Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) is an ethnically complicated and weakly researched territory. Ethnic minorities comprise approximately 70 % of the total population of the country. This makes Laos one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Asia. Although the Lao government claims 49 ethnic groups, recent anthropological surveys revealed 236 ethnic groups belonging to four ethno-linguistic families: Tai-Kadai, Austro-Asiatic (Mon-Khmer), Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) and Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto- Burman). Many of the minorities inhabit rural areas, which are amongst the most poverty stricken areas in the country. The high degree of ethnic diversity, coupled with the high percentage of the total population belonging to national minorities, has an important impact on the social and political situation in Laos. Minorities have been playing specific (frequently decisive) roles in the life of the country. In the...
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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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Woman's and men's roles in the Iban tribe in Kalimantan
Remešová, Blanka Michaela ; Vrhel, František (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee) ; Uherek, Zdeněk (referee)
The doctoral thesis studies woman's and men's roles in the Iban tribe in Kalimantan. As a result of the growing influence of the majority society, these crofters, originally living in the heart of the primeval forest, have undergone many changes in the last 20 years. They have to cope with a different lifestyle and values hectically imposed upon them to a large extent. This process influences the structure of the whole society, and affects also the traditional system of male and female roles. Through deep study and analysis of female and male activities, I have studied penetrability of the assigned roles, which start to appear as impaired or non-functional, and which determine the creation of new structures.
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