Category: Blog
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Anthropology of Resite
A blog article on four warnings and thirteen principles for livable cities 2013, Respekt Blog “Back in the day, reSITE was a Prague trendsetter in urban development. Much has changed, yet many challenges persist.” Abstract The world-renowned experts in city-making came to Prague. Czech architects, designers, social scientists, developers, civic activists and politicians listened to…
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Better Antropofest
A blog article offers a public reflection of the Czech film festival 2014, Respekt Blog “I still feel apologetical for the tone I chose, but the points, tested by time, proved to be of critical significance.” Abstract The jubilee fifth year of the “international film festival with an anthropological theme” has ended. A lot can…
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Notes from Bristol
A blog article on the importance of collaboratively created film festivals 2017, Respekt Blog “Sharing thoughts on my second visit to the influential British ethnographic film festival.” Abstract Opening the website of The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI), you quickly find out what this institution boasts about: its antiquity. In other…
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Street Corner Society
A book review on gaining influence and power in American Italian slum My Review’s Abstract The main aim of the author is to “ward off a chaotic nature” of Boston’s North End through the in-depth study of social groups and local institutions with decisive influence over individual social mobility. Table of Contents Original Abstract (1943)…
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Transcendent Individual
A book review on an individual as a work of art that gave birth to itself My Review’s Abstract Using the imagery of writing and movement, Rapport advocates for a paradigm shift from functional structuralism to “social-scientific writing which makes the world personal.” Table of Contents Original Abstract (1997) “Transcendent Individual” argues for a reappraisal…