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Kolektivizace venkova očima pamětníků
Collectivization of the countryside through the eyes of witnesses

Author(s): Jakub Veselý
Subject(s): History, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Kulturní studia
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; daily life; rural collectivisation; collective memory; oral history

Summary/Abstract: The submitted article is a case study of a particular village and focuses on the period of forced collectivisation in rural Czechoslovakia. The primary aim of the work is to determine what images of collectivisation are still present in the minds of the local residents, and how this process affected the daily lives of their past. The practical section is based on original empirical research, which was conducted in the form of narrative interviews with selected survivors that were the primary witnesses of the collectivisation period. In addition to the accounts of the survivors of the period, studies of archival materials were also utilised. Data acquired through these methods will aid in acquiring a better and more comprehensive depiction of the period in question.

  • Issue Year: 3/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 3-17
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Czech
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