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Culture and gender
Šeredová Purschová, Adéla ; Soukup, Václav (advisor) ; Opletalová, Lenka (referee) ; Ferrarová, Eva (referee)
Dissertation thesis "Culture and Gender" presents a theoretical introduction to study of phenomenon gender - sexual identity generated and shared by members of particular cultural systems, within social science, especially cultural and social anthropology. Term "gender" according to its basic definition relates to social and cultural differences between sexes in contrast to biological differences. This work surveys development of gender research from its beginning in time of Enlightenment, development of science and Women's Rights movement in 19th century to the present. The main focus of this work consists in gender aspects of cultural and social anthropology. Because of interdisciplinary character of gender research this work is also related to psychology and biology and presents the connection between findings of both disciplines. This work is based largely on analyses of foreign literature, theories and findings of Anglo-Saxon and French authors.
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Rites and festivals of contemporary local cultures
Válková, Jana ; Soukup, Václav (advisor) ; Soukup, Martin (referee) ; Erban, Vít (referee)
The study eoneerns theoretie and empirieal analysis of festivities and rites including their influenee on eontemporary human existence. The researeh is foeused on reeent loeal cultures. The interdisdplinary and holistic approaeh is joining up the study of the problem both in terms of individuals, their families and loeal sodety, whieh enables to unravel and interpret the eonnections between festivals and the sodo-eultural system as sueh. Therefore, the thesis is based on theoretieal analysis, including spedal literature analysis, as well as on field researeh of partieular loeal eultures. Empirieal researeh notes down partieular festivals and rites as observed in three reeent loeal eultures of the Czeeh Republie: Nové Sady (near Velká Bíteš, in the district of Žďár nad Sázavou and Vysočina Region), Hrubý Jeseník (in the district of Nymburk and Central Bohemia region) and Radim u Jičína (in the district of Jičín and Hradec Králové Region). The field researeh took plaee from 2004 to 2010, the terrains have not been studied before.
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Sings and symbols in European culture
Krejčí, Tereza ; Soukup, Martin (advisor) ; Soukup, Václav (referee)
The first palt of this thesis defines notions of symbol and sign, presents basic information about scientific fields which examine symbols and signs and other fields of influence to this examination. The second part presents particular symbols of particular historical periods of the Eastern Europe from the Antiquity up to the present day. These symbols can be conlpared to arclletypes animus and anima of C. G. Jung. The goal of this thesis is to accentuate the importance of symbols and archetypes in our time, because their influence should not be underestimated even today.
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Frame of mind
Krlínová, Kateřina ; Soukup, Martin (advisor) ; Soukup, Václav (referee)
Thesis deals with a frame of mind and its influence on human behaviour and judgement. It focuses on analysis of perception, from which result that the frame of mind is deeply influenced by perceptual structuralism which is directed by principle of identity and diversity. It also deals with fundamental conditions of moods in relation to being of the human as a whole.
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Experiment such an instrument of cultural research
Ehmigová, Zuzana ; Soukup, Václav (advisor) ; Soukup, Martin (referee)
The thesis discusses culturological analysis of experimental method as a research instrument of socio-cultural phenomena. It is the utilisation of experiment in social sciences and archeology that is examined in particular. The aim of the thesis is to describe and analyse the typology of archaeological experiments with respect to the subject of culturology.
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Sexuality and social control of women in transcultural perspective
Hadravová, Lenka ; Soukup, Václav (advisor) ; Opletalová, Lenka (referee)
The subject of thesis "Sexuality and Social Control of Women in Transcultural Perspective" is theoretical analysis of social control of women sexuality, structure and instruments of this control. The aim is to answer the question, how and in which process and circumstances the social dominance of men in patriarchally orientated societies is evolved, continuously renewed and secured and by which means or instruments is this situation sustained in a long-term perspectives. The insight into matrilineally orientated societies is offered for comparison and adumbration of possible counterpart of different way of social structuring. This also reminds the reader to think in the instances of cultural relativism and for this purpose is used theoretical frame of cultural constructivism, concepts of gender, social roles, socialization and enculturation processes and symbolic structures of these cultures. This thesis contains comparative analysis of imperative of modesty and chastity, veiling, female genital mutilation, Chinese foot-binding, virginity, institution of harem and chastity belt. These instruments of social control of women sexuality are examined and researched from transcultural perspective and the geographical localization and cause description is outlined.
