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More-than-human cohabitation: gentrification, displacement and belonging
Dědková, Linda ; Lorenz - Meyer, Dagmar (advisor) ; Kolářová, Kateřina (referee)
More-than-human cohabitation: gentrification, displacement and belonging Linda Dědková This thesis examines displacement and gentrification, using the example of the department store Karstadt at Hermannplatz in Berlin. The ecofeminist critique of the binary division between nature and culture is central to my argument that gentrification and displacement are influenced by complex natural-cultural processes. The thesis utilizes a combination of ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and affective reading of historical materials to investigate the historical interlinks between the construction of the Karstadt department store in the 1920s and the present-day situation. I argue that gentrification surpasses the architectural and demographic transformation of a neighborhood and is often rooted in intersectional oppression. Furthermore, displacement encompasses intricate more-than-human relations and processes, such as ways of shopping, and destroys complex local ecologies. Lastly, the agency of materials has a direct influence on the transformation of neighborhoods. The findings demonstrate that non-human agents can play crucial and dynamic roles in the interconnected economic, cultural, and ecological processes that facilitate gentrification. Key words: more-than-human relationships, gentrification,...
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Historical cultural landscape of the deserted settlements in the Kaplice region
Baramová, Magdalena
The open landscape of the former district of Kaplice, situated between the Bohemian Forest and Gratzen Mountains on the Czech-Austrian border, has stimulated economic and cultural exchange between the two territories since prehistoric times. From the second half of the 13th century until the events after the Second World War, the region was predominantly inhabited by German-speaking population, but after the displacement the area underwent a turbulent development. Within a few years, socio-demographic changes have got imprinted in the landscape, and today several overlapping phenomena can be observed, which together reflect the process of transformation of the area. At the beginning of the 1950s, many settlements disappeared as a result of under-population and the construction of the Iron Curtain. Nevertheless, there are still remains of the use of the landscape by its former inhabitants, especially in the form of relics of buildings, religious architecture, roads, hedgerows, landscaping, waterworks and other traces. The securing of the national border has brought a further transformation of the landscape, which has had a devastating effect on the cultural heritage, but on the other hand it has helped to develop natural communities that are now protected. Even after the fall of communism, the region has not reached the population of the pre-war period, so the absence of settlement continues to give the area a unique genius loci. However, the cultural and historical values of the landscape are not yet protected on a basis, therefore the paper seeks to introduce the values and emphasises the need to protect them.
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Displacement of the German population from the Chřibská valley. The course, consequences and reflection in contemporary sources and the stories of witnesses.
Zdražilová, Hana ; Hlaváček, Jiří (advisor) ; Wohlmuth Markupová, Jana (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to map the course of the displacement of the German population from the Chřibská valley after the World War II. and its consequences for the development of the area's significance. The thesis is based on the study of archival sources, contemporary press, available scientific and regional literature and interviews with witnesses using the Oral History method. The interviews were conducted with those who were forcibly evicted or who could or had to stay, and those from among the new settlers. The aim of the work was also to get a general overview of the recorded testimonies from the region and the existing links between the current and displaced populations. The contribution of the project would be a micro-historical probe into the development of life in one valley against the backdrop of historical events, and to capture the experiences and stories of the memorialists for posterity. Keywords: displacement; marches; transports; settlement; demolition; micro-history
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ʻSudeten Germansʻ in Czech cinematography from 1945: changes and constants
Koutská, Anna ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
The bachelor thesis investigates the background of possible presentations of Sudeten Germans in Czech cinematography and describes circumstances of a contemporary political and cultural climate in connection with the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II. In four significant periods are analyzed five films - Nástup, Adelheid, Cukrová bouda, Zánik samoty Berhof, Habermannův mlýn. The analysis is based on secondary literature and contemporary critics.
