Cette recherche se concentre sur l'analyse des modélisations de l'imaginaire national dans la France contemporaine. A la lumière du processus de mondialisation et de ses multiples dimensions, la forme nationale semble être prise dans l'alternative entre une uniformisation au mépris des « cultures » nationales, et d'autre part une exacerbation des singularités culturelles nationales, la forme nationale étant associée à une valeur positive dans un monde en « crise ». Face à l'alternative entre une loi de succession des formes de groupement et l'essentialisation d'une réalité nationale irréductible, cette recherche aborde la question nationale par l'étude de contenus contemporains de formes symboliques d'objectivation de l'imaginaire national. A partir de l'observation de matérialisations de l'idée de nation, il s'agit de s'attacher aux opérations concrètes de représentation nationale et leur intégration dans des contextes d'énonciation de la « réalité »nationale. Dans un premier temps, l'étude des mots de la nation aborde la construction de la forme nationale comme objet sociologique et les modalités contemporaines de son énonciation, particulièrement les investissements autour de la question de l'identité nationale. Ensuite, à partir de l'image comme forme symbolique d'énonciation des groupes sociaux, nous avons étudié une matérialité particulière de l'imaginaire national, la production philatélique nationale, permettant d'observer les modulations de l'image sociale de la nation. Enfin, l'étude empirique des cérémonies d'accueil dans la citoyenneté française permet d'observer les contenus et frontières contemporaines de l'identification nationale à partir de sa mise en pratique. / This study is focused on the analysis of the modellings of the national imagination in contemporary France. With the globalization and its multiple dimensions, the national existence seems to be taken in this alternative: on one hand a standardization in defiance of the national "cultures", and on the other hand an exacerbation of the national cultural peculiarities, the national shape being associated with a positive value in a world in "crisis". Contrary to the alternative between a law of succession of the groups and an essentialisation of an inflexible national reality, this study approaches the national question by the study of contemporary contents of the national imagination symbolic forms. From the observation of the contemporary modulations of their contents, this study is based on the observation of concrete operations of national representation and their integration in contexts of the national "reality" statement. At first, the studyof nation's words approaches the construction of the national shape as sociological object and the contemporary modalities of the national shape statement, particularly the investments around the national identity. Then, from the image as a symbolic shape of social groups statement, we studied a particular materiality of the national imagination, the national philatelic production, which allows to observe the modulations of the nation's social image. Finally, the empirical study of citizenship ceremonies allows to observe the contemporary contents and borders of the national identification from its application.

This thesis comprises translations of five articles by the Russian ethnolinguist Nikita Iljich Tolstoy, some of which deal with the theory of the ethnolinguistic approach to language and the Slavic culture and others demonstrate a practical application of such an approach and such methods on the traditional Slavic culture. They present this approach as a continuous development of linguistic research which draws on the rich tradition and at the same time transcends its past and enriches it with new points of view. This also constitutes a unique way of preserving the legacy of our ancestors while simultaneously showing it in a new light. Aside from the translations the present thesis also includes an introductory study dealing with general characteristics of ethnolinguistics, its goals, subject, methods, and various schools of thought. In addition, chapters are included introducing the scientific work of N. I. Tolstoy and other members of the Moscow School of Ethnolinguistics. Present are also notes and comments on the translation, clarifying terms from the Russian cultural tradition not necessarily familiar in the Czech environment and explaining certain terms that may be difficult to translate.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Helsinki Graduate School, Institute for Asian and African Studies. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-330).

The theses called Volby do městské rady v Soběslavi v první polovině 18. století is daeling with a city administration in Soběslav of schwarzenberg nobility in the first half of 18th century. In the first part of my theses I introduce a form of the city administration with an emphasis on its most important institutions as a city council, a group of municipal older and a reeve. In the next chapter I describe a way of a councillor election, a group of municipal older election and a reeve election in which the city community participated. I use unique survived lists originated from elections that registered votes. In the third part of my theses I focus on a ceremony of ending activity of city institutions and replacing free places with successors. The Master theses comes from sources placed in the city archive Tábor in the fund of Archive of the city Soběslav and in the archive Třeboň in the fund of Large estate Třeboň.

