Juraj Podoba
Biographic Data
| ID | 1616701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Juraj Podoba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Juraj |
| FAMILY NAME | Podoba |
| SIGNATURE | PODOBA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Ethnology SAV, Klemensova 19, 81364, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Qualitative research and scientific knowledge: Social science in post-totalitarian academia
The paper presents a critical analysis of the current state of qualitative research approaches in the social sciences and humanities within Slovak academic institutions. The author has been inspired by the metaphor of academic “barbaricum”. This analytical category is based on a model of the relationship between core and periphery, which has no clear function or organisational logic. From the scientific point of view, the core/centre should produ…
The Czech Environmental Movement's Knowledge Interests in the 1990s: Compatibility of Western Influences with pre-1989 Perspectives
The conventional interpretation of the Czech environmental movement in the political science literature contrasts its role as part of the revolution of 1989, which is seen as a spontaneous and local role, with a period of Westernisation in the 1990s. This paper argues, primarily on the basis of interviews with key movement intellectuals, that this interpretation neglects the earlier history of the movement. This earlier history gave the movement …
Rejecting green velvet: Transition, environment and nationalism in Slovakia
Environmental issues played an important role in bringing down the old regimes in almost all Communist countries. Slovakia (as part of the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) was a special case in this respect. In this country, the green element played such a prominent role in the 1989 ‘velvet revolution’ that it could have been called the ‘green velvet revolution’. The current marginalisation of environmental issues and low profile of enviro…
Rejecting green velvet: Transition, environment and nationalism in Slovakia
Environmental issues played an important role in bringing down the old regimes in almost all Communist countries. Slovakia (as part of the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) was a special case in this respect. In this country, the green element played such a prominent role in the 1989 ‘velvet revolution’ that it could have been called the ‘green velvet revolution’. The current marginalisation of environmental issues and low profile of enviro…
The Czech Environmental Movement's Knowledge Interests in the 1990s: Compatibility of Western Influences with pre-1989 Perspectives
The conventional interpretation of the Czech environmental movement in the political science literature contrasts its role as part of the revolution of 1989, which is seen as a spontaneous and local role, with a period of Westernisation in the 1990s. This paper argues, primarily on the basis of interviews with key movement intellectuals, that this interpretation neglects the earlier history of the movement. This earlier history gave the movement …
Rejecting green velvet: Transition, environment and nationalism in Slovakia
Environmental issues played an important role in bringing down the old regimes in almost all Communist countries. Slovakia (as part of the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) was a special case in this respect. In this country, the green element played such a prominent role in the 1989 ‘velvet revolution’ that it could have been called the ‘green velvet revolution’. The current marginalisation of environmental issues and low profile of enviro…
The Czech Environmental Movement's Knowledge Interests in the 1990s: Compatibility of Western Influences with pre-1989 Perspectives
The conventional interpretation of the Czech environmental movement in the political science literature contrasts its role as part of the revolution of 1989, which is seen as a spontaneous and local role, with a period of Westernisation in the 1990s. This paper argues, primarily on the basis of interviews with key movement intellectuals, that this interpretation neglects the earlier history of the movement. This earlier history gave the movement …
Qualitative research and scientific knowledge: Social science in post-totalitarian academia
The paper presents a critical analysis of the current state of qualitative research approaches in the social sciences and humanities within Slovak academic institutions. The author has been inspired by the metaphor of academic “barbaricum”. This analytical category is based on a model of the relationship between core and periphery, which has no clear function or organisational logic. From the scientific point of view, the core/centre should produ…
Czech (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Slovak (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)