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Transfer of Germans from Broumov district
Bartošková, Jitka ; Míšková, Alena (advisor) ; Foltýn, Dušan (referee)
TITLE: Transfer of Germans from Broumov district AUTHOR: Jitka Bartošková DEPARTMENT: History and History Didactics Department SUPERVISOR: doc. Ph.Dr. Alena Míšková, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The present work studies a displacement process of German inhabitans from a former district Broumov in East Bohemia. Until 1946 Germans predominated in this place and Czechs represented the largest national minority there. Attention is focused on transfer in 1945 and 1946. In 1945 it took place on Czechoslovakian representatives' initiative and it was accompanied by many acts of violence. In the next year it was organized in agreement with international conventions, it was effected in more orderly manner and it had larger character. The utter most of German inhabitants was displaced from district Broumov at that time. Transfer was carried out by local authorities of state administration and police together with soldiers of Czechoslovakian army. Therefore attention is focused on conditions in this institutions, too. Official dokuments and reports resulted of its activity are the main source of this work. KEYWORDS: Transfer, Displacement, Expulsion, Politically unreliable people,
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The memories of witnesses from eastern Giant Mountains
Lindrová, Tereza ; Jindra, Matouš (advisor) ; Suk, Aleš (referee)
Title: Memories of whithesses from the east of the Giant mountains Objectives: The aim of the work is to summarize historical events and social changes connected with the era from the beginning of colonization of the east of the Giant mountains to the second half of 1940s through utterance of regional natives compared to thematic literature. Methods: To gain data for this thesis regarding utterance of contemporary witnesses I used largely publications Krkonošští rodáci vzpomínají 1, 2 a 3, further a magazine Krkonoše-Jizerské hory, a website Paměť národa - Sudetské osudy (Antikomplex) and a method of semi- structured interview with one witness. I focused especially on German- speaking natives born in 1920s and 1930s from the east of the Giant mountains, largely from villages Horní Maršov and Velká Úpa and surroundings, occasionally supplemented by compatriots from the middle of the Giant mountains. It was 17 withesses in total - 8 women and 9 men. Afterwards I made a comparation of sources mentioned above with prefessional literature and populary educational literature and websites, which have a relation to the region and to period, historical and social events. Conclusion: The thesis introduced key moments of life stories of predominantly German-speaking withesses from the east of the Giant...
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ʻSudeten Germansʻ in Czech cinematography from 1945: changes and constants
Koutská, Anna ; Blahak, Boris (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
The bachelor thesis investigates the background of possible presentations of Sudeten Germans in Czech cinematography and describes circumstances of a contemporary political and cultural climate in connection with the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II. In four significant periods are analyzed five films - Nástup, Adelheid, Cukrová bouda, Zánik samoty Berhof, Habermannův mlýn. The analysis is based on secondary literature and contemporary critics.
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Linear features of agricultural landscape of the Pilsen region border area
Černík, Lukáš ; Kabrda, Jan (advisor) ; Kučera, Zdeněk (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on the development of linear features in agricultural area of the Pilsen region border area. Transformation in the landscape microstructure are researched by an evaluation of the linear features changes. The states in the middle of the 20th century and in the present are compared by the indicator 'density of the linear features in the agricultural landscape'. According to the assumption, the number of the linear features has noticeably declined. The biggest declined number refers to the linear features of communications. The number of the dry vegetation and wet watercourses linear features has slightly increased. Concerning length, the biggest decrease refers to the number of the narrowest and narrow linear features, while the number of wide linear features have increased. The decline of the linear features is more noticeable in areas struck by the expulsion of Czech Germans than in areas where Czech inhabitants have lived. The assumption, that demographical changes had influenced changes in the microstructure of the border areas, was proved. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Transfer of the Czech population from SS training area Benešov and its social impacts (1942-1945)
Zouzal, Tomáš ; Kubů, Eduard (advisor) ; Lacina, Vlastislav (referee)
The theme of the work is the transfer of population caused by the establishment of the Waffen SS training area between Benešov and Sedlčany (SS-Truppenübungsplatz "Böhmen"). The central part of the text is a comprehensive conception of the transfer, the emphasis is put on the perception of events from different perspectives. Documents of Protectorate authorities are confronted with local elites memoirs, chronicles and memories of inhabitants. There are captured the process of displacement, work of the Resettlement office, finding a new existence, the expropriation of property, departure of the inhabitants and their subsequent fates. Text is complemented with historical photos, documents relating to the displacement, a map of the occupied territory and graphs approaching professional composition of the population, provision of a new existence and dispersion into the Protectorate districts. Changes of a paradigm of society during the war and after the war and the impact of these changes on post-war historiographical construction are outlined marginally.
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