The nineteenth century in Spanish America exhibits a true saga of funeral ceremonies intended to exalt the role of great men in the configuration of the symbolic arsenal which contributed to molding the foundational mythology of nation-states. The Republican state language turned the association between hero, national body and posterity into a resource of the affirmation of national authority and social and political cohesion. Converted into keystones in the building of the national pantheon, State funerals carried out during the 19th century in the majority of the Spanish American republics became formidable instruments of political and cultural construction. Along these lines, the presen tarticle is occupied with contextualizing the slow process of placing José de San Martín as an Argentine national hero within the coordinates of 19th century European and Spanish American funerary rituals. / El siglo XIX hispanoamericano exhibe una verdadera saga de ceremoniales fúnebres destinados a enaltecer el papel de los grandes hombres en la configuración del arsenal simbólico que contribuía a moldear la mitología fundacional de los estados nacionales. El lenguaje estatal republicano hizo de la asociación entre héroe, cuerpo nacional y posteridad un recurso de afirmación de la autoridad nacional y de cohesión social y política.Convertidos en piezas angulares en la fabricación del panteón nacional, los funerales de Estado realizados a lo largo del siglo XIX en la mayoría de las repúblicas hispanoamericanas se convirtieron en instrumentos formidables de construcción políticay cultural. En esta línea, el presente artículose ocupa de contextualizar la dilatada empresa de colocación de José de San Martíncomo héroe nacional argentino en las coordenadas de los rituales funerarios del siglo XIX europeo e hispanoamericano.

At present, we notice an increased interest in folklore traditions and effort to put them to various spheres of everyday life. These 'revitalizing' efforts can be seen, for example, in the wedding ceremonies. The goal of this thesis is to analyze this tendency in modern weddings in Slovakia, with an emphasis on the highlight of the wedding - putting off head wreath and bonnet wedding ceremony. Nowadays it's common to commission a folk ensemble for these events. Even though the phenomena of bonnet wedding ceremony is considered to be a modern tradition that is based on certain historical bonds this revitalization process causes some semantic shifts, change of its functions that results in its different form. The focus of this thesis is aimed towards these changes - for example, the change of the function of traditional folk clothing, decontextual shift from the ritual to theatralization, the influence of shifts for participants and others involved, the commodification and the commercialization of the ceremony. The thesis also analyzes the relations between the folklore and folklorism, 'authentical' and stylized folklore and the general idea of the tradition as well as its contemporary social and cultural function. Keywords Bonnet wedding ceremony, wedding, ritual, folk ensemble, scenic folklore,...

The intent of this exploratory study was to discover the cultural significance of an Apache ritual, the Sunrise Ceremony, as it relates to the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of the Apache individual, family, and community at large. The ethnographic methodology was used to gather data because this design provided the most systematic and flexible process to generate the widest range of information necessary for describing this culture from the native's point of view. Four culturally relevant domains were developed and analyzed to reveal five cultural themes, including "It's my strength," "Women are the core of living here," "It Tells You the Story of the Beginning," and "Change is Sad--Alcohol is Bad." The findings suggest that because the Sunrise Ceremony is central to the Apache way of life, its values and culture, an understanding of the Sunrise Ceremony can assist in the development of accurate nursing assessments and successful interventions to improve the collective health and well being of the Apache people. Additionally, recommendations for nursing practice and further research are proposed.

