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1981 Irish Hunger Strike in Cinema
Kolínová, Kristýna ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Matějka, Ondřej (referee)
The hunger strike of Irish republican prisoners in 1981 that was held in Maze/Long Kesh prison in Northern Ireland was the culmination of a protest against the abolition of Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners. Ten men starved themselves to death. The events related to the hunger strike are not forgotten to this day and still arouse disputes in the society. This thesis focuses on the analysis of popular feature films whose main theme is the hunger strike in Northern Ireland. On a theoretical level, the thesis uses the concept of collective memory which is described in more detail and applied to the issues of cinema in the first part of the thesis. The second chapter briefly presents historical context: the hunger strike itself and also its legacy today. The last and the most important part of the text deals with three movies, namely Some Mother's Son (1996), H3 (2001) and Hunger (2008) which are compared with regard to the origin of their authors, the selection of specific aspects of the historical events and time of their creation. Besides a summary of the main findings, there is also an outline of how filmmakers generally work with the theme of hunger strike in the conclusion.
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Prostest and terroristic actions of the IRA in 1981 by the view of the czechoslovak press
Dobrovodský, Martin ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Lysoněk, Tomáš (referee)
The bachelor thesis Hunger strike of the Nortern Irish prisoners in 1981 by the view of the Czechoslovak press deals with the qualitative content analysis of the informations about hunger strike of the Norther Irish prisoners that appeard on the pages of selected Czechsoslovak newspapers. The period under ecxamination is from 1st March until 3rd October 1981. Hunger strike itself took place in prison in Northern Ireland that was called Long Kesh. Selected newspapers are Rudé právo, Mladá fronta and Lidová demokracie. Theoretical part of the work describes the history of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Methodological part presents research method, which is qualitative content analaysis and with it associated research questions and hypotheses. Each newspapers are introduced and analyzed separately and compared with each other at the end of the work. The main goal of the work is to find out, how selected newspapers informed about the events in Northern Ireland, how much space was given to these events and how much this newspapers presented their own opinion about the conflict.
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The hunger strike of Irish republican prisoners in 1981 from the point of view of British press
Perzolla, Matteo ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
In 1981 a hunger strike broke out wich was held in the correctional facility Maze in Belfast. The hunger strike was held by Irish republican prisoners and ten men starved themselves to death. This strike was the culmination of a protest against the abolition of the Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners. This thesis focuses around the hunger strike of the Northern Irish prisoners and describes the background of the protest. The theoretical framework briefly describes the history of the Northern Irish conflict and the course of the hunger strike. Furthermore, this bachelor thesis describes the goals of the protesters and the main protagonists of the strike are introduced to the reader. The application part of this thesis is devoted to the qualitative analysis of this hunger strike. The main goal of this research is to find out to what extent British newspapers coverd this problematic situation in Northern Ireland and what was their attitude to the whole situation. The application section focuses on the coverage of British newspapers from a qualitative analysis perspective.
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Hunger strike as a political weapon in the contemporary India
Biľová, Oľga ; Štipl, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Marková, Dagmar (referee)
The thesis will be discussing the concept of hunger strikes, that in the world, especially in Indian subcontinent serve as the way of political weapon. The work is divided into four parts linked with each other. The first chapter presents the basic division of hunger strikes' causes. From fasts, that can play the role of healthy or religious act to a hunger strike as the social protest against repression from higher posts of hierarchy. The second and also the key chapter presents the most important Indian thinker throughout the 20th century, M. K. Gandhi, who is known by his unprecedented number of fasts and hunger strikes, mainly with political background. He had created and moreover incorporated his own philosophy, which is also included into his hunger strike as a non-violent weapon. The third and at the same time the vastest chapter of my work contains the most interesting Indian hunger strike examples after Gandhi's death. The last chapter briefly informs about the complete hunger strike transformation and depicts the most outstanding hunger strikes' mistakes and reasons of failure consequences.
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1981 Irish Hunger Strike in Cinema
Kolínová, Kristýna ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Matějka, Ondřej (referee)
The hunger strike of Irish republican prisoners in 1981 that was held in Maze/Long Kesh prison in Northern Ireland was the culmination of a protest against the abolition of Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners. Ten men starved themselves to death. The events related to the hunger strike are not forgotten to this day and still arouse disputes in the society. This thesis focuses on the analysis of popular feature films whose main theme is the hunger strike in Northern Ireland. On a theoretical level, the thesis uses the concept of collective memory which is described in more detail and applied to the issues of cinema in the first part of the thesis. The second chapter briefly presents historical context: the hunger strike itself and also its legacy today. The last and the most important part of the text deals with three movies, namely Some Mother's Son (1996), H3 (2001) and Hunger (2008) which are compared with regard to the origin of their authors, the selection of specific aspects of the historical events and time of their creation. Besides a summary of the main findings, there is also an outline of how filmmakers generally work with the theme of hunger strike in the conclusion.
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The reasons for force feeding prisoners at Guantanamo in the context of Foucault's theory of Power
Polák, Michal ; Hájek, Martin (advisor) ; Maršálek, Jan (referee)
Aim of this paper is to explain used forced feeding of hunger strikers at the U.S. Prison at Guantanamo, when this technique is prohibited in international law. I used the sociology of Michel Foucault, who devoted himself to the topic of imprisonment. His work is often used in the interpretation of what is happening at Guantanamo. With the help of these interpretations were generated two hypotheses. I tested compiled hypotheses in study of literature including news articles, research papers, reports of human rights organizations, legislation, interviews with former camp detainees or camp staff etc. We conclude that the prisoners at Guantanamo are not fed to be kept alive, but rather to be punished for a hunger strike protest. The conclusions highlight a new form of relationship between state and its citizens, which calls for more comprehensive analysis of current form of government, which we are not able to cover in this work.
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Prostest and terroristic actions of the IRA in 1981 by the view of the czechoslovak press
Dobrovodský, Martin ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Lysoněk, Tomáš (referee)
The bachelor thesis Hunger strike of the Nortern Irish prisoners in 1981 by the view of the Czechoslovak press deals with the qualitative content analysis of the informations about hunger strike of the Norther Irish prisoners that appeard on the pages of selected Czechsoslovak newspapers. The period under ecxamination is from 1st March until 3rd October 1981. Hunger strike itself took place in prison in Northern Ireland that was called Long Kesh. Selected newspapers are Rudé právo, Mladá fronta and Lidová demokracie. Theoretical part of the work describes the history of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Methodological part presents research method, which is qualitative content analaysis and with it associated research questions and hypotheses. Each newspapers are introduced and analyzed separately and compared with each other at the end of the work. The main goal of the work is to find out, how selected newspapers informed about the events in Northern Ireland, how much space was given to these events and how much this newspapers presented their own opinion about the conflict.
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Fasting for health
ĎURČOVÁ, Iveta
This work introduces the reader to the therapeutic possibilities of fasting. The theoretical part it is consideres how and where this unorthodox method is used. It focuses on short-term (1 day) and medium-term (5 to 7 days) fasting. The content of this work arose from the consultations with the supervisor. The subject of the research are the health effects of the short-term and medium-term fasting. The aim of this work is to analyze these effects in 5 to 6 chosen individuals. The medium-term fasting is observed and examined in order to find out whether it causes any mental or physical changes or undesirable compications. This data and the results of the conducted qualitative research are analyzed and explained. Furthermore, this work focuses on of similarly oriented research and a discussion based on comparing the results is raised. In conclusion the findings of this work are particularized and shaped into recommendations for those who are interested in this kind of cleaning of organism.
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