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Socio-cultural meaning of non-professional activities in consideration of theatre
Bezoušková, Simona ; Matějů, Martin (advisor) ; Czumalo, Vladimír (referee)
The purpose of this degree work is the description, characterizion and analysis of non-profesional art activities in consideration of the theatre. The central theme is the socio-cultural meaning of these activities. In first part of the text, the author defines art as the socio-cultural phenomenon. Because, on one hand, society and culture influence art and on the other hand, art influences society and culture. This degree work also deals with the applied research on infant aesthetic activities, which proves that the non-professional art activities has positive influence to a life style, process of socialization, creativity and relation to art and culture. ln second part of the text, the author defines professional and non-professional theatre, describes contemporary situation and conditions of non-professional theatre and statistical data. In connection to this description, the author deduces the socio-cultural meaning of non-professional theatre. The ma in puprose of this work is the rationale why it is neccesery to support, cultivate, reflect, structurally deal with and study non-professional art activities.
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The origin and the present state of Czech Christmas celebrations. Development of habits and traditions of today's Christmas celebrations with thorough description of the present state, its reasons and its future prospects
Budinská, Jana ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Matějů, Martin (referee)
This work is trying to resume principles and origins of European winter solstice celebrations, with focus on today's celebrations and psychological/cultural aspects of its éxperience. As its background, it mentions today's Christmas traditions, their development and changes through the time, and their origins in the ancient Rome, tribes living on Czech territory (Celtic, Germanic and Slavonic), and Christian values and habits.
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Street art - subculture of post-graffiti
Kern, David ; Matějů, Martin (advisor) ; Czumalo, Vladimír (referee)
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a contemporary art movement often referred to as street art, post-graffiti or urban art. One of the components of this thesis, besides differentiation from the graffiti movement and an introduction of the most important artists and techniques, is an attempt to relate subcultural theories and Pierre Bourdieu's theory of social field to the movement. The primary sources used in this paper are Tristan Manco's Street Logos and Stencil Graffiti, Julia Reinecke's Street-Art, Christian Hundertmark's The Art of the Rebellion, The Subcultures Reader edited by Sarah Thornton and Ken Gelder, articles published in various magazines and newspapers and also interviews with the artists and their discussions, which have been published on the internet. The author of this paper was also successful in contacting two of the artists via email. Because of the nature of the subject, the methods applied in this paper are mostly a description and understanding of the source materials, profiles of the main artists and their techniques. In the theoretical part, the paper attempts to apply relevant sociological theories to describe the dynamics of the processes in the given subculture. First, the paper defines the term street art followed by a brief introduction of the graffiti movement to...
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Aspects of absurd comic in avant-garde art (from symbolism to surrealism)
Řezáčová, Marie ; Borecký, Vladimír (advisor) ; Matějů, Martin (referee)
Konec devatenáctého a první polovina dvacátého století se nese ve znamení avantgardních směrů, které se prolínají ve všech sférách uměleckého vyjadřování. Na scénu přicházejí nové výrazové prostředky, které pomáhají vyjádřit změnu nastávající v novém století. Únava z konzervativních společenských norem dává podnět revoltujícím jedincům a skupinám, aby vyjádřili svůj nesouhlas s dosavadním stylem života. Snaží se reflektovat dění kolem sebe, politikou počínaje, oficiálním uměním a "pokryteckou" morálkou konče. Tyto tendence vznikají už koncem devatenáctého století a vrcholí právě mezi světovými válkami, které svými důsledky odkrývají ty nejhorší lidské vlastnosti. Nastavit zrcadlo společnosti se pokouší několik avantgardních skupin, které se nezapomenutelným způsobem zapsaly do historie komiky. V této diplomové práci se budu zabývat vývojem absurdní komiky od antiky přes symbolismus a dadaismus až po surrealistické hnutí. Jelikož je komika nedílnou součástí kultury a každá společnost si vytváří svůj vlastní humor, budu se snažit klást důraz na popsání jednotlivých období v kulturním kontextu té doby a zdůraznit v nich aspekty absurdní komiky. Tato práce bude představovat kulturologický pohled na téma komiky, odvozující se od jejích jednotlivých teorií. Komično můžeme vnímat jako kulturní prvek, který lze...
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Kuks and baroque culture in Czech lands
Novobílský, Marek ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Matějů, Martin (referee)
The aim of this study is to outline and illustrate the link between the Kuksian manor and its founder, the great Czech baroque figure count Sporck and his Kuks, as a synthesis of events after the Thirty Year's War. I am convinced that this theme can be considered culturally-historical, as in the introductory chapter we are primarily going to cover the region's formation during the times of baroque Bohemia, the causes and mechanisms of its formation, subsequently we will describe the region's relationship to architecture, and finally we are going approach the spectacular grounds of Kuks itself. In the second part we will turn to count Sporck himself, particularly his background all the way towards his final establishment in Bohemia, where we are going to mention his notable credit to architecture and art, and eventually we will proceed to the issues of Bohemian settings of that time. Another big chapter will cover count Sporck's editorial activities, which were very ostentatious and presumptuous considering the fact that they took place during the difficult era full of censorships and prohibition. It can rightfully so be regarded as outstanding and, with only a few exceptions, unique in its own way. Towards the conclusion we will also outline the development of Sporck's theatrical society, the cooperation...
