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Dance floor as a safe space: interviews with women of Czech club culture
Láska, Timon ; Hroch, Miloš (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The practical bachelor's thesis Dance Floor as a Safe Space: interviews with women in Czech club culture was written as a response to the ongoing debate about safe spaces in club cultures, in which the part of society most affected by the discussion, i.e. women, the queer community and other marginalized groups, rarely get a place to express themselves. The issue is more serious in the context of club cultures and the predominantly specific rave culture because these cultures present themselves as egalitarian cultures without any marginalization based on gender, sex, race, nation, or religion. In addition to gender diversity, the thesis also deals with the issue of safe spaces within club cultures; these two issues are closely and inextricably linked. The theoretical part of the thesis introduces the concepts that relate to the topic from a historical and contemporary context, it deals with the theory of the genre of the journalistic interview, gender and gender stereotyping, safe space, and last but not least club cultures and the rave culture under study. It will also delineate the functioning and differences between the scenes of both cities, Prague and Brno. The practical part of the thesis will present a series of ten interviews with women and non-binary people from the club cultures of Prague...
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City and dance culturer: prague rave scene - a series of interviews
Patočková, Tereza ; Hroch, Miloš (advisor) ; Lovaš, Karol (referee)
Practical bachelor thesis - City and dance culture: Prague rave scene - a series of journalistic interviews, documents the relationship between the segment of Prague dance culture - rave scene and the city, as a physical space that provides a refuge. The work seeks ways to ensure the sustainability of an important part of the scene - rave open air events, so-called warehouse parties. It is these events that are the most vulnerable part of the dance culture, as they depend on open urban locations, which are declining due to advancing gentrification. However, warehouse events are also threatened by the stance of city authorities, which in many cases decide whether or not to lend urban space to these events. The intention of this work is fulfilled by documenting the statements of the respondents, who were selected for the series on the basis of their relationship to the topic. The interviews mediate different perspectives on the topic of urban space and dance culture, which in turn provide a comprehensive picture of the possibilities that could lead to greater sustainability and stability of the scene in all its complexity. The theoretical part of the work approaches the historical context of rave culture and at the same time places it in the current framework of society and city life.
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The beginnings of clubbing in Prague
Kazdová, Darina ; Vaněk, Miroslav (advisor) ; Houda, Přemysl (referee)
This piece of work was meant to be countinuous to my bachelor's thesis. In that essay I was dealing with the history of Czech electronic dance music in general. This time I focused just on Prague and surrounding area. The Czech capital was deeply influenced by presence of tourists. After the Velvet revolution, they were suddenly able to visit Prague. And as they they were already familiar with electronic music, they could help to spread it here. The situation in Prague is also compared with the rest of the world (western civilization). In the first part of the essay, I describe the qualitative research and the method I have used, which is the oral history. I also enclose a brief vocabulary of frequently used terms that are not very well known to the greater audience, I suppose. The last part is the analysis of the interviews itself. The interviews were done with important narrators.
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