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History of Chrudim Puppetry Museum
Matula, Richard ; Krátká, Lenka (advisor) ; Wohlmuth Markupová, Jana (referee)
The diploma thesis attempts to outline the origins and development of the Chrudim Puppetry Museum, founded in 1972, using the method of oral history, archival research and available literary sources. Attention is focused on the circumstances of the establishment of this memory institution with international ambitions, the formation of its collection, the characteristics of its professional activities and the everyday life of its employees during the period of the so-called normalisation. However, the work also traces the transformation that the above-mentioned areas went through in the context of the fall of the previous regime in the new political, economic and social conditions until approximately the first half of the 1990s.
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Jan Palach lives on in the memories of those living in Všetaty
Luzar, Kamil ; Wohlmuth Markupová, Jana (advisor) ; Mücke, Pavel (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on the perception of the personality of Jan Palach by the inhabitants of the town of Všetaty. People of different generations, gender and education who shared his place of birth or residence with him. The whole study is based on a thorough heuristic work, which helped to draw the historical context. However, the emphasis is put mainly on the subjective statements of the addressed narrators, processed by years of proven methodological procedures of oral history. The focus is given to ordinary people who do not have direct family or friendly ties to Jan Palach. And because he himself wanted to snatch just such an ordinary Czechoslovak citizen from post-occupation lethargy, the study focuses on the degree of direct or indirect influence on the lives of the narrators.
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Living Close to the Astronauts and 'in the Centre of the Universe': Every-day Life of the 'Panel Housing' Estate Jižní Město in Prague
Cassi Pelikán, Hana ; Uherek, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Bittnerová, Dana (referee) ; Nosková, Jana (referee)
The subject of this thesis is to record the every-day life, local and collective memory, and relationships of individuals - local inhabitants of the 'panel-housing' estate, Jižní Město, in Prague - towards the specific urban and social space in which they live. The thesis is based on interviews, with the long-term inhabitants of Jižní Město, which were structured to record their lived experience in the housing estate during two consecutive periods in recent Czechoslovak history - the so-called normalisation and post-socialism periods. The interviews were used as an empirical counterbalance to architectural/city planning discourse and Czech media, which has interpreted the legacy of 'panel-housing' estates in a negative way, as the socialist form of housing par excellence. The aim of this thesis is to analyse this discourse, which also reflects how Czech society deals with its communist past, and to compare it with the experiences, evaluations and current challenges in the lives of these long- term inhabitants, living in the biggest Czech 'panel-housing' estate with a bad reputation. Key words: panel-housing estates, Jižní Město, housing, local/collective memory, local/urban identity, everyday life, city, so-called normalisation.
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Czechoslovakian Jazz Rock During the So Called Normalization
Jurásek, Ondřej
The dissertation thesis deals with Czechoslovakian jazz rock in the era of so called normalization. It observes the beginnings, chosen microprobes, the conjuncture of the era and self reflection of the musicians altogether with contextual connotation of political science, sociology and history. These represent a type of genre/style of so called nonartificial music with specific position of local apolitical phenomenon which creates a part of the symptomatic cultural picture mainly in the seventies. Keywords: jazz rock, jazz and rock music, so called nonartificial music, Czechoslovakia, Czech and Slovak Socialistic Republic, so called normalization
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The Academic Cooperation between Charles University in Prague and University of Hamburg during the Period of the So-called Normalization
Kuklíková, Kateřina ; Kunštát, Miroslav (advisor) ; Šmidrkal, Václav (referee)
This master thesis deals with the development of the academic relations between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany during the so-called normalization, so from the beginning of the 1970s to the fall of the so-called Iron Curtain. The main focus lies on the inter-university partnership between Charles University in Prague and the University of Hamburg, which was concluded in Prague in 1980 and is successfully carried out till today. It was the first cooperation agreement Charles University made with a West German university during the period of the cold war. The thesis analyses, in which way both universities approached the partnership and how the cooperation could be put into practice. The main objective of the text is to find out which dynamics the partnership in the observed period gained and if the cooperation even managed to overcome the original expectations of the main actors considering the given conditions within the domestic and international politics. The examined cooperation is put into a broader context, not only of the development of the Czechoslovak-West German relations but also of the situation within international politics. The partnership was possible to negotiate thanks to bilateral agreements, which arranged the further development of the...
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Czechoslovakian Jazz Rock During the So Called Normalization
Jurásek, Ondřej
The dissertation thesis deals with Czechoslovakian jazz rock in the era of so called normalization. It observes the beginnings, chosen microprobes, the conjuncture of the era and self reflection of the musicians altogether with contextual connotation of political science, sociology and history. These represent a type of genre/style of so called nonartificial music with specific position of local apolitical phenomenon which creates a part of the symptomatic cultural picture mainly in the seventies. Keywords: jazz rock, jazz and rock music, so called nonartificial music, Czechoslovakia, Czech and Slovak Socialistic Republic, so called normalization
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Living Close to the Astronauts and 'in the Centre of the Universe': Every-day Life of the 'Panel Housing' Estate Jižní Město in Prague
Cassi Pelikán, Hana ; Uherek, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Bittnerová, Dana (referee) ; Nosková, Jana (referee)
The subject of this thesis is to record the every-day life, local and collective memory, and relationships of individuals - local inhabitants of the 'panel-housing' estate, Jižní Město, in Prague - towards the specific urban and social space in which they live. The thesis is based on interviews, with the long-term inhabitants of Jižní Město, which were structured to record their lived experience in the housing estate during two consecutive periods in recent Czechoslovak history - the so-called normalisation and post-socialism periods. The interviews were used as an empirical counterbalance to architectural/city planning discourse and Czech media, which has interpreted the legacy of 'panel-housing' estates in a negative way, as the socialist form of housing par excellence. The aim of this thesis is to analyse this discourse, which also reflects how Czech society deals with its communist past, and to compare it with the experiences, evaluations and current challenges in the lives of these long- term inhabitants, living in the biggest Czech 'panel-housing' estate with a bad reputation. Key words: panel-housing estates, Jižní Město, housing, local/collective memory, local/urban identity, everyday life, city, so-called normalisation.
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