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The Mindful Body on the Edge: Forming the Adrspach Climbing Body
Růžičková, Johana ; Spalová, Barbora (advisor) ; Grygar, Jakub (referee)
This thesis focuses on the mode in which climbing in Adrspach rocks acompannied by risk forms the Adrspach climbing body. Its aim lies in contributing to current knowledge of individuals voluntarily participating in risk taking through the eyes of anthropology of the body. The thesis is based on edgework (Lyng, 1990), social-psychological theory of risk-taking made by Stephen Lyng and the following researches of other authors (West and Allin, Brymer, Laurendeau) and it borrows the term of edge as the key concept of forming a risk-facing body. Such body is created on the anthropological basis of Nancy Scheper-hughes and Margaret Lock's mindful body, Thomas Csordas's somatic modes of attention and Marcel Mauss's habitus. The idea of Adrspach climbing body also derives from an already existing concept of climbing body of british "adventure climbers" described by Neil Lewis. The intention of this approach is to connect these theoretical streams and in this fashion widen the current knowledge of human perception of risk-taking and the emotion of fear and to present the form of human body facing danger in relation with both individuality and social bonds. The findings about Adrspach climbing body are based on both ethnographical and autoethnographical research conducted in Adrspach and nine in-depth...
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Subculture of the Adrspach Sandstone-Climbers
Bergmanová, Šárka ; Dušek, Libor (advisor) ; Janeček, Petr (referee)
This bachelor work is about subculture of "sandstone climbers" in Adršpach area and it is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical one. Theoretical part explains key words such as culture, subculture, sandstone climbers, climbing, rock climbing and etc. There is described geographical context of natural heritage in Adršpach and its certain climbing rules in this area. Sandstone climbers are defined as a specific subculture thanks to their approach to life, lifestyle and the way of thinking, which are very tightly connected to this location of sandstone towers and pillars. Because of the typical and traditional way of climbing on the soft and fragile sandstone, you can find specific kind of people - climbers as well. Practical part shows the historical/anthropological analysis of the sandstone climbers subculture in Adršpach, which comes from the ethnographical research realized through participant observation and poly structured interviews with selected sandstone climbers and non climbers from this area. This subculture is described through the historical process since the beginning of the climbing in this area till present and there is defined its previous and certain essence with importance on identity, life's philosophy and social practice its members. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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To recognition of the castle hinterland in the Middle Agens (13.-16. cent.) in Náchod district
Buryška, Tomáš ; Klápště, Jan (advisor) ; Klír, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis deals with castle rear in Middle Ages (13.-16. cent.) in Náchod district. Terrain exploration has taken place at 15 castles in Nachod district and has brought some new knowledge about the castle rear. A major benefit of the work is the discovery of a fortified castle rear of Adršpach castle, which was detail analyzed. This thesis also deals with questions, if specific castle need castle rear to its own existing and which relationship has castle to different components of the economic operation. The greatest attention is given to relationship of the castle to the town, economic court, mill and brewery. The results of the work are compared in a broader context.
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