The Baloch Insurgency in Pakistan and the Chinese Connection DOI: https://doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.170204cs Author: Shakoor Ahmad Wani Address: Islamic University of Science & Technology, Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir 192122, India E-mail: shakoor.ahmad@live.in Language: English / Czech version Issue: 2/2021 Page Range: 100–117 No. of Pages: 18 Keywords: CPEC, Balochistan, Gwadar port, Demography, Exclusion Abstract: This article examines the interplay between big ticket…
Preservation of ethnic identity and culture of Yazidis in Germany DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.170205 Author: Natalia Doboš Address: Fakulta sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy E-mail: nata.dobos@seznam.cz Language: Czech Issue: 2/2021 Page Range: 118–149 No. of Pages: 32 Keywords: Yazidis, Germany, ethnic identity, diaspora, genocide, migration, integration Abstract: This paper deals with an ethnic-religious minority whose members call themselves Yazidis. The aim of the work…
Compulsury military service after 1968 as citizenship education: indoctrination and ideology in narrative reflection DOI: https://doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.170206 Author: Jiří Hlaváček Address: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, v. v. i., Vlašská 355/9, 118 00 Praha E-mail: hlavacek@usd.cas.cz Language: Czech Issue: 2/2021 Page Range: 150–168 No. of Pages: 19 Keywords: army, society, ideology, oral history, interview, military, socialism, democracy Abstract: The aim of…
Karel Jílek, Kateřina Mlázovská Země (ne)známá pro svou starobylou historii a krvavou minulost. Země nespočtu chrámů a klášterů, jež berou dech. Země, jejíž břehy neomývá moře, a přesto ho v ní najdeme. Země chudoby a pohostinnosti. Země výborného jídla a skvělého vína. Země kontrastů, krás, tajů a dálav. Tahle země byla v červnu 2021 cílem naší…
Michaela Lederová, Tomáš Matz Kyrgyzstán se v posledních letech stává pro Čechy stále atraktivnější lokalitou, speciálně díky svým nádherným horám. Když jsem doma oznámila, že jedu na letní školu do Kyrgyzstánu, stejně jsem se setkala s klasickými neznalostmi a obavami – kde se vlastně země nachází? Někde u těch okolních „stánů“? A je tam bezpečno?…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.150101 Author: Miroslav Hroch Address: Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, now without affiliation E-mail: hrochmir@seznam.cz Language: Czech Issue: 1/2021 Page Range: 2–18 No. of Pages: 17 Keywords: nation, national movement, nationalism, globalised nationalism Abstract: The author recommends that any consideration of the issue of nation and nationalism should be preceded by a careful analysis of the terminology…
European nation vs. globalized nationalism DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.150101 Author: Miroslav Hroch Address: Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, now without affiliation E-mail: hrochmir@seznam.cz Language: Czech Issue: 1/2021 Page Range: 2–18 No. of Pages: 17 Keywords: nation, national movement, nationalism, globalised nationalism Abstract: The author recommends that any consideration of the issue of nation and nationalism should be preceded by a…
Ethnic identity of Uruguayans DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.150102 Author: Anna Josková Address: Universidad de la República, Avenida 18 de Julio 1968, Montevideo, Uruguay E-mail: joskovaa@rektorat.czu.cz Language: Czech Issue: 1/2021 Page Range: 19–47 No. of Pages: 29 Keywords: Uruguay, ethnicity, identity, culture, nation, qualitative methods, field research, focus group Abstract: This paper examines Uruguayan society, which, despite its multiethnic origins, has developed a homogeneous culture. The…
Interethnic and civil aspect of public holidays in Kyrgyzstan DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.150103 Author: Zhyldyz Kaarbaeva Address: Katedra historických věd Filozofické fakulty ZČU v Plzni, 2732/8, 301 00 Plzeň, Czech Rep. E-mail: kaarbaeva@mail.ru Language: Czech Issue: 1/2021 Page Range: 48–60 No. of Pages: 13 Keywords: Kyrgyz, ethnics of Kyrgyzstan, citizens of Kyrgyzstan, interethnic relations, common civic attitude, historical heritage Abstract: This article presents research on…
Forming the cultural and ethnic identity of Maoris through gang membership DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.150104 Author: Lucia Bistárová Address: Filozofická fakulta UCM v Trnave, Námestie J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava, Slovakia E-mail: lucybistar@yahoo.com Language: Slovak Issue: 1/2021 Page Range: 61–84 No. of Pages: 24 Keywords: Ethnicity, cultural identity, Maori, gang, New Zealand, acculturation, tradition Abstract: Though often called a “heaven on Earth” New Zealand…