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Producing and Consuming the nation: ethnography of a Czech National Memorial
Maurano Filho, Sander Roberto ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Matějka, Ondřej (referee)
Sander Roberto Maurano Filho Producing and Consuming the Nation: Ethnography of a Czech National Memorial Abstract Following a research agenda stimulated by Billig (1995), Palmer (1998) and Fox (2008) towards the study of aspects of everyday life through which nations are reproduced, this work approaches the National Memorial on Vítkov Hill, part of the Czech National Museum in Prague. In order to investigate to what extend national cultural productions constrain people's practices and understandings, this research offers an ethnographic study of the production and consumption of the monument, considering practices of consumption and occupation that reproduce, subvert or negotiate its national content and colossal planning. The National Memorial on Vítkov Hill combines memorial, museum, statue and park, which had their meanings re-negotiated by different political regimes during the 20th century. Re-opened in 2009 aiming to 'make sense' of national history, identity and memory in the context of a new, democratic and European Czech Republic, the monument combines official ceremonies, such as military parades and presidential rituals, with permanent and temporary exhibitions with national functions. Although planned to celebrate the nation, exhibitions are consumed by visitors that distort the national...
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Young people in the suburb: the case study of Zvole
Dušek, Petr ; Špačková, Petra (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Nina (referee)
Young people in the suburb: the case study of Zvole Abstract This thesis deals with the impact of the process of residential suburbanization on changes in mobility and spatial structure of daily activities of young people. The aim is to assess the nature of some aspects of the social environment, such as character of interactions between original inhabitants and newcomers. The move to the suburban areas resulted in the need for frequent commuting to Prague to schools and services. The research showed that young people are limited by the public transport in their daily movement. The social interactions of the newcomers and the indigenous people are limited, however, it is possible to anticipate their positive development. Keywords: suburbanization, young people, spatial mobility, everyday life
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Mnichovo Hradiště 1866-1895. Daily life of the small town in the second half of 19th century.
Procházková, Lenka ; Pokorná, Magdaléna (advisor) ; Hlavačka, Milan (referee)
The diploma thesis outlines the history of the small district town in the second half of the 19th century from a political (government, local government, modernization), economical (transport, especially railways, industrial development) and cultural (socials, social activities, theatre, festivities) point of view. Attention is paid to social, national and religious problems and education. Included are also some portraits of the most prominent personalities of the town. Special Attention is paid to Austro-Prussian war (conflict between Austria and Prussia) in 1866 and on the impact of this exceptional event on people and life in the town. The work is based on archival materials stored in State district archive in Mladá Boleslav and Mnichovo Hradiště Municipal museum, local chronicles, handwritten memories of the local citizens and contemporary regoinal newspapers were taken into account as well as historical works of a synthetic character.
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Selected aspects of everyday life in the region of Teplice during normalization and nowadays
Vavroušková, Radka ; Brabec, Jan (advisor) ; Pavel, Pavel (referee)
The change of the political and economic system, started by the Velvet Revolution in 1989, meant also a change of society, consisting in a change of lifestyle, life attitudes, values and behavior of individuals. The essential theme of this thesis is the change of everyday life in response to the change of social system in the selected area, specifically in Teplice in northwest Bohemia. The thesis compares selected aspects of everyday life in two periods separated by the Velvet Revolution - normalization and post-revolutionary period. The research method is oral history which offers an insight into the lives of "ordinary people." The first part of the thesis is devoted to theoretical concepts of memory and everyday life, which are used for interpreting the research. The research is formed by the comparison of memories and attitudes of two groups of narrators. Narrators growing up during normalization and narrators growing up in post-revolution period.
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The everyday life at the chateau Lužany in time Josef Hlávka
REGNEROVÁ, Kristýna
Presented bacherol aims to capture approach everyday life in the household czech benefactor Josef Hlávka´s in the chateau Lužany in years 1886 - 1902. Defined period imagines period of the marriage Josef Hlávka´s and Zdenka Hlávková´s, née Havelková. Using literature and sources of personal nature is pruposed look on the household and its residents. Lužany was place for meetings and cultural life. Focus is dedicated lužan´s guests and their look on chateau´s everydayness. Functionality, form and incidence on the household and direct neighbourhood of chateau´s are subject of research about economy in the chateau and manor. Edition of daybook Zdenka Hlávková´s is part of this bacherol. Concluion resumes new detected findings and open prosect to next research of sources.
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The disaster of Netolice. Influence of battle at Záblatí on everyday life in the domain
ČÍŽEK, Josef
Submitted work aims to capture the changes in lives of ordinary people in the Netolice domain over the years 1618-1620. Using personal correspondence and sources of registration nature it is documented how the war conflicts influenced the population of South Bohemia during the early phase of the Thirty Years War. The aim of the study is the reconstruction of war events in the period from the beginning of the Estates Uprising till the battle at Záblatí. Attention is also paid to changes in the everyday life of villagers living in the South Bohemian battlefield. Those occurred primarily through changes in rustic farms and town households. The everydayness of inhabitants transformed also through social, economic and property changes. Changes are documented by way of comparing the pre-war situation with the post-war environment in which the then man tried to live and survive. The entire work is summarized in the conclusion, which recapitulates discovered findings and provides additional options for further research.
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War experience in everyday life of the south Bohemian lower noblemen in the period of the second half of the 16th century and the early 17th century
KOREŠ, František
The author of the diploma thesis endeavoured, with the help of historic-anthropological methods, to depict a variety of forms of the war experience of the south Bohemian aristocracy in the period before the Battle of White Mountain. The subject of his interest focused on the fates of men and women of noble origin, on the background of three key military events of the second half of the 16th century and the early 17th century. Two expeditions of the Bohemian troops against the Turks in 1566 and 1594, and the invasion of Bohemia by the Passau army in 1611 had a very strong impact on the way south Bohemian knights thought, behaved and acted. Personal correspondence of selected aristocratic families served as the heuristic starting point in the search for the answer to the question which ways an aristocrat chose to defend values tested by centuries and to enforce his own or his family?s interests. The objective of the entire research was to amplify the knowledge about the history of lower aristocracy, by stressing the unique role of a historical participant in war. Treating the topic of war experience gave rise to a contribution on the borderline between the political, military, social and cultural areas of history of the early Modern Age.
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Daily life in the estate in Přečín in 1900-1938
ČTVRTNÍK, Pavel
This diploma thesis is focused on years 1900-1938 in Czech history, which is the period of time from the end of 19th century to the end of so called "The First Republic". The thesis follows historical development of the aristocratic estate of Přečín at the foothills of the Šumava mountains as well as on its ground and daily life of local people of that time. The author is focused on interconnection of country people´s lives and this estate as a farm building. Besides, he aims to put history of this location into larger context of history of Czech lands. In his research he used records from The State Regional Archieve Třeboň as a main and rich fount of knowledge of the estate´s history. Records in The State District Archieves in Strakonice and Prachatice were main recources for studying people´s lives and the author used narrative materials, too, especially chronicles. He also worked with a sound recording of a report of a lady who had lived at that time. In every chapter, there are collected findings from archieve sources confronted with professional literature and regional specific literature. The author pays attention to special characteristics of the examined region, ways and opportunities of living, as well as to war events in 1914-1918 and their consequences, that affected daily lives of people. The research leads also to the process of the first land reform, that should have changed Czech countryside. The author doesn´t forget to mention the family of the estate´s owners - the aristocratic family of the Schwarzenbergs.
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