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Gamblers'habitus: An Ethnographical Reconstruction of a radical Alternative in the Era of Really-existing Socialism
Horáček, Michal ; Abu Ghosh, Yasar (advisor) ; Alan, Josef (referee) ; Kolář, Pavel (referee)
The doctoral thesis hereby submitted is an ethnographic reconstruction of the world perpetuated in Czechoslovakia in the period of the so-called really-existing socialism by gamblers. Even though that world is now a thing of the past, the character of the referential reality itself has called for an ethnographic, and not an historical, perspective: gamblers leave no tangible traces. By the same token and at the same time, there is an all-too-real peril that one of very specific and robust worlds will disappear in the past for good without a record or description that might have contributed to our understading of the social conflict of the given era.The essay betrays doubts about the institution of "marginality", taking for granted that disparate historical objects are equivalent. It introduces the gamblers' world as one arising from specific organizational principles and governed by specific logic; the world of the weak who, facing the overpowering might of the regime, tried to become stronger and to defend their autonomy more fruitfully than they might have done elsewhere.One of the key features of the essay is its methodology: given the progress of ethnography from erstwhile arm-chair research to participant observation to the current studies using observing participation, this thesis goes even...
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The Implementation of Transport Projects in the Context of Developing Axes in Czechia
Horáček, Michal ; Marada, Miroslav (advisor) ; Šourek, Vladimír (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the implementation of transport corridors in the context of the Czech Republic's development axes. A general definition of transport corridors is initially presented along with their supporting methodological and legislative documents. Next, the thesis is devoted to showing geography affects TEN-T sites in Europe and the Czech Republic, respectively. Main part discusses the strategic documents in the transport sector and transport policy coherence related to compliance with implementation plans. In conclusion, transport network's problems are indentified and an evaluation of the relationship between planning and reality is presented.
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Gambling as a Black Hole of the Social Universe
Horáček, Michal ; Abu Ghosh, Yasar (advisor) ; Grygar, Jakub (referee)
This master's thesis aims both to present empirical criticism of the published case studies of gambling, in particular the Deep Play by Clifford Geertz, which is the most cited one, and to propose such a methodology which would enable us to derive more meaningful data from the ethnographic material on gambling. In this context it is also needed to question the conventional conceptual categories which are internally conflicting as appears both in common speech and in the works of the social science scholars such as Johan Huizing, Eugen Fink, Roger Caillois, Gerda Reith and Jackson Lears.
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Self-presentation of photographic portfolio: training event
Horáček, Michal ; Smékalová, Lucie (advisor) ; Kateřina, Kateřina (referee)
Bachelor thesis titled "Self-presentation of photographic portfolio: training event" aims to create a specific project of training event for a particular group of students. It includes a proposal for an training event, which will be divided into four blocks of lectures, presentations, workshops and discussions. The main topic of training event is the art of a correct self-presentation. Specifically, the blocks will be aimed at enhancing the skills which are necessary for the successful presentation of own students portfolio. Because of that, it will discuss working with the programs Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Bridge, abilities of effective selecting photos and other media works, a correct performing in front of an audience and the principles of presentation and leave a good impression. It is designed for students of third and fourth grade of Applied photography and media at VOŠG and SPŠG high school in Prague 1. The project of training event is created in accordance with the theory of the formation of training events, which is summarized and discussed in the first part of the thesis.
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Privatization and economic performance in Czech Republic
Horáček, Michal ; Nečadová, Marta (advisor) ; Breňová, Lubomíra (referee)
Final thesis is concerned with privatization of state property in Czech Republic and its effect on corporate performance. It describes theoretical basis of privatization and its methods used in Czech Republic, with special accent on voucher privatization. It also briefly mentions a macroeconomic development of Czech Republic during the transformation compared to other Central European countries.
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Economic consequences of German exodus from Unicov
Horáček, Michal ; Váňa, Daniel (advisor) ; Tajovský, Ladislav (referee)
This thesis' main goal is to analyze the impact of forced exodus of German people from Uničov and its surroundings. The author does not want do describe the problem of Benes' Decrees, but the example of Moravian small town should illustrate theirs results. It briefly shows history of Czech and German colonization from medieval ages to the foundation of Czechoslovakia, then, as the basis for comparison, describes the economy, local politic trends and ethnic interaction between the World Wars and during German occupation. The main chapter focuses on Unicov in 5 years after World War II, the political situation, questions of the exodus and re-colonization of the region by Czech people from nearby, more distant areas of Czechoslovakia and even from 1 region of the USSR. It describes changes in agriculture, industry and entrepreneurship. All these sectors were somehow touched by the political change after year 1948. The study is based on older works of local historians, author's own research in archives, documents found in legacy and memories of the living elders.
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