|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Development of Activities of Chinese Organizations in Vancouver (1896-1923): Case Study of Chinese Benevolent Association
Kocourek, Petr ; Fiřtová, Magdalena (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
The Chinese are currently the largest Asian national minority in Canada. Tthey make up about thirty percent of the total population of Vancouer. The Chinese have played an important role in the history of British Columbia. The first Chinese arrived on the shores of British Columbia in the first half of the 19th century. A significant increase of new Chinese immigrants comes with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which was built primarily thanks to hard work of Chinese workers. After completion of the railroad, a large proportion of immigrants settled in Vancouver, which in the early 20th century became the city with the largest Chinatown in Canada. However, the Chinese encountered resentment from Canadian society, which considered them to be representatives of the inferior race, and part of the white public even demanded their deportation and a total ban on the entry of new Chinese immigrants. However, the Chinese community came together and concentrated in Chinatowns. But, they constantly faced stereotypes from Canadian society. Various organizations and associations also began to emerge and they tried in any way to help the Chinese community. The Chinese Benevolent Association has become one of the most important organizations. This bachelor's thesis will therefore focus primarily...
|
|
|
The Chinese community in the Czech Republic - integration and social factors
Kratochvílová, Marta ; Nová, Monika (advisor) ; Krahulcová, Beáta (referee)
The thesis discusses the Chinese community in the Czech Republic and focusses in detail on the social factors influencing their lives and integration into Czech society. The thesis determines the composition of the Chinese community, its way of life, values, family factors, the relationship with the majority society and the degree of integration. The thesis is trying to familiarize the reader with the Chinese minority and help towards a better understanding. The aim of the research is to obtain more detailed information and specific examples for each of the themes from the Chinese, long living in the Czech Republic.
|
|
|
NGO activities aimed at the integration of the Chinese minority in the Czech Republic.
Pražáková, Denisa ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma (referee)
This thesis is focused on the topic of nonprofit organizations that are oriented on integration of the Chinese minorities in the Czech Republic. The thesis is focused on description of activities that are used by NGO's for integration of the Chinese minorities in the Czech Republic. In theoretical part is definition of key words. Especially it is definition of non-profit sector, NGO's, integration and theory of integration and the Chinese minorities. A qualitative method of data obtaining is used in the empirical part of the thesis. It is possible to describe integration activities of NGO's that are focused on the Chinese minorities in the Czech Republic from interviews with the respondents.
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Foreign Students of Czech Language in the Czech republic (A contribution to the problematics of Migration and Students-Migrants in the Czech Context)
Franc, Aleš ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee) ; Uherek, Zdeněk (referee)
in English The dissertation thesis deals with foreign students in the Czech republic, specifically immigrant students coming from all over the world - from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and then from China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The basic objective of this work is not a real attempt to display the everyday reality of certain groups of migrant-students of Czech language in the Czech Republic in such a way that it only focuses on the problems and barriers they encounter in their studies in the Czech language. It also deals with their adaptation and integration into mainstream Czech society. At the same time, however, we realize that this work is only a partial contribution to the knowledge of migrant-students' life in the Czech environment between 1998 and 2011. This work is based on relevant literature and the research is based on interviews with students and teaching observations. The choice of qualitative methods was intentional to serve our matter the best, since there has been a lack of research in this particular area in recent times. This focus on qualitative techniques is also dependent on the characteristics of the sample group, especially in the linguistic and sociocultural realm. The research was carried out at the Institute of Language and Training of the Charles University in Prague...
|
|
|
Czech-Chinese partnership and marriage
ZHAO, Ting
The objective of this thesis is to describe the way Czech-Chinese partner-ships/marriages are perceived and experienced by the partners involved. The thesis has two parts. The theoretical part forms the basis for the subsequent empirical research. It clarifies the terminology, the motivation of meeting one?s partner, the importance of mixed marriages and the life of the Chinese minority in Bohemia. The practical part describes the research. Qualitative research through the method of interviewing was used. The interviews with eight questions yielded information from nine respondents - Czechs and the Chinese who are partners involved in this type of relationship. Their views and experience are analyzed by the method of clumps. The research results yielded insights into the relationship and coexistence of Czech-Chinese partnerships. The research showed that most partners in Czech-Chinese marria-ges had been learning about each other for some time before entering into the relation-ships. The research yielded thirteen kinds of motivation to get acquainted. Some of them are characteristic only for marriages between foreigners. Most respondents, however, met their partners by random coincidence. The answers of the respondents indicated twenty-one specific problems in their relationships. These problems are of social or cultural nature or ones commonly occurring between partners. Partners? par-ent? attitudes vary. The reasons for rejection are concerns about the happiness of their children or prejudices against foreigners. In public, the couples usually feel good. Only occasionally they are confronted with negative responses. The partners communicate using Czech, Chinese and English. According to the respondents, this type of coexisten-ce in most cases has not changed the usual lifestyle. The only exception is food. The other areas of co-existence are individual and standard. The opinions of the respondents on this type of marriage are not uniform. Some think that the boundaries of cultural dif-ference cannot be overcome. Others look positively that cultures complement each other. When people can take advantage of these differences, they enrich their lives. The research results expand the knowledge of ethnically mixed marriages and they can serve as a basis for further research.
|
guest ::
