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"Bazaar and pawn shop: ethnography at the interface of formal and informal economy"
Rádl, Michael ; Abu Ghosh, Yasar (advisor) ; Halbich, Marek (referee)
Bazaar and pawnshop: etnography at the interface of formal and informal economy Abstract: In this paper I deal with the issue, regarding what actually constitutes bazaar-pawnshop and what this facility means for different groups of customers. Basic research method is auto- ethnography, because best suits in the situation, where I am myself the owner of such shop and during field research I use my own memories and perform both as a direct participant-owner as well as an anthropologist, examining the environment of bazaar. In the empirical part, I offer a brief characterization of different types of customers, depending on the way how they use the bazaar-pawnshop. By describing and analyzing relationships and interactions occurring in the course of business negotiations in the bazaar-pawnshop, I try to show what this type of economy, often referred to as informal or marginal, means for different groups of customers. In particular, I focus on the question how marginalized groups perceive bazaar-pawnshop and how they incorporate it into their lifestyle. On the basis of collected data I infer that they regard the bazaar- pawnshop as a standard economic facility and as an almost necessary part of their everyday life. Keywords: bazaar-pawnshop, purchase, sale, pawn, loan, used goods, customers, marginalized groups
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Ageism: Age and the transformation of the labor market. The issue of chances for people over 50 on the labor market in Sokolov.
Rocskárová, Martina ; Buriánek, Jiří (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
The market transformation, which changed after the revolution in 1989 the centrally planned economy to market economy principles, has brought more opportunities for personal initiative, but some groups built into the marginalized position. These include people over 50, who built their careers on the background of other social conditions. Ingrained habits and passive attitude, together with the indifference of employers have segregated older people in the labor market. The aim of my work is to describe the market transformation according to available sources, with all its implications for change in the concept of career and how these changes disadvantage older generation. In the empirical part I use data from the Labor Office, which reveal the problem of passive and even resigned attitudes of older people. The cause of this state can be among others also the discriminatory behavior of employers and imperfect institutional help.
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"Bazaar and pawn shop: ethnography at the interface of formal and informal economy"
Rádl, Michael ; Abu Ghosh, Yasar (advisor) ; Halbich, Marek (referee)
Bazaar and pawnshop: etnography at the interface of formal and informal economy Abstract: In this paper I deal with the issue, regarding what actually constitutes bazaar-pawnshop and what this facility means for different groups of customers. Basic research method is auto- ethnography, because best suits in the situation, where I am myself the owner of such shop and during field research I use my own memories and perform both as a direct participant-owner as well as an anthropologist, examining the environment of bazaar. In the empirical part, I offer a brief characterization of different types of customers, depending on the way how they use the bazaar-pawnshop. By describing and analyzing relationships and interactions occurring in the course of business negotiations in the bazaar-pawnshop, I try to show what this type of economy, often referred to as informal or marginal, means for different groups of customers. In particular, I focus on the question how marginalized groups perceive bazaar-pawnshop and how they incorporate it into their lifestyle. On the basis of collected data I infer that they regard the bazaar- pawnshop as a standard economic facility and as an almost necessary part of their everyday life. Keywords: bazaar-pawnshop, purchase, sale, pawn, loan, used goods, customers, marginalized groups
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Value inclinations of czech journalists on example of socially marginalised squatters
Havlíková, Magdalena ; Vochocová, Lenka (advisor) ; Reifová, Irena (referee)
In my work I am dealing with the value inclinations of Czech journalists from the newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes, the tabloid Blesk (including the Sunday issue Nedělní Blesk) and the magazine Reflex. I have focused on the articles written about socially marginalized squatters in the years 2000, 2008 and 2009. I am interested in the values present in this discourse and what position will these values take towards squatters. In the theoretical part I explain concepts like hegemony, binary us-them, moral panics and body discipline, which will help me in my analysis. Recognized values are put into categories and subcategories according to their content. I describe the development of values within categories in different years. Finally I compare the values of the analyzed media.
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Ageism: Age and the transformation of the labor market. The issue of chances for people over 50 on the labor market in Sokolov.
Rocskárová, Martina ; Buriánek, Jiří (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
The market transformation, which changed after the revolution in 1989 the centrally planned economy to market economy principles, has brought more opportunities for personal initiative, but some groups built into the marginalized position. These include people over 50, who built their careers on the background of other social conditions. Ingrained habits and passive attitude, together with the indifference of employers have segregated older people in the labor market. The aim of my work is to describe the market transformation according to available sources, with all its implications for change in the concept of career and how these changes disadvantage older generation. In the empirical part I use data from the Labor Office, which reveal the problem of passive and even resigned attitudes of older people. The cause of this state can be among others also the discriminatory behavior of employers and imperfect institutional help.
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