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Adaptation of Spanish language teachers in the contemporary Czech republic: about the adaptation of specific minority
Sečková, Kateřina ; Soukup, Martin (referee) ; Soukup, Václav (advisor)
Job migration is a very developed phenomenon in the world today. After 1989 many foreigners from all over the world started coming to the Czech Republic. Also the mutual relations between Spain and the Czech Republic began to reinforce in all aspects. It was not only Spanish tourists who came to Czech Republic but also university students, specialised workers and businessmen, who came for longer periods. Moreover, after the entry of the Czech Republic to the European Union the process of employing foreigners became even easier for European Union citizens. Nowadays there is a Spanish minority living in the Czech Republic. This minority is formed mainly by men, official statistics (to May 31st, 2008) allege 498 persons. Spanish people in the Czech Republic live mainly in Prague (because of the biggest job market, seat of business of many companies and schools.) This work deals with the adaptation strategies of Spanish teachers of Spanish language to the conditions in the Czech Republic. The aim was to find out how the process of adaptation of the chosen group proceeds. The qualitative research was chosen for the data acquisition, the main method was a direct unstructured interviewing and side methods were participant observation and diagnostic drawing. From October 2006 to August 2008 I carried out eight...
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Maori culture
Pirunčíková, Libuše ; Soukup, Václav (referee) ; Uherek, Zdeněk (advisor)
This project is trying to get into Maori 's history, culture and conflicts of Maori's population. It describes inhabiting New Zealand by Moari, discovering these islands by Abel Janszoon Tasman and conflicts that came up during the conquering of New Zealand by European colonists, because of the diversity of both cultures. The important part of Maori's history includes war conflicts until mid 20's, when the renesaince of the falling culture started to happened. Since the end of the world war II. the New Zealand goverments are trying to settle down all the harms done to the Maoris in the past and they are slowly trying to get used to these changes.
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The phenomenon of a stranger in male and female culture
Kučerová, Jitka ; Czumalo, Vladimír (referee) ; Soukup, Václav (advisor)
Modern society does not support variety. Globalization proves this and it affects gender, as well. Society tends to negate variety and reacts inappropriately - by segregation, ridicule, suspicion, etc. Variety is still understood as something of little value. This work studies the issue of variety in gender, whose problems it compares to problems of a stranger. It analyzes both issues in the perspective of modern Western society and offers the analogy of gender issue and the issue of a stranger. This analogy is outlined in three major areas of social life: family x society, specific male and female occupations, and partner relationships. Our work especially stresses tolerance and willingness to find what is realistic in contrast to prejudices. Any kind of discrimination not only disturbs the discriminated but also the discriminating. The obscurity of gender roles in modern times and difficulties in understanding these roles lead to negative effects for both sexes, including a lack of freedom.
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Film festival
Šedivá, Kristina ; Soukup, Václav (referee) ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor)
The theme of this thesis is the film festival from historical and contemporary perspective. The first chapters are mainly focused on the development and decosecration of festivities, sabbaths and celebrations. I have conducted an analysis of the ancient official sabbaths focusing on the process of a gradual separation of sabbaths and folklore festivities, in which order and formality are suppressed, from those festivities which have standing order and rules. As a connecting thread between the traditional festivities and contemporary form of the festivals I have chosen the theme of spontaneity, liberation from hierarchical relations, norms and commitments. Further more I was looking for an interconnection based on the ritualistic behavior of festival and festivity participants. I found a certain similarity between the ritualistic behavior of traditional community members, people from the Middle Ages, renaissance era, and modern contemporary society. I have observed forms of ritualistic behavior among festival visitors particularly those visiting Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. For several years I have been professionally involved with this Festival and simultaneously have had the opportunity to compare KV IFF with other Czech and European festivals, which I attend regularly.
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