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Walpurgis Night phenomenon in contemporary Czech Republic
Novák, Adam ; Janeček, Petr (advisor) ; Štěpánová, Irena (referee)
The Bachelor thesis is focused on analysing an issue of celebrating Walpurgis Night in the Czech Republic, especially focusing on freetekno community and its ways of keeping this phenomenon alive. Main question of the thesis is: Can contemporary subculture keep a traditional calendar custom alive? As they are going through noticeable changes nowadays and freetekno community, as one of the youngest subcultures, returns to the roots of these customs in its own particular manner. Thesis contains three slightly different topics and tries to relate them to each other. The first part is a general description of a ritual in a context of role in society and its meaning for an individual. The second part is aimed on celebrating the Walpurgis Night in Czech territory especially from the nineteenth and twentieth century. The third part contains a brief summary of subculture studies and an introduction to freetekno subculture as a contemporary young community, which tends to rejuvenate an archaic form of rite. The conclusion describes the way freetekno subculture could help to keep the Walpurgis Night alive. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Eating Habits in 50's and 60's yars of 20th Century in the Benešov Region
Hozová, Markéta ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Hejzlarová, Tereza (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with eating habits in Benešov Region in 50's and 60's of 20th Century. The thesis analyses results of a field research, which was realized by using kvalitative methods. The Results were compared with theoretical basis of contemporary and earlier literature and sources. The aim of this thesis was to illustrate situation in a small town and compare it with the countryside. Ordinary food was compared with festive food and its changes in consequence of migration. The root of the thesis was description of staple food, its gaining (shopping, self-suppling, …), processing and frequency of its consumption.
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The Embroidery of Indian Banjaras as an Expression of Their Style of Life
Petránek, Jan ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Dagmar (referee) ; Hejzlarová, Tereza (referee)
The embroidery of the Banjara people makes an important part of Indian culture, The Banjara are a previously migrating non-hinduistic ethnic, today mostly settled and merging with the hinduistic population which represents the majority. We still have very scarce information about this distinctive textile production. This theses is based on mostly Indian studies, as well as on field-work which was carried out in fourteen Banjara communities living in two Indian states, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Another source of information were several collections of Banjara textile in important European museums and a collection of more than 550items in the Czech Republic. The theses focuses on five subjects: 1. The typology of the fourty most common and traditional types of textile pieces made by Banjara women, 2. The description of the material and embroidery techniques, 3. The attempt of the iconography analysis of the Banjara embroidery, 4. The provenience of the Banjara traditional pieces, and 5. The description of the state of art of the mbroidery which still exists in the present day Banjara communities. Vast photodocumentation made during the field-work is included in the theses and a catalogue of typical examples from studied collections. A side product has evolved during the study of the Indian literature - an...
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Josef Colloredo-Mannsfeld's travels
Jiráková, Anežka ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Hejzlarová, Tereza (referee)
Josef Colloredo-Mannsfelds Travels Travels to North America (1904 - 1906) Řešitel Anežka Jiráková Školitel Doc. PhDr. Irena Štěpánová, CSc. Abstract Between years 1904 and 1906 realised Josef Colloredo-Mannsfeld (1866 - 1957) two travels to North America. He was accompanied by his wife Yvonne. Both several months lasting travels took place in winter. Their accurate reconstruction is impossible due to the lack of archive materials. Most information has been preserved in Joseph's itinerary, where he wrote about visiting Alaska and Yukon in 1904. Josef brought back a number of animal trophies and valuable ethnographic material, which now can be seen in Opočno castle or in Náprstek museum in Prague. The author of this diploma thesis focuses mainly on the reconstruction and describing of the travels, she also discusses the personality of Josef Colloredo- Mannsfeld and writes about hunting, travelling and understanding of ethnicity in the contemporary context.
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A comparison of two developmental methods and their impact on behaviour
Štěpánová, Irena ; Loneková, Katarína (advisor) ; Rymeš, Milan (referee)
The goal of my thesis is to compare the impact of two developmental methods (role playing and discussion about a video specially recorded for the developmental activity). In theoretical part I introduce employee development area from a psychological point of view and I describe psychological concepts in the background of concrete skills as leadership, self-management, communication and influencing. I strive for deeper understanding of ways we use to absorb these skills and understanding of possibilities to be used to enhance employees' development whether we mean the concrete developmental methods or training and development process management as a whole. This knowledge is applicable in training and development, which is an area, where my research is conducted. In empirical part I made two researches. In qualitative research I was identifying target group developmental needs to be able to set relevant developmental goals and chose developmental methods corresponding with actual needs of employees which is an important premise of influencing behaviour. In the main research part I conducted quasi-experiment where I compare the target group score before and after the developmental intervention. I compared statistically significant differences between scores in experimental groups and in control group....
