The past two decades have been marked by rapid transformations of tourism in postcommunist countr... more The past two decades have been marked by rapid transformations of tourism in postcommunist countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Yet, there has been little systematic research on tourism development in this region from the social science perspective, that is to say the anthropology of tourism. This paper attempts to outline key ideologies and practices of tourism in socialist Czechoslovakia and to contrast them with a new phenomenon of post-communist incoming tourism into Czech rural countryside, the emergence of recreational complexes called 'Dutch villages' and second homes owned by the Dutch. The main aim is to analyse the changing role of tourism in the process of post-communist transformation. This paper is divided into three parts. First, it aims to review the overall nature of tourism in communist Czechoslovakia, highlighting the most typical features of both domestic and international tourism. The second part is dedicated to a short evaluation of post-communist tourism development in the country. Finally, the heart of the text focuses on Dutch 'residential tourism' in two Czech rural areas that have experienced both socialist and post-socialist tourism practices. In general, the attention is focused on the transformation of Czech rural communities due to the diverse impacts of tourism, and on the factors that either facilitate or hinder 'host' and 'guest' interaction in particular.
SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING Edited by Anthony Pym,Miriam Shlesin-ger an... more SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING Edited by Anthony Pym,Miriam Shlesin-ger and Zuzana Jettmarová, Vol. ... LUQUE DURÁN, JdD PAMIES BERTRÁN, A., eds., INTERCULTURALIDAD Y LENGUAJE Vol.I.:El significado como corolario ...
The counter-revolution after September 11 th provides another story for our decade. Meanwhile, ac... more The counter-revolution after September 11 th provides another story for our decade. Meanwhile, academia has not yet grown tired of 'globalisation', as these books testify. An extension of the current trend towards depression and war could soon change that. Marc Abélès and Thomas Hylland Eriksen are both gifted anthropologists who have done much to drag our discipline into the 21st century by addressing the social forces changing the contemporary world. Neither of them is much interested in the world economy as such.
This article investigates the epistemological and methodological challenges concerning multi-loca... more This article investigates the epistemological and methodological challenges concerning multi-local research in four Czech rural areas that have recently embarked upon a project of international tourism which uses public space and rural landscape as one of its principal attractions. The aim of the article is to discuss the degree of relevancy of particular methods, research strategies and conceptual tools in general and the ways they are reflected and applied in our research. The article also presents some of the research outcomes that illustrate the application of these theoretical and methodological approaches. The issues discussed in this article include theoretical and practical implications of defining modern rurality as an unbounded and fluid concept, and creating a conceptual framework for the author’s empirical research. The main part of the article is devoted to theoretical and practical aspects of carrying out multi-sited ethnography as a research strategy for the study of rural development through tourism. The question is whether this method can be a legitimate proposition for contemporary research of modern rurality that seeks to understand social change associated with the post-socialist transformation of the Czech rural space.
Anthropological Journal of European Cultures, Sep 1, 2009
After the fall of the Iron Curtain a new concept of Europe as a socially relevant object of study... more After the fall of the Iron Curtain a new concept of Europe as a socially relevant object of study emerged in the social sciences challenging the model of Europe as historical entity, or a philosophical or literary concept. This concept provoked an upsurge of interest in the study of European identity among anthropologists who began to study how Europeanness is constructed and articulated both by the architects of the EU themselves and at a grass-root level. Drawing on notions of European culture and identity, this text examines the image of Europe/the EU in post-communist Europe, particularly in the Czech Republic, from two different perspectives. First, how the institutionalisation of Europe as a cultural idea is viewed by some of the Czech political commentators, and second, from an ethnographically grounded anthropological perspective, focusing on how and at what levels a Czech local community identifies with Europe and the EU. Drawing on a broad range of data, the text attempts to provide new insights into the pitfalls of collective European identity in the making, with the emphasis on its cultural dimension in the post-communist Czech Republic.
The book under review presents an interdisciplinary evaluation of the political transitions in th... more The book under review presents an interdisciplinary evaluation of the political transitions in the Czech Republic and South Africa. The comparative perspective is founded on the effects that globalisation and the hegemony of neo-liberalism had on the move towards liberal democracy in both countries. Because of the timeframe when the two case studies occurred the book is able to point out that a number of common features and parallels in the two transitions can be identified, as well as the post-transition environment and how this has played out in South Africa and the Czech Republic.
