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Mentality of the Oppressed: An Analysis of Czech Inferiority Complex Towards the West
Ertin, Sinan ; Marková, Alena (advisor) ; Německý, Marek (referee)
In this paper, we examine what we see as a Czech feeling of inferiority towards the western nations. Though the so-called post-communist syndrome seems to be a popular way to explain the negative self-perception of Czechs, we will argue that this phenomenon stems from the trauma, which Czechs experienced when transitioning from communism to the globalized capitalistic market. We believe that this trauma was brought about by the rhetoric of ''coming back to Europe'' as it is based on a heritage of orientalism in Europe, in combination with the general mentality of the oppressed, as thematized by the post-colonial theorists such as Franz Fanon or Paulo Freire. To verify our hypothesis, we conducted a survey with 189 respondents from all the regions of the Czech Republic.
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Koloniální nemovité dědictví a obrazy města ve východní Asii: Případová studie Kóbe a Inčchonu
Zimt, Alexandra ; Halbich, Marek (advisor) ; Horáková, Hana (referee) ; Knotková - Čapková, Blanka (referee)
This paper studies two former treaty ports, Kobe in Japan and Incheon (Chemulpo) in South Korea following the scholarship of Jennifer Robinson (2006) in building social scientific knowledge upon case studies of the so-called "ordinary cities". Using a "bricolage" of sub-fields of social anthropology and research techniques, the study focuses on the built remnants from the colonial period in the two cities and their perceived image to further develop on ethnographies of sensescapes and post-colonialism. The present study is an addition to the scholarship of urban anthropology through tracing out the formations of personal images of a city among their inhabitants, emic perceptions of "danger" and "oldness" in relation to built environments in Japan and South Korea and discussing the relevance of post-colonial sensibilities for place image creation. Keywords: urban anthropology, socio-cultural anthropology, collective memory, city branding, city image, post-colonialism, settler urban heritage, Japan, South Korea
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Assimilated Aliens: The Rise of David Levinsky and Portnoy's Complaint
Ambrožová, Alžběta ; Ulmanová, Hana (advisor) ; Pilný, Ondřej (referee)
How to be an alien in America? The answer, according to a sociologist, lies in the process of assimilation. By Park and Burgess, it is defined as "A process of interpenetration and fusion in which persons and groups acquire the memories, sentiments and attitudes of other persons or groups, and, by sharing their experience and history, are incorporated with them in a common cultural life" Assimilation takes place as a natural reaction to the encounter of different cultures and as such inevitably becomes a major issue in the 20th century America hosting huge waves of immigrants from all over the world, coming to the New World full of high hopes for new beginnings. Wandering for centuries as outcasts, Jews constitute an intriguing subgroup. Not only are some Jewish newcomers alien in their language, Yiddish peeking through their leaky English, they also do not conform in terms of their Judaic religion. Their cultural heritage clashes with the host culture of American WASPs and such a collision does not leave their Jewishness intact. The stories of immigrants are therefore essentially narratives of transformation. A key term in this discussion is one coined by Homi K. Bhabha, who, in his study on post- colonialism, claims the colonial subject, exposed to the dominant oppressor culture, acquires a "Double...
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