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The primary purpose of this report is to describe the territory of today's Kyrgyzstan from twosides (Russian and Anglo-American), thus, the cultural clash of the East and West. This topicis presented on the example of the day-to-day life. Using everydayness for outlining the situationallows greater transparency in differences between these two cultures. How can oneordinary day in the life of an average Kyrgyz change if it is seen from another country, blockor ideology point of view? It is possible to look at one country, its traditions and customsfrom two different points of view and often result in completely different conclusions. Attemptto objectively describe the situation is often affected by ideologies, time, and byexperiences and nature of the scientist or traveller. Precisely these aspects that have influencedperceptions of day-to-day life are taken into consideration and explained in more detail.The emphasis is put in particular on factors such as cultural background of the observer, hisideology, a religion and finally, on his personal relation to a given territory. This article aimsto clarify the differences in evaluation of everyday life in Kyrgyzstan in terms of East andWest, would like to show how to result in different interpretations with respect to the one whopresents the opinion. How do people today live in Kyrgyzstan, has their daily life changedradically after the collapse of the Soviet Union and after gaining independence? How is thecountry and its people viewed from the perspective of travellers and foreign media, and howdo the Kyrgyz perceive themselves?
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This paper is focusing on work migration of the Uzbek inhabitants, for who is migration theonly possible solution for their unsatisfactory economic situation. The mobility of labour isaffecting not only migrants themselves, but also their families and the whole society they livein. The study is complemented by the testimonies of the local people obtained from an originalfield work research conducted in Uzbekistan in 2012.
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The main goal of this study is to examine the relationship between Czech national identityand creation of places of memory. Particular goals are the assessment of the present role ofthe Czech national identity, determining the elements of the national identity and the assessmenthow important the building of memorials is nowadays. The study is based on thetheoretical and analytic part. The first part summarizes the general knowledge of the topic.The second part is the analysis of the results of the own research. The quantitative research ofthe public opinion was focused on the Czech national identity and the creation of places ofmemory in Czech Republic.
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The thesis elaborates the topic of territorial identity on the descendants of Vietnamese immigrants´ example in the Czech Republic. The goal is to find out what teenage generation ofVietnamese considers their home and is to understand the process having led to it. The issueis connected with the term of identity with focus on the ethnic and territorial extent. Alsosocial constructivism paradigm has here been outlined where principles of working with identitybase from. The thesis reaches from the history of Vietnamese arrival into the CzechRepublic till present day and the second generation. These are in fact Vietnamese students atthe age of 21 – 29, who have spent most of their lives here. Either they have arrived with theirparents as children or were already born in the Czech republic. Narrative interviews were carriedout as part of a biographical research with representatives of given generation, duringwhich the question about relation of an individual to ethnicity and home was monitored. Theconclusion summarizes essential findings of research analysis and field data interpretationunderneath.Key wordsNarrative, Vietnam
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The paper presents the view of transformation in the Czech city Jičín during socialistic era.The aim is to capture development of rural town into industrial town. Approach of urban anthropologywas used when answering the research question. The research presents narrativetestimony of informers (inhabitants of the city Jičín) which is compared with “official” data.
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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.
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The aim of the paper is to answer questions about the current media image of Muslims residingin the Czech Republic. Through the content analysis of newspaper’s contributions in twoCzech periodicals MF dnes and Právo media image of Muslims in the Czech Republic is constructedin the period of 2008 – 2013. The content of periodicals is analyzed on the basis ofdefined thematic categories which are analyzed in both quantitative and qualitative terms.
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The paper is about Gagauz ethnic minority in Moldova. The main objective of this work wasto answer the research question: What are the main elements of the Gagauz ethnic identity?The theoretical part presents theories of the so far unexplained origin of Gagauz people. Furthermore,it contains a brief history of this ethnic group from coming into the Dobruja regionto the emergence of Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia. They are mentioned figures ofGagauz as well as other states in which the members of this ethnic group can be found. In thepractical part is the assessment of the actual situation in Gagauzian region which consistsmainly of information about the current situation, the religious life, the use of language andcultural associations. Further, research question is answered when Gagauz people in Moldovafeel to be Gagauz due to a different origin from the majority society. The situation in Bulgariaand Greece is vastly different and ethnic Gagauz in those countries are at risk of assimilationthanks to the gradual loss of the mother tongue. The results were obtained through structuredinterviews with open questions, informal interviews and group interviews during two fieldworksin Gagauzian autonomous region.
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This paper deals with the influence of social traditions in Kyrgyzstan compared with the Kyrgyzvillage of Ulupamir in Turkey. The aim of the paper is to compare the influence oftraditions in everyday life in these two places. The notion of tradition and the social significanceof a pastoral society are influenced by the climatic conditions of the country too.Aspects of Kyrgyz traditions include the respect for religious practices and their relationshipto religion, family and family ceremony, the organisation of society in everyday life, kitchen,and the preservation of Kyrgyz customs such as music, literature, crafts and influence pastoraltradition to everyday life. The conclusion is to evaluate the differences and similarities of selectedKyrgyz traditions.
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The theme of this article is focused on the identity of Basque people who are living mainly in Spain and the generation differences concerning their perception. In the following text the author makes an attempt to understand the identity of Basque people nowadays. The main objective is to determine and point out the most important symbols which construct the ethnic identity of Basque people, find out whether there are visible generation differences in perception of their own identity and answer the main research questions related to this theme. It is mainly based on a qualitative research with contribution of quantitative data. The practical part contains results of a research conducted in the long time period in Bizkaia (Biscay), a part of Spain. Methodology of the thesis is based on study and analysis of information resources and field research. In the final part of the thesis the author presents own conclusions. The main conclusion will be formulated based on a synthesis of theoretical and practical part, results of author’s own work and evaluation of data.