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Collection of vietnamese graphic art of 20th century from Náprstek Muzeum
Vohradníková, Karolína ; Hejzlarová, Tereza (advisor) ; Štěpánová, Irena (referee)
Vietnam went through diverse historical development that contributed to the diversity of today's culture and specific craft industry. Vietnamese culture was mostly influenced by China, where we can probably find the origin of folk prints production. Two famous folk prints production workshops gradually developed in northern Vietnam, but many other smaller centers can be found throughout Vietnam. The diversity of folk motives illustrates the richness of traditional vietnamese folk culture. Vietnamese collection from Náprstek Museum started without any approach of systematic collecting, mainly from purchases or gifts of travelers or professionals who reside or traveled to Vietnam for work or research purposes. Within approximately past fifty years collection of vietnamese folk prints has become the most comprehensive part of asian collections from Náprstek Museum.
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Traditional Folk Wedding in Podještědí. Wedding Habits and Rites in Regional Sources
Opravilová, Michaela ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Dědovský, Daniel (referee)
The submitted bachelor's thesis acquaints the readers with the wedding rite in the traditional folk environment of a ethnographic region Podještědí. The information used in the thesis has primarily come from the regional sources the analysis of which is presented. By means of critical approach to sources and reflection of historical social circumstances the author tries to depict a probable picture of the wedding rite in the 19th century and to characterize the attributes and elements of the folk wedding folk and to it related habits. The work accentuates role of each wedding participant, especially the role of the "best man" called "družba". The text describes the negotiations of marriage and premarital preparation. The thesis focuses on the wedding day, various rite acts and entertainment features: The day began with the gathering of guests at the bride's parents' house. Then the wedding procession had set off to the church, where the religious ceremony took place. The wedding feast banquet followed after return from the church. In the evening the wedding guests danced. In the course of the evening the bride received a bonnet, a sign of a married woman. The entire celebration ended up with the ceremonial moving of the bride into a new house. Each phase of the wedding had its own intended form...
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Ethnocatering - Traditional food as a way to integration
Fungáčová, Natália ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Štěpánová, Irena (referee)
(anglicky): Migration includes a lot of aspects and a lot of scientific disciplines focus on this. One of these aspects is integration, which we can perceive in this case as integration of immigrants into host country society. Approaches and methods of integration can be different depending on ambiguity of this term. This dissertation is focused on specific example of effort to integrate women immigrants with help of traditional food, which came from the ground of civil association InBáze, o.s. The association developed a project named Ethnocatering which helps to immigrants to become successful on job market via their own experience from gastronomy and it`s supporting itself by social entrepreneurship. Women from different countries of the world then have an opportunity to prepare specialties typical for countries they come from and introduce those to the local society. This essay is focused on immigrants from countries such as South Caucasus - Georgia and Armenia and also on traditional food typical for these countries. Kľúčové slová (anglicky): traditional food, different ethnic background cuisine, social entrepreneurship, immigration, integration
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Transgender identity
Kováriková, Juliána ; Skupnik, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Štěpánová, Irena (referee)
The main purpose of the present diploma thesis is to introduce the transgender identity as a newly emerging lifestyle and political activism of transpeople. Because the transgenderism has been formed in opposition to the dominant medical discourse of transsexuality, it is necessary to include the transsexual stand of view which transgender people are defining against. I regard the transsexuality and transgenderism as two different discourses forming new different identity categories, having specific impact on lives of people they are naming. I focus mainly on the impact of different concepts of sex, gender and sexuality on formation of specific shapes of these ideologies. In the empirical part, I am applying my mind on the narrative construction of transgender identity. Through some parts of interview with a person diagnosed with transsexuality, that has accepted the identity of a transgender in the course of his life, I try to mediate a more realistic and sculpturesque image of transgender/transsexual life, identity and sense of self.
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Ballroom Dancing in the Czech Social Environment in the 2nd half of the 19th Century
Šámalová, Tereza ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor) ; Hejzlarová, Tereza (referee)
Thesis deals with the theme of ballroom dancing in Prague bourgeoisie society in the 2nd half of the 19th century. The theme is situated in social and historical context and contemporary political situation. The second part is dedicated to prague associations, Sokol of Prague and sokol festivities. That part of the text proceeds from analysis of the articles and contributions of the journal Sokol (from years 1871-1895). The following chapter about ballroom dancing tries to focus on the types of free time activities which are connected with dancing in the milieu of Prague Czech-speaking society in the 2nd half of the 19th century. It also characterises favourite ballroom dances at that time in the context of social and cultural life. One of the last chapters is dedicated to the relationship of a significant public figure of that time, Jan Neruda, with ballroom dancing. These passages are based on selected examples of Neruda's texts, adopted mostly from Národní Listy. The main intention of the extracts is to complete the picture of ballroom dancing with personal reflection of Neruda as a great dancer, expert on literature and artist. Key words: 2nd half of the 19th century, Prague, czech society, ballroom dancing, associations, national festivities, thematic carnival ("šibřinky").
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