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Travelling Painted Pebbles as a Form of Gift in Public Space
 Procházková, Alžběta ; Janeček, Petr (advisor) ; Půtová, Barbora (referee)
The thesis focuses on the contemporary cultural practice of painting and picking up travelling painted pebbles in the Czech Republic. These pebbles are left in a public space by their creators as a gift to a stranger. The finder of such a pebble can share photo of fit on electronic social networks and then move it to another place. The aim of the thesis is to determine and interpret the meanings that these pebbles have for both their creators and finders. It does so by proposing a typology of pebbles according to their functions. The thesis further specifies the actors' motivations for creating painted stones as well as for searching them and picking them up. The research has confirmed that by performing the activities associated with this practice, actors exchange gifts, and these gifts can take several forms. Travelling painted pebbles also show signs of objects of serial collaboration of Lynne McNeill's theory.
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