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The work is based on research realised in 2014 in Bulgaria and partially and partly follows thebachelor thesis on the topic Pomaks: ethnic minority in the Balkan Peninsula. It will focusalso on the analysis of the three major ethnic groups (Turks, Pomaks) in Bulgaria and theirimpact on the local culture and economy. The work also deals with the history of the today'sregions and their evolution to the present. Everything is completed as information fromliterature and from information from respondents. There are also photographs in conclusion,which were taken from research in Bulgaria.
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This study focuses on the settlement of Slovaks in republic of Serbia. Text is focused onnorthern part of Serbia, this area known as Vojvodina is main homeland of Slovak minority.The article introduces the history and other most important aspects of their culture. Thisaspects are mainly media, fellowships, food and folk music. Education, language and religionwill be introduce in separate chapters because they have been very important on preservationof Slovak culture. The study also contains elementary information about geography andstatistic of the minority.
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The aim of this thesis is to find out which are the main characteristics of ethnic identity of Galicians in Spain, how they add to differentiating from Spanish majority and what role does the language play in this group's national awareness. The thesis first describes general geographic and demographic facts. The second part contains Galician history, culture and traditions and focuses on celebrations, gastronomy and myths. The next part deals with languages spoken in the region and their use in everyday life. It also includes history and current situation of these languages, mainly Galician. Topics are followed by responds of informants which were obtained via semi-structuralized interviews realized during field research.
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The main objective of the paper is to show relatively little known process of collectivizationin Soviet Central Asia. The aim is to show the specifics of the collectivization of Sovietagriculture on the example of Kazakhstan. The peasants were first given some land only to betaken it away in several years during the process of collectivization. The poor farmers,especially those who lacked good civil morals saw a chance to decide the future conception ofthe countryside. It seems that most of them did not see or were not able to see the sense of allthese changes in the social structure of the village, and especially the real intentions thecommunists had. Any ideological influence on the countryside is very harmful in its effect,and the consequences are difficult to remove even after a long period of time.
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Bazaar [bāzār] is a Persian word for marketplace. Like the Arabic term souk ق [súq], bazaar is both the concrete trading place, where many people meet and interact but like the English word market is also understood as a more abstract notion of buying and selling in the sense of demand and supply. Bazaar can refer to a single shopping unit or a street in the frame of the marketplace or outside its boundaries or to the whole business complex. The main aim of this paper is to show the specifics of the bazaar in the frame of the Middle Eastern society and culture. The souk is seen as one of the quintessential oriental spaces. The fundamental attribute of the bazaar is the scarcity and mal-distribution of information. Bargaining and clientelization are the most peculiar market institutions but the most effective communicative mechanisms for coordinating information among market participants. The bazaar itself, with its multifunctional character, has many uses and represents a rich economic base: a mix of trade, services, industries, tourism, and even accommodation. The traditional bazaar or souk is an economic institution, a communication network and a way of life, a general mode of commercial activity reaching into many aspects of the Arab society and Syrian in particular. Any bazaar is a major public forum, attracting diverse people who exchange information, rumour, family affairs, and opinions about economic conditions and political disputes.
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This paper is dedicated to the construction of Silesian identity at the area of the Opava region.The topic is examined from the point of view of representatives of three generations ofSilesians. The objects of interest are primarily the attributes of local identity by which is thecollective identity formed. The paper is further asking the question, whether there is anintergenerational transmission of this identity and its attributes. Professional literature andother relevant information sources were used for acquiring the key information, howevermainly the qualitative research in the form of narrative and semi structured interviews withresidents of the Opava region was applied. Processing of those forms the crucial contents ofthis paper, which is demonstrating the current perception of Silesian identity in the Opavaregion.
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Main objective of this study is to determine the perception of Roma and Vietnamese minorityby the Czech majority society. Analyzed is mainly reality whether there is a different viewbetween selected minorities. The empirical part of the study is devoted to the research, whichexamines the existence of the differences in the perception of Roma and Vietnamesedepending on interviewee’s gender, age, education and residence. The research is based onquestionnaire survey. The dependence is statistically tested in all cases.
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In this paper, we want to highlight the elements characteristic to the didactic process based onthe subjective evaluation methods. The issue of didactic evaluation is an important step in thetraining process, which must fall within the limits of educational objectivity and responsibility.According to the literature, the term of "evaluation" designates a series of operations to obtaininformation, useful ideas on students' level of training and understanding; thus "assessing" issynonymous with "ascertain" the effects of an action for that it should be valued in terms of theobjectives pursued. At the same time, the evaluation can be regarded as a process whichmeasures and values the results obtained within the education system, the way of using theresources, as well as other elements necessary for the activity by making comparisons of theresults with the proposed objectives, in order to adopt the best solutions to solve the problemsthat may arise in the course of time. Therefore, the didactic evaluation has a role of majorimportance in the educational process, being directly or indirectly related to the progress oflearning as well as the process of teaching. Taking into account the usefulness of the didacticevaluation process from a subjective and objective perspective, the role played by the didacticevaluation in the learning process can be highlighted. So, starting from the message on the wallof Albert Einstein's office, namely that "Not everything that counts can be counted, and noteverything that can be counted counts." we can say that as consumers of education, we aretempted to go through the subjective or objective evaluation filter all the aspects of theeconomic, social and educational life. As a consequence, the present paper brings forth, on theone hand the theoretical aspects of the didactic process, and on the other hand the practicalaspects of this process thus materialized through the subjective evaluation.
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