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Urban Festivities and Cultural Events as Instruments of Urban Revitalization and Development
Čermáková, Eva ; Kyselka, Mojmír (referee) ; Doc.PhDr.Jana Šafránková,CSc. (referee) ; Ing.arch.Eva Staňková (referee) ; Šilhánková, Vladimíra (advisor)
The central aim of this research is to contribute to the debate on the actual and potential role of urban festivities in urban development of cites areas. For some time, policy makers, planners and architects have realized the great importance of urban festivities and cultural events in revitalization and development of urban areas. They pay attention to both direct or indirect impact of such activities. A variety of festivities and cultural events have started to been incorporated into large-scale architectural and urban projects. They have also been employed as political tools. By now, it is generally accepted that urban festivities and cultural events are important investments contributing to the integration of communities and overall improved representation of the urban region. They often provide the urban environment with a new meaning and/or character. The proposed research is investigating and analyzing the potential effects of urban festivities and cultural events on the transformations and new perceptions of urban spaces and how they can be used as policy tools. It focuses on organized open-air activities in urban public spaces (including urban centers, neighborhoods and peripheries). Principal results of this research are based on the cooperation of two research centres: the Institute of Theory, School of Architecture, Brno University of Technology in Czech Republic and Laboratory for Theories on Urbanism, French Planning Institute, Paris VIII University in France.
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Cultural and creative industries in selected sector in the South Bohemia Region
ZUZÁKOVÁ, Eliška
The main subject of the bachelor thesis is to analyse the current state of the cultural and creative industry in the region, to map selected sectors, to identify the subjects and to propose measures that could lead to further development of the region and the sector. In the literature search, I summarized the basic concepts and information by studying and comparing the Czech and foreign literature. Then, in the methodology, I described how I would proceed with the practical part. In the practical part, I mapped the subjects of the book and print sector, found out the current state of affairs in the selected subjects by means of a questionnaire survey, personal interview, and by comparing the knowledge acquired in the theoretical part with the information obtained in practice, and suggested ways of using the potential of this sector for further development. On the basis of the obtained data, I found that in South Bohemia region there is a need to provide better conditions for enterprises in the sector to work and develop. Therefore, using the information obtained, I proposed four ways of solutions that could lead to further development. The first is to create a single platform for information transfer, the second is networking, or industry meetings, the third is to raise awareness about creative vouchers and the last is training for subsidies. These solutions could lead to the improvement of the situation and support of the creative and cultural industries in the South Bohemia region.
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Five Minute Fame of One Song
Merta, Vladimír ; Jurková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Benyovszky, Ladislav (referee) ; Stavělová, Daniela (referee)
My essay deals with phenomenon of Czech folk. Emic part traces chronologically influencing aspects involving my artistic development from the viewpoint of author, listener and repressive organs. Urban music developed from the folk revival into the subversive protest song movement. Auto-ethnographic research of myself as concerned participant merges with temporary comments, opinions, photographic documentation of generational shift of sensibility. Commercialisation leads folk movement into the mainstream pop culture. Role of gens and mems, dreams, subconscious helped folk musicians survive totality regime. Czech folk is not dead. Emerges at the edge of new subgenres, exposed to commodifications of cultural industry.
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Adorno's critique of mass culture in light of Hegel's aesthetics.
Kvapil, Matouš ; Paulíček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Horák, Vít (referee)
Often now talking about the decline or disaffection of arts, which is often associated with negative influences of mass culture. I try to explore these negative influences of mass culture, especially in music. For this purpose I use criticism of mass culture by Theodor W. Adorno, one of the representatives of the Frankfurt School. Music by its criticism loses its original purpose. It gets parasitic and fetish character, disappearing from it all individuality and spirituality and becomes a mere commodity made for consumption only. Through the Aesthetics by G.W.F. Hegel I will shortly introduce the philosophical conception of arts and I'll try to look into the original nature and purpose of arts, as it Hegel describes. Then I valorize the mutual relation of both conceptions and show that the characteristics of mass culture are incompatible with the true nature and purpose of arts. At the end I will try to point out perhaps too skeptical and resolute sight that Adorno in his critique presents. I will try to show that despite all the negative effects of mass culture, there is still room for a serious production and music can still be made true to its original nature and purpose. Keywords music, arts, culture, aesthetics, mass culture, cultural industry, Hegel, Adorno
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Urban Festivities and Cultural Events as Instruments of Urban Revitalization and Development
Čermáková, Eva ; Kyselka, Mojmír (referee) ; Doc.PhDr.Jana Šafránková,CSc. (referee) ; Ing.arch.Eva Staňková (referee) ; Šilhánková, Vladimíra (advisor)
The central aim of this research is to contribute to the debate on the actual and potential role of urban festivities in urban development of cites areas. For some time, policy makers, planners and architects have realized the great importance of urban festivities and cultural events in revitalization and development of urban areas. They pay attention to both direct or indirect impact of such activities. A variety of festivities and cultural events have started to been incorporated into large-scale architectural and urban projects. They have also been employed as political tools. By now, it is generally accepted that urban festivities and cultural events are important investments contributing to the integration of communities and overall improved representation of the urban region. They often provide the urban environment with a new meaning and/or character. The proposed research is investigating and analyzing the potential effects of urban festivities and cultural events on the transformations and new perceptions of urban spaces and how they can be used as policy tools. It focuses on organized open-air activities in urban public spaces (including urban centers, neighborhoods and peripheries). Principal results of this research are based on the cooperation of two research centres: the Institute of Theory, School of Architecture, Brno University of Technology in Czech Republic and Laboratory for Theories on Urbanism, French Planning Institute, Paris VIII University in France.
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Public and private financing of Culture
Ianchenko, Valeriia ; Sedmihradská, Lucie (advisor) ; Kosák, David (referee)
The Diploma thesis is devoted to the problems of financing culture focusing on the private and public support. The Theoretical part defines the basic theoretical concepts and the principle of functioning of the state contributory organizations in Czech Republic and characterizes the basic sources of financing of the Culture, covering public direct financial support (e.g. subsidies) and indirect support (tax expenditures), private financial support from profit and non-profit organizations and financing from EEA grants. The Practical part is focused on the quantitative analysis of the financial resources to the Culture and its development in time and measures the financial self-sufficiency of the organizations and the possibility of obtaining additional financial and other support through the private sector. It can be approbate that the financial self-sufficiency differs between the semi-budgetary organizations significantly, as well between sectors. However, the financial self-sufficiency of the cultural sector as a whole shows a positive trend.
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