儀式作為人類社會中最重要的體驗活動，在歷經時代的考驗與價值觀的轉變汰換後，流傳下來的內涵與核心意義雖然不變，但表現形式、媒材不斷隨著時代發展與時俱進，本研究欲以政治大學畢業典禮薪火相傳儀式為例，利用體驗設計為框架，將儀式原有內涵作為敘事基礎，藉由數位內容的製作，以及互動設計結合當代科技的運用，重新策劃並執行互動儀式體驗，進而探討傳統儀式與互動儀式體驗的轉變與差異，因此本研究目的歸納為以下三點： 1. 以體驗設計為框架，儀式內涵為敘事核心，利用互動設計結合展示科技製作數位內容，建立互動儀式媒介、互動儀式情境，進而重新策劃、製作、展演虛實整合的互動儀式體驗。 2. 分別從表演者、主動參與者、被動參與者、製作執行者的角度，探討互動儀式體驗與傳統儀式的的轉變與差異。 3. 歸納出互動體驗設計應用於儀式展演的策劃與執行要點。 研究結果發現，互動儀式體驗透過當代互動科技的應用，讓儀式參與者能即時主動加入儀式展演的內容創作，因此相較於傳統儀式能帶來更多的參與感與歸屬感，雖然多數的儀式參與者仍偏好被動觀賞的形式，但集體共創的展演內容能引起在場儀式參與者的共鳴，進而創造儀式當下的回憶，因此深化體驗的感受，也讓儀式不只是流於形式的過程。 / Ceremony is one of the most important experiences in human society. Although the principles and core elements may remain the same, styles of ceremonies and technologies used in the ceremonies have been developed as time progress and values change. The purpose of this study was to discuss the transformation and difference between traditional ceremony and interactive media-introduced ceremony by a case study of passing the flame in National Chengchi University commencement ceremony. This study covers below three topics: 1. By utilizing experience design as framework and the narrative in ceremony as the core, preparing digital content that combines interaction design and exhibition display technology, establishing interactive media and environment, an interactive ceremony experience was re-curated, prepared, and executed. 2. Discussion of transformation and difference between interactive ceremony experience and traditional ceremony from views of performers, active participants, passive participants, and executors. 3. Key factors of application of interactive experience design in ceremony curation and execution. After field observations, digital content analysis, and interviews with some participants, the results revealed that real-time interactive experiences in ceremony can bring more sense of participation and belonging than used to. Despite most of participants preferred just watching the performance, participants could get more connection from exhibition content that contributed by themselves. Therefore, the memory created at the moment could bring stronger feelings and experience and not letting the ceremony become a mere formality.

The subject of this diploma thesis is the design of a crematory with two ceremonial halls. Building is situated on the high point, distanced from the surrounding buildings. There is a cemetery located five hundred meters from the crematory. Crematory is designed as a modern building, which has one above-ground floor from the most part, except of the large ceremonial hall that has two above-ground floors. This hall is a symbol of this structure. Vertical load-bearing system of exterior walls is 300mm wide made of Porotherm ceramic pieces, with exception of large ceremonial hall designed from reinforced concrete. Non-load bearing wall system is also made from Porotherm ceramic pieces. Roof is designed as a prefabricated rib-and-filler floor, except of the elevated part of large ceremonial hall designed from mono truss girders. The building is supported by the wall footing concrete system combined with the spread footing concrete system under the columns.

El tema de tesis fue elegido principalmente para mejorar la puesta en valor del centro ceremonial de Cahuachi, dicho centro posee una amplitud de 25 km2 por lo cual es considerada la capital teocrática de barro más grande del mundo, ubicado en la ciudad de Nasca, Ica. Busca además incentivar el estudio de la cultura Nasca, de la cual actualmente no existen planes de estudio y restauración. El proyecto toma como punto de partida conceptual la misma adaptación que buscaban los Nascas cuando realizaban sus obras arquitectónicas aprovechando las pendientes de los cerros, esta partida conceptual se ve representada en la altura del edificio siendo menor a la del centro ceremonial, el acabado de la fachada la cual logra mimetizarse con el entorno y en las visuales que se obtienen a lo largo del recorrido del museo las cuales enaltecen el centro ceremonial y no le restan protagonismo. Para lograr un diseño eficiente se realizó un trabajo de investigación obteniendo referentes tipológicos y parámetros urbanísticos, además de una investigación de campo con los ejemplos nacionales más cercanos a la zona de intervención. / The thesis topic was chosen mainly to improve the enhancement of the ceremonial center of Cahuachi, said center has an amplitude of 25 km2 which is why it is considered the largest theocratic mud capital in the world, located in the city of Nasca, Ica . It also seeks to encourage the study of the Nasca culture, of which there are currently no curricula and restoration. The project takes as conceptual starting point the same adaptation that the Nascas sought when they carried out their architectural works taking advantage of the slopes of the hills, this conceptual heading is represented in the height of the building being less than that of the ceremonial center, the finish of the facade which manages to blend in with the surroundings and in the visuals that are obtained along the route of the museum which exalt the ceremonial center and do not detract from prominence. To achieve an efficient design, a research work was carried out obtaining typological references and urban parameters, in addition to a field investigation with the national examples closest to the intervention area / Tesis