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The cultural context of the national monument on Vítkov Hill. The problem of the artistic expression and interpretation of the values and ideas
Hessová, Jana ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Matějů, Martin (referee)
The idea behind the National Monument was to build the statue to Jan Žižka, the legendary czech warrior, whose fight for freedom of religion was taken as the symbol for the czech nationalism in the 19s century. In the year 1882 a Society to Erect a Monument to Jan Žižka of Trocnov on the Žižka's hill was formed in a nearly restaurant. From that moment to really erection the Žižka statue was almost seventy years long period of history, filled by political and social changes, which also have marked the monument, as well as its perceiving in the public. Nowadays, the yang generation born in 80.s and growing up in freedom, do not follow the beckground ideas of this buildig and the statue is for them only a bizar piece of art work. But hier is not the comlet divide between this generation and the national history. It will be very important for the czech National Museum to work out a quality program of this buildig, because it is hier the bigest amout of potencional visitors ever - the whole Czech nation.
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Litoměřice region - the garden of Bohemia: through Dolní Poohří region
Přerovský, Ondřej ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Matějů, Martin (referee)
The thesis deals with the state of the landscape of the Litoměřice region focusing on cultural and natural monuments of the Lower Ohře river area. The first part of the thesis is devoted to a brief description of the historical development and the present state of the culturallandscape of the Litoměřice region with a special emphasis on urbanization and the important places which have shaped this process, and an attempt at outlining the reasons of their being selected in the past. As the region in question is relatively large and very diverse, the second part of the thesis focuses in greater detail on the Lower Ohře river area and especially the premises of a remarkable cultural monument - the Doksany convent. The purpose of the thesis is not only to describe the present state of the landscape, but also to outline the possibilities of rehabilitation resulting from the conclusions reached, and also recommendations in relation to structure planning of the region. Using the available literature and other material, but also walking and cycling around the region, the author contemplates the possibilities of negotiating the unfortunate heritage of the second half of the 20th century and suggests measures that should - instead of being postponed - be accelerated in order to contribute to deeper revitalization of...
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The beer and the pubs in culture of Czech society
Soudková, Jitka ; Matějů, Martin (advisor) ; Czumalo, Vladimír (referee)
The object of our dissertation is to explore and specify the particular role that beer plays in the Czech culture. It also addresses its historical, social, cultural, and local development. We aimed to examine the function of beer and its cultural configuration; its setting and significance in cultural and social system; and its influence on behavior and experience of individuals. Furthermore, we have focused on both cultural;historical transformation of beer consumption on the Czech historical territory and drinking public spaces - pubs - as active cultural and social institutions. We regard pubs as places where pro;social and reciprocal behavior is accepted and active social interactions are expected to happen. Moreover, we are concerned with claim that roots of Czech national enlightenment lay in rural environment of village inns where Czech language was still widely spoken and preserved. In addition, we describe and assess a development of the brewing industry and related institutions; the status of so;called "barfly" as a particular social and cultural category. Last but not least we mention the gender problematic. In past, it was highly socially inadmissible for women to enter the pub without being accompanied by male counterpart. Therefore, we focused on this matter using heuristic and compilatory...
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Sociocultural aspects of male and female role in a family
Múčková, Jana ; Matějů, Martin (advisor) ; Opletalová, Lenka (referee)
Diplomová práce se zabývá problematikou sociokulturních rolí žen a mužů v oblasti rodiny a manželství a vlivem různých faktorů na postavení jednotlivých pohlaví v obou těchto institucích i ve společnosti samotné. Důležité je také vymezení samotného pojmu rodina, kterému je věnována hned jedna z prvních kapitol. Práce je rozdělena do dvou hlavních tématických částí. První část je věnována zejména historickému pohledu na problematiku vzájemného soužití obou pohlaví. Stejně tak jako ve většině vědních oborů je důležité pochopit dějinné události, popřípadě si z nich vzít příklad, je prospěšné věnovat se minulosti i za účelem pochopení rolí obou pohlaví v dnešním světě. První část diplomové práce se tedy snaží přiblížit vznik manželství a rodiny v různých historických úsecích od počátků samotného soužití muže a ženy a rozebírá postavení a úlohu žen i mužů v jednotlivých obdobích dějin. Druhá část diplomové práce je věnována především současnosti. Zabývá se problematikou postavení a role ženy a muže v dnešní společnosti s přihlédnutím na různé faktory, které je mohou ovlivnit. S tímto tématem souvisí také problematika učení se rolím během celého života s přihlédnutím na společenské předsudky, které proces socializace ovlivňují nemalou měrou. Důležitým tématem, o kterém je zmiňováno v druhé části diplomové práce...
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Buďánka - the place in Prague
Hradilková, Anežka ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Matějů, Martin (referee)
This text deals with the relationship of a human life and the place it is set. The first part treats the fact that an existencial connection is created between the person and the place he or she lives at. Not only do people influence the place of living, but the place itself consequently affects their lives. The quality which makes a place good for life is reflected in the spirit of the place - its genius loci. Genius loci consists of natural environment, structure of the place, its history, architecture and several other aspects which are described in the first part of the study. The second part deals with the city, with Prague in particular. Prague is a city with a strong genius loci. Environment, historical continuity and its inhabitabts with their needs have gave birth to a beautiful and diversed city. If we are able to realize the qualities which are important for the city, it is is desirable to conserve them. This kind of work concems the Prague Conservation. The third part deals with types of workers' habitation in course of the 19th and 20th century. In this context, Budanka, an urban pamatkova zone, is set. Budanka has been preserved as one of few workers' colonies in Prague and its existence has been menaced for a long time by policies of the city. This study maps its historical and cultural...
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