Summary: | The tbesis is foeused on sa!ient features of a eonerete loea! eulture, a village ea!led ''Nové Sady", whieh is situated in the region of "Žďár nad Sázavou". The work is eoneemed with theoretie and empiriea! ana!yses of symbols, eultural themes and eategories. The general eoneeption results from the presumption of uniqueness of the eultures. It is assumed that speei:fie views of the world exist within tbe frames of partieular loea! eultures. The eharaeteristie features are expressed in such eultura! eategories as pereeption of a territory and the way of understanding the f1ight oftime. It is likely to be impossible to rea!ize the phenomena by the means of "objeetive" researeh. As a result of this, tbe thesis gives atlention to a "subjeetive" point of view. The unique way of understanding the universe and the symbol s of the Ioea! eulture are taken down. Tbe thesis is divided into three parts: Territory, Time and People. It eontains a survey of signi:fieant and remarkable sites that are found in the territory; notes of some narratives related to tbe plaees; a variety of ways of time pereeption; style of life on weekdays and holidays; reports on signi:fieant festiva!s and events, whieh took plaee during tbe eourse of tbe fieldwork (July 2004 - April 2007); definition of soeia! statuse s and roles in the loea!...
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