Up to a few decades ago, the anthropology of tourism was regarded as a way to become involved in ... more Up to a few decades ago, the anthropology of tourism was regarded as a way to become involved in effortless research in pleasant settings. Moreover, tourism was portrayed as a sinister carrier of Westernization, thus as a menace to the subaltern societies that had to endure it. Nowadays, anthropological studies on tourism have established their own legitimacy due to the considerable socioeconomic significance of tourism in this age of hectic global mobility. This book points to new and important research perspectives showing the impact of tourism on the rural world. The articles presented in this collection are a major and groundbreaking contribution to the analysis of the new rurality in global society. (Series: Freiburger Sozialanthropologische Studien/Freiburg Studies in Social Anthropology - Vol. 35)
Koncept „rasy“ je určujícím prvkem jihoafrické sociální reality od konce 19. století až po součas... more Koncept „rasy“ je určujícím prvkem jihoafrické sociální reality od konce 19. století až po současnost. V žádné jiné zemi na světě nedošlo k tak výraznému systematickému sociálnímu inženýrství založenému na víře v nepřekročitelnost rasových, resp. kulturních odlišností. Moderní ideologie, založená na myšlence rasové segregace jihoafrické společnosti, vznikla v době sociálního evolucionismu a souběžného rozvoje „vědecké“ teorie o rase a biologického determinismu na konci 19. století. Z mnoha důvodů, které budou v textu diskutovány, však vliv vědeckého rasismu na politiku Jižní Afriky zůstal značně omezen. Postupem doby byla idea „rasy“ nahrazena politicky přijatelnějším konceptem kultury a kulturních rozdílů, které se však jeví stejně nesouměřitelné jako kdysi „rasa.“ Zdiskreditovaný jazyk „rasy“ ustoupil módnímu kulturalistickému diskurzu, avšak rasismus zůstává nedílnou součástí reality postapartheidní jihoafrické společností. Text se zaměřuje na analýzu vývoje segregační politiky v...
The past two decades have been marked by rapid transformations of tourism in postcommunist countr... more The past two decades have been marked by rapid transformations of tourism in postcommunist countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Yet, there has been little systematic research on tourism development in this region from the social science perspective, that is to say the anthropology of tourism. This paper attempts to outline key ideologies and practices of tourism in socialist Czechoslovakia and to contrast them with a new phenomenon of post-communist incoming tourism into Czech rural countryside, the emergence of recreational complexes called 'Dutch villages' and second homes owned by the Dutch. The main aim is to analyse the changing role of tourism in the process of post-communist transformation. This paper is divided into three parts. First, it aims to review the overall nature of tourism in communist Czechoslovakia, highlighting the most typical features of both domestic and international tourism. The second part is dedicated to a short evaluation of post-communist tourism development in the country. Finally, the heart of the text focuses on Dutch 'residential tourism' in two Czech rural areas that have experienced both socialist and post-socialist tourism practices. In general, the attention is focused on the transformation of Czech rural communities due to the diverse impacts of tourism, and on the factors that either facilitate or hinder 'host' and 'guest' interaction in particular.
SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING Edited by Anthony Pym,Miriam Shlesin-ger an... more SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING Edited by Anthony Pym,Miriam Shlesin-ger and Zuzana Jettmarová, Vol. ... LUQUE DURÁN, JdD PAMIES BERTRÁN, A., eds., INTERCULTURALIDAD Y LENGUAJE Vol.I.:El significado como corolario ...
The counter-revolution after September 11 th provides another story for our decade. Meanwhile, ac... more The counter-revolution after September 11 th provides another story for our decade. Meanwhile, academia has not yet grown tired of 'globalisation', as these books testify. An extension of the current trend towards depression and war could soon change that. Marc Abélès and Thomas Hylland Eriksen are both gifted anthropologists who have done much to drag our discipline into the 21st century by addressing the social forces changing the contemporary world. Neither of them is much interested in the world economy as such.
