In the year 1909 was established in Prague Minority Museum as a mutually-supportive institution. Its goal was to pay attention to demographic problems, expecially the distribution of Czech minorities in nationally mexed (Czech-German) regions in the borderlands, as well as collection of documents on national, cultural and social situation. One of the concrete activities of the museum was to pursue guestionnaire surveys, on the basis of which was expected to enquire the situation of Czech minorities on Czech-German territories. The article shows how the questionnaires were processed and distributed. Given the fact that the archival collection "Minority Museum 1909-1920" in the National Archives in Prague contains only a torso of filled questionnaires, it can be speculated that in the period before the World War I it was not possible to realize this project., Andrej Sulitka., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Dánský historik Sune Bechmann Pedersen se v této komparativní studii, sepsané původně jako disertace na Lundské univerzitě, zaměřil na vytváření smyslu komunistické minulosti v českých a německých filmech po roce 1989. Za cíl si stanovil popsat vztah mezi komunistickou minulostí, postkomunistickou kinematografií a "historickou kulturou" v Německu a České republice. Recenzent nepovažuje za nejzajímavější na jeho studii analýzu samotných filmů, ale spíše jejich zasazení do kontextu dobových veřejných debat. Přes absenci televizních seriálů v jeho rozboru a neznalost některých důležitých českých publikací k tématu nabídl autor podle jeho soudu zajímavou a funkční komparaci, neotřelý pohled zvnějšku a poměrně komplexní záběr., In this work of comparative history, which was originally written as his dissertation at Lund University, the Danish historian Sune Bechmann Pedersen focuses on the creation of the meaning of the Communist past in Czech and German films since the Changes beginning in late 1989. His stated aim is to explain the relationship between the Communist past, post-Communist cinematography, and "history culture" (Geschichtskultur) in Germany and the Czech Republic. Rather than its analysis of the individual films, what the reviewer finds most interesting about the book is the author´s having placed the films in the context of contemporary debates. Despite the absence of television series in his analysis and his lack of knowledge about some important Czech publications on the topic, the author has, according to the reviewer, produced an interesting and useful comparative work that offers a fresh look from outside with a broad scope., [autor recenze] Cyril Poliačik., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
The article is focused on the social-anthropological studies of kinship and gender with a special attention to the development of this field in the past two decades in the Czech Republic. The text brings an overview of the intellectual history of some crucial problems in kinship and gender studies within the framework of social anthropology and related disciplines. Furthermore, it answers the question to what extent and in which areas the theories, methods and topics of social-anthropological kinship and gender studies have found their place in the contemporary Czech Republic., Lenka J. Budilová., and Obsahuje odkazy pod čarou
Studie Kateřiny Nové se zabývá vzájemnými vztahy mezi dirigentem Václavem Talichem a hudebním vědcem Otakarem Šourkem, které vykládá s pomocí dochované korespondence těchto osobností., The friendship between the music writer, critic, and organizer Otakar Šourek and the world-famous conductor Václav Talich lasted nearly 50 years. We can get an idea of the intensity of their friendship by studying their mutual correspondence. Šourek always deeply admired Talich, and he tried to support him with all of his might (although not unconditionally). Talich, on the other hand, respected Šourek, and he confided in him about his everyday cares and joys, but in their correspondence we also find deep reflections about the music of Antonín Dvořák or comments about current politics and social issues. Talich’s letters thus give us a glimpse beneath the surface of the daily life of one of the most prominent Czech conductors., Kateřina Nová., Rubrika: Studie, and Anglické resumé na s. 319, anglický abstrakt 301.
Šplhalka keřová (Anyphaena accentuata) je jedním z mála evropských zástupců čeledi Anyphaenidae. Jde o středně velkého pavouka s charakteristickou kresbou na hřbetě zadečku. Vyskytuje se na keřích a stromech, kde pátrá po své kořisti. Samci provozují neobvyklé námluvy: svými makadly a prvním párem nohou bubnují na úkryt samice a zároveň vibrují svým zadečkem, čímž vyluzují bzučivý zvuk. Šplhalka keřová se vyskytuje v teplomilných listnatých lesích, především v nižších polohách., The species Anyphaena accentuata, one of the few European representatives of the Anyphaenidae family, occur mainly in deciduous forests, in lowland areas. This medium-size spider with a characteristic colour pattern on the dorsal side of abdomen climbs bush and tree vegetation where it searches for its prey. The males exhibit an unusual mating behaviour. They drum with the pedipalps and the first pair of legs on the female’s retreat, simultaneously vibrating their abdomen, creating a buzzing noise., and Milan Řezáč.