Thesis "The České Středohoří Mountains - Cultural Landscape" deals with the territory of the České Středohoří Mountains' Protected Area as the landscape of settlements, namely settlements of rural character. Based on the field research, the basic characteristics of vernacular architecture in that territory are described and selected influences, that completed local villages' rural construction, are depicted. The thesis also provides evidence of regional interest in the national history and geography of the České Středohoří Mountains, especially in rural construction and urbanism. This interest in the national history and geography is discussed in the context of the development of Czech and German national emancipation. The entire work put emphasis on the period from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

La compilation des Navigationi et viaggi, publiée à Venise en trois volumes entre 1550 et 1559, est le point d'aboutissement d'un travail de collecte et d'édition de textes géographiques effectué par le géographe humaniste Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557) au cours de la première moitié du XVIe siècle. Le compilateur entend mettre à jour la description du monde tout en proposant un nouveau modèle de constitution du savoir, dont le point de départ est l'expérience de ceux qui ont pris part aux voyages exploratoires passés et en cours. Ramusio, qui fit toute sa carrière comme secrétaire de chancellerie auprès de la République de Venise, prit appui sur un dense réseau de collaborateurs qui lui fournirent témoignages et récits de voyages. Ce travail de recherche offre pour la première fois une analyse conjointe de la figure de Ramusio comme géographe de cabinet et comme secrétaire de chancellerie, tout en inscrivant son activité dans le contexte de la Venise du début de l'âge moderne.La première partie de la thèse propose une reconstitution, fondée sur un travail d'archives, du laboratoire de Ramusio : les institutions de la République de Venise, le milieu savant italien et le monde de l'édition vénitien. Par l'étude de son statut et de sa démarche, l'interrelation entre ses intérêts propres et ses prérogatives professionnelles est mise en évidence. La deuxième partie porte sur la compilation, elle aborde à la fois les modèles suivis, les choix inédits de mise en forme et les processus de sélection des sources. Les intentions et le projet de Ramusio sont étudiés sur la base de ses propres écrits – les discorsi des Navigationi et viaggi – dans la troisième partie, où l'analyse porte sur la compilation comme ouvrage de géographie politique. / The three-volume compilation, Navigationi et viaggi, published in Venice from 1550 to 1559, is the work of the humanist geographer Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557), who collected and edited geographical texts throughout the first half of the 16th century. The compiler attempted to update the description of the known world by employing new modes of knowledge, primarily based on the experiences of those who had taken part in exploratory travels. Ramusio, who served the Republic of Venice as a secretary at the chancellery, benefited from a broad network of collaborators who provided him with testimonies and travel accounts. My research offers the first joint analysis of Ramusio, the armchair geographer and secretary, within the context of early-modern Venice.Based on archival research, the first part of this work offers a reconstruction of Ramusio’s laboratory as part of the institutions of the Republic of Venice, the scholarly environment of Italy, and the world of Venetian publishing. The interrelation between his own interests and his professional prerogatives is established through a study of his scholarly approach and official role. The second part of this study focuses on the compilation, taking into account Ramusio’s influences, as well as his original choices for the organisation and selection of knowledge and sources. The objectives of this work of political geography are examined in the third part through an analysis of Ramusio’s own writings, the Navigationi et viaggi’s discorsi.

