Kilka uwag o narracji biograficznej czeskich strażaków (projekt Społeczeństwo czeskie w okresie tzw. normalizacji i transformacji w świetle oral history)

• Authors: Hana V. Bortlová

Title variants

Kilka uwag o narracji biograficznej czeskich strażaków (projekt Społeczeństwo czeskie w okresie tzw. normalizacji i transformacji w świetle oral history)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Through historical analysis and interpretation of memories of Czech/Czechoslovak firefighters who have been professionally active since 1960s until 1990s (and/or beyond), his paper aims to analyze the ways in which his socio-professional group has been behaving during the last 40–50 years. Given that only very little historical research has been done on members of this group, the paper represents a first pioneer attempt. The research is a continuation of previous research projects conducted by Czech oral historians focused on working class members and on changes of their opinions, attitudes and behavior before and after 1989. The author’s ambition is to contribute to the current knowledge of the nature and specifics of the mentioned „normalization” regime (1969–1989) as well as the „transformation-to-democracy” era (1990s) in Czechoslovakia. In the present paper the author outlines the current state of research (20 conducted interviews with 10 firefighters as to the end of 2012), comments on some methodological problems associated with oral-historical research of this group and offers her interpretations of selected topics.

Keywords

PL

oral history; wspomnienia; czeska oral history; strażacy; klasa robotnicza; transformacja do demokracji; Czechosłowacja; projekty badawcze; metodologia; oral history; wspomnienia; czeska oral history; strażacy; klasa robotnicza; transformacja do demokracji; Czechosłowacja; projekty badawcze; metodologia

EN

oral history; memories; czech oral history; firefighters; working class; transformation to democracy; Czechoslovakia; research projects; methodology

• Publisher: Ośrodek „Pamięć i Przyszłość”
• Journal: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 175-185

Dates

published

2013-10-30

Contributors

author

Hana V. Bortlová

• Instytut Historii Współczesnej, Akademia Nauk Republiki Czeskiej, Czechy

Identifiers

DOI

10.26774/wrhm.48