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The beginning of the end of shoe production in Zlín The transformation of the shoe manufacturer SVIT Gottwaldov in the period 1989-1991
Grác, David ; Krátká, Lenka (advisor) ; Wohlmuth Markupová, Jana (referee)
In my diploma thesis, I examine the contemporary history of the transformation of the socialist economy after November 1989, applying the oral-historical method. As an example of such a transformation, I am using the traditional shoe producer Svit Gottwaldov. The thesis focuses on a specific time frame that began with the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and ended on 26. 11. 1991, when the state enterprise Svit - the former direct successor of the Bata company - halted production, put one-quarter of its employees on forced leave, fell into secondary insolvency, terminated the negotiations on the entry of the Bata company, and essentially collapsed. In the first part of the work, the methodology on which the text is based is laid out. The basis is oral history interviews, which are supplemented by archival sources. The second, empirical part, describes the events of that time in the form of a story. The plot of our story begins with a description of the state of affairs before November 1989, the subsequent revolutionary events, the return of Tomáš Bata junior, his negotiations to take over Svit. The story ends with the management's not very successful attempt at transformation and privatization.
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Art Scene of the Sixties in Zlin
Drábková, Veronika ; Klimešová, Marie (advisor) ; Horňáková, Ladislava (referee)
This Master thesis with a title of "The Art Scene in Zlín in Sixties" considers Zlín's culture of the era on the institutional level. It consists of three main parts including the issues of (1.) the Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín (called Gottwaldov during the era of communist regime in Czechoslovakia from 1949 to 1989), (2.) The Gallery Dílo Gottwaldov, a branch of ČFVU (the Czech Archive of Art), and finally (3.) The Design Competition for Theater of Workers. This thesis aims to describe foundation, development, work and exhibition activities for both galleries. The chapter about the Regional Gallery also pursues acquisition activity of the Institution. A part of the thesis dealing with a competition to decorate Theater of Workers describes development of the competition since its manifestation, follows the announcement of a winning designs and considers the official opening of the building as well. The competition was launched for the construction of monumental sculpture in front of the Theater, the monumental mosaic for the front lobby of the Theater, sculpture in the fountain in a park behind the Theater and decorative textile curtain for the stage.
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