Orientador: Eliseu Savério Sposito / Resumo: Processos diversos diferenciaram a trajetória do conhecimento/pensamento que hoje concebemos como geográfico. A história humana revela que, em diversos períodos, o humano – e seu meio subjetivo e material – alicerçou elementos para a efetivação de características que, unidas, dão substância a saberes; e o geográfico não foge à regra. De maneiras distintas e caminhos os mais diversos, geógrafos de diferentes instituições ocuparam-se do exercício de compreensão do saber geográfico. A materialização dessa ocupação cristalizou-se, entre outros resultados, em dissertações e teses. O propósito desta tese, assim, é compreender os estudos, na pós-graduação brasileira, que se voltaram ao pensamento e conhecimento geográfico como objetos de investigação, os quais entendo, contudo, como estudos de saberes. Julgo, portanto, que o saber é uma síntese do conhecer e do pensar. Nesse estado de coisas, identifico que o estudo do saber, na condição de objeto na Geografia brasileira, é investigado por meio de duas dimensões de análise: uma é histórica e outra é teórica-conceitual e propositiva. No interior dessas duas dimensões, concentra-se um conjunto de outros temas de pesquisa. As dissertações e teses foram detalhadamente distribuídas entre essas dimensões e outros subeixos, revelando autores, objetos de pesquisa, instituições onde foram realizadas e datas de quando foram concluídas. Com efeito, os autores e seus respectivos objetos de análise não estão fora do tempo e do espaço, uma vez qu... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Diverse processes have differentiated the trajectory of the knowledge/thought that we conceive today as geographic. Human history reveals that, in different periods, the human – and their subjective and material milieu – has underpinned elements for the effectuation of characteristics that, united, give substance to knowledge; and geographic knowledge is no exception. In different manners and in the most diverse paths, geographers from various institutions did engage in the exercise of understanding geographic knowledge. Such occupation came into materialization and crystallized, inter alia, in the form of master's theses and doctoral dissertations. The present doctoral dissertation, therefore, aims to understand the studies, in Brazilian graduate programs, that turned to geographic thought and knowledge as objects of investigation, which I however understand as studies of knowing. I therefore think that knowing is a synthesis of knowledge and thought. In this state of affairs, I identify that the study of knowing, as an object in Brazilian Geography, takes place under two dimensions of analysis: one is historical, and the other is theoretical-conceptual-propositional. A set of other research themes concentrates within these two dimensions. The dissertations and theses were distributed in detail into these dimensions and other sub-axes, revealing authors, research objects, institutions of origin, and dates of conclusion. In effect, the authors and their respective objects of ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Résumé: Divers processus ont différencié la trajectoire de la connaissance/pensée que nous concevons aujourd'hui comme géographique. L'histoire humaine révèle que, à différentes époques, l'humain – et son milieu subjectif et matériel – a soutenu des éléments pour la réalisation de caractéristiques qui, unies, donnent corps aux savoirs; et la géographique ne fait pas exception. De plusieurs manières et dans les voies les plus diverses, les géographes de différentes institutions se sont engagés dans l'exercice de la compréhension du savoir géographique. Cette occupation s'est matérialisée et s'est cristallisée, entre autres, sous la forme de mémoires de master et de thèses de doctorat. La présente thèse vise donc à comprendre les études, dans les programmes d'études supérieures brésiliennes, qui se sont tournées vers la pensée et la connaissance géographiques comme objets d'investigation, ce que je comprends cependant comme des études de connaissances. Je considère donc que le savoir est une synthèse de la connaissance et de la pensée. Dans cet état de fait, j'identifie que l'étude du savoir, en tant qu'objet de la géographie brésilienne, se déroule sous deux dimensions d'analyse: l'une historique, l'autre théorique-conceptuelle-propositionnelle. Un ensemble d'autres thèmes de recherche se concentre dans ces deux dimensions. Les thèses ont été répartis en détail dans ces dimensions et d'autres sous-axes, révélant des auteurs, des objets de recherche, des institutions d'origine et des d... (Résumé complet accès életronique ci-dessous) / Doutor

(in English) The master thesis describes formation and activities of the Geographical Library of the Faculty of Science of the Charles University in Prague (http//www.natur.cuni.cz/geografie/knihovna/). The thesis deals with the formation of the library in the 1880s and outlines its development to the present. The focus of this work is to describe the current situation and outline the anticipated direction of the library's development in the coming years. Emphasis is placed on the growing importance of the Geographical Library as one of the most distinctive information institutes of the Faculty of Science, as well as the gradual introduction and use of new technologies and finally on cooperation with other information and academic institutions. In addition, all the program units (that are in use in the library) of the automated library system Aleph 500 are described. The author also focuses on the description of services, divided into basic and complementary, which the Geographical Library provides for professionals and general public. This work also provides information on projects, in which library participates, especially the Czech Geographical Bibliography Online. In the future, Geographical Library intends to pursue the digitalization and preservation of the library collection as well as...