This article investigates the epistemological and methodological challenges concerning multi-loca... more This article investigates the epistemological and methodological challenges concerning multi-local research in four Czech rural areas that have recently embarked upon a project of international tourism which uses public space and rural landscape as one of its principal attractions. The aim of the article is to discuss the degree of relevancy of particular methods, research strategies and conceptual tools in general and the ways they are reflected and applied in our research. The article also presents some of the research outcomes that illustrate the application of these theoretical and methodological approaches. The issues discussed in this article include theoretical and practical implications of defining modern rurality as an unbounded and fluid concept, and creating a conceptual framework for the author’s empirical research. The main part of the article is devoted to theoretical and practical aspects of carrying out multi-sited ethnography as a research strategy for the study of rural development through tourism. The question is whether this method can be a legitimate proposition for contemporary research of modern rurality that seeks to understand social change associated with the post-socialist transformation of the Czech rural space.
Anthropological Journal of European Cultures, Sep 1, 2009
After the fall of the Iron Curtain a new concept of Europe as a socially relevant object of study... more After the fall of the Iron Curtain a new concept of Europe as a socially relevant object of study emerged in the social sciences challenging the model of Europe as historical entity, or a philosophical or literary concept. This concept provoked an upsurge of interest in the study of European identity among anthropologists who began to study how Europeanness is constructed and articulated both by the architects of the EU themselves and at a grass-root level. Drawing on notions of European culture and identity, this text examines the image of Europe/the EU in post-communist Europe, particularly in the Czech Republic, from two different perspectives. First, how the institutionalisation of Europe as a cultural idea is viewed by some of the Czech political commentators, and second, from an ethnographically grounded anthropological perspective, focusing on how and at what levels a Czech local community identifies with Europe and the EU. Drawing on a broad range of data, the text attempts to provide new insights into the pitfalls of collective European identity in the making, with the emphasis on its cultural dimension in the post-communist Czech Republic.
The book under review presents an interdisciplinary evaluation of the political transitions in th... more The book under review presents an interdisciplinary evaluation of the political transitions in the Czech Republic and South Africa. The comparative perspective is founded on the effects that globalisation and the hegemony of neo-liberalism had on the move towards liberal democracy in both countries. Because of the timeframe when the two case studies occurred the book is able to point out that a number of common features and parallels in the two transitions can be identified, as well as the post-transition environment and how this has played out in South Africa and the Czech Republic.
Up to a few decades ago, the anthropology of tourism was regarded as a way to become involved in ... more Up to a few decades ago, the anthropology of tourism was regarded as a way to become involved in effortless research in pleasant settings. Moreover, tourism was portrayed as a sinister carrier of Westernization, thus as a menace to the subaltern societies that had to endure it. Nowadays, anthropological studies on tourism have established their own legitimacy due to the considerable socioeconomic significance of tourism in this age of hectic global mobility. This book points to new and important research perspectives showing the impact of tourism on the rural world. The articles presented in this collection are a major and groundbreaking contribution to the analysis of the new rurality in global society. (Series: Freiburger Sozialanthropologische Studien/Freiburg Studies in Social Anthropology - Vol. 35)
Koncept „rasy“ je určujícím prvkem jihoafrické sociální reality od konce 19. století až po součas... more Koncept „rasy“ je určujícím prvkem jihoafrické sociální reality od konce 19. století až po současnost. V žádné jiné zemi na světě nedošlo k tak výraznému systematickému sociálnímu inženýrství založenému na víře v nepřekročitelnost rasových, resp. kulturních odlišností. Moderní ideologie, založená na myšlence rasové segregace jihoafrické společnosti, vznikla v době sociálního evolucionismu a souběžného rozvoje „vědecké“ teorie o rase a biologického determinismu na konci 19. století. Z mnoha důvodů, které budou v textu diskutovány, však vliv vědeckého rasismu na politiku Jižní Afriky zůstal značně omezen. Postupem doby byla idea „rasy“ nahrazena politicky přijatelnějším konceptem kultury a kulturních rozdílů, které se však jeví stejně nesouměřitelné jako kdysi „rasa.“ Zdiskreditovaný jazyk „rasy“ ustoupil módnímu kulturalistickému diskurzu, avšak rasismus zůstává nedílnou součástí reality postapartheidní jihoafrické společností. Text se zaměřuje na analýzu vývoje segregační politiky v...
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