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Experiencing Parenthood in the Global South Countries: Exploratory Research of Everyday Experiences
Kahleová, Diana ; Novotný, Josef (advisor) ; Medová, Nikola (referee)
The thesis examines the everyday experiencing of parenthood in the context of Global South. The aim of this study is to explore the practices and experiences of specific parents and to find out which factors have impact on the differences between them in a certain space. Among others, the study is inspired by perspectives of everyday geography and feminist geographies, and it aspires to reflect on the inequalities via examined topics. There are four main topics studied in this research: division of childcare, child feeding, changing children' diapers and mobility of parents with children. Trough examining them the paper tries to highlight role of the space. The study focuses on parents of newborns and toddlers, i. e. the first three years of parenthood. The data collection was done by conducting semi-structured interviews with 23 parents in total with experiences with parenthood from 15 different African, Asian and Latin-American countries. The study has an exploratory character and follows the methodological principles of the Grounded theory. Through constant comparison of knowledge based on the answers of the interviewees and also the context of "developed countries" (mostly related to the Czech Republic) the thesis examines factors which impact experiencing parenthood in the context of the...
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Postcolonial photographic representations of Global South in the context of environmental disasters: The Haiti case
Kotvalová, Lucie ; Hrůzová, Andrea (advisor) ; Silverio, Robert (referee)
The present thesis examines the media representation of Haitian men and women in the context of environmental disasters from a postcolonial perspective. The work builds on the work of postcolonial authors such as Edward Said, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Walter Mignolo, Aníbal Quijano and Gurminder K. Bhambra, according to whom the system of power formed during the colonial period did not end with the formal independence of the former colonies, but transcends this imaginary boundary and materializes to this day through various pathways and processes, termed coloniality. It is precisely the possible continuity of contemporary forms of representation with colonial narratives that the thesis traces in three media discourses - the British media outlet The Guardian, the Czech server iDNES.cz and the Qatari media outlet Al Jazeera. Through a combination of social semiotic analysis applied to selected photographs and a discursive historical approach to critical discourse analysis used to deconstruct meanings in media texts, representations were analysed in the context of two Haitian natural disasters: the 2016 Hurricane Matthew and the 2021 earthquake. The research showed that modes of representation change in relation to the location from which they are formed and subsequently articulated, and are thus...
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Consumers' perception of the Fair Trade mark
HOLAROVÁ, Kristýna
The main objective of this thesis is to find out how the consumer perceives the Fairtrade mark. The other objective is to find out what products the consumer buys and if the sustainable consumption is important for consumers. This objective is achieved through a survey. Fair trade means a correct approach to producers of the Global South. Fair trade prevents from exploitation of growers and children´s labour. Fair trade is a globally used brand preferred mainly in the developed countries of Europe and North America. This brand is a part of organic farming and sustainable development. The main mission of this mark is to provide growers a corresponding payment which is bigger than costs of cultivation or production. The current objective of this brand is that consumes must buy fair trade products for sustainable development, not only for the brand itself.
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The Czech encouter with the so-called female circumcision
Poláčková, Lucie ; Havelková, Hana (advisor) ; Knotková - Čapková, Blanka (referee)
The aim of this thesis was to find the seeds of Czech interest in the topic of female genital mutilation using a spectrum of approaches, as well as the experience of experts on this topic. The research consists of two main parts. The first part is devoted to the mapping of the institutional network; the second one to personal stories. Interviews with narrators have been analyzed using the method of triple coding. Themes that reveal the narrators' opinions about and attitudes towards female genital mutilation have been explored in the analysis in particular. In terms of theoretical approaches, the thesis explores whether it is possible to frame the debate on female genital mutilation in the Czech context using the various theses of global feminism and whether there is a general interest in this issue and its solutions. Key words: female genital mutilation, global and multicultural feminism, postcolonial feminism, institutional network, gender order, global North, global South
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Sustainability of Urban Agriculture: a comparison of Dakar and Amsterdam
Oost, Franciene ; Horký-Hlucháň , Ondřej (advisor) ; Polesný, Zbyněk (referee)
This paper discusses urban agriculture in Dakar and Amsterdam and its contribution to urban sustainability. Therefore, it establishes an operational definition of urban sustainability, which is comprised of economic, social and environmental dimensions. It gives an insight in urban agriculture in both cities, and it analyzes its contribution to urban sustainability by examining the economic, social and environmental issues which are related to urban farming. Furthermore, it gives an insight in the differences of urban agriculture in the global South and the global North. Its findings suggest that although urban agriculture has potential for creating more sustainable cities, there are several constraints which need to be overcome. Keywords: Urban agriculture, urban sustainability, global South, global North, Dakar, Amsterdam
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Fair Trade fruits and flowers on the Czech market
NEUWIRTHOVÁ, Alena
The aim of this work is to introduce specific standards for fair trade products, especially for fruit and flowers. Moreover, the analyses the offer of Fairtrade fruit and flowers on the Czech market and determines consumer attitudes to these certified products. The attention is also paid to the campaigns, which are supposed to improve the awareness of Fair Trade and encourage the interest of real purchases.
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