Tomáš Karger
Biographic Data
| ID | 354666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tomáš Karger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tomáš |
| FAMILY NAME | Karger |
| SIGNATURE | KARGER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tomas Bata University in Zlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5624-8916 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Participation reimagined: Beyond the one-dimensional approach to participation in adult learning and education
This article re-evaluates the concept of participation in adult learning and education (ALE), introducing a novel framework based on Kelty’s work on modes of participation. The article contends that investigations into ALE must venture beyond simplistic, one-dimensional approaches to participation that focus solely on participant numbers or hours dedicated to organised learning, as these approaches fail to capture the complexity of engagement in …
Online learning platforms and resources in adult education and training: New findings from four European countries
Digitisation represents one of the key directions of adult education and training in the post-COVID-19 times, but direct empirical evidence of its scope among learners is rather scarce after 2021. Therefore, the general aim of this article is to investigate the current state of the use of online learning platforms and resources in adult education and training throughout Europe. For this purpose, we utilise data from a dedicated survey in the Czec…
Changing Participation in Adult Education and Training in the Czech Republic: Who Participates and Who Is Likely to Participate in AET
Participation in adult education and training (AET) is one of the primary strategies of the European Commission for developing human capital and retaining a competitive labour force. AET is also regarded as a means to tackle educational inequality as it can provide a second chance at gaining qualifications or job-related skills. This study uses data from three rounds of the Adult Education Survey (AES) involving a total of 25,405 respondents to i…
Bounded Ownership: Lessons Learned From Online Platforms in Creating Inclusive Goods
The article explores a part of platform imaginary that is dedicated to property rights. Specifically, it explicates a notion of ownership-called here bounded ownership-that brings benefits to owners through loosening restrictions on property use. Bounded ownership creates online spaces that are more inclusive and at the same time enables owners to govern them. To fully grasp bounded ownership, the article argues for maintaining the distinction be…
Legitimisation of non-participation in adult education and training: The situational logic of decision-making
The study deals with strategies for legitimising non-participation in adult education and training (AET) in groups of people with the lowest levels of participation: low-educated workers, retired individuals and people on parental leave. It aims to identify and describe strategies for legitimising non-participation. Results are based on extensive qualitative research focused on mapping the situational determinants of non-participation in AET. For…
The signs of frenetic standstill: The concept of change in the discourse of lifelong learning and the tempo of the Czech National Qualifications Framework
The aim of this study is to interpret recent developments in the field of adult education in the Czech Republic through the theory of social acceleration. The study is designed as focused ethnography, drawing upon observation, interviewing, and document analysis. The material is read through the concepts of acceleration and frenetic standstill and contextualized in the discourses on industry 4.0 and recognition of prior learning. The study shows …
The six faces of ignorance in online piracy: How not knowing shapes the practices of media consumption
The aim of this study is to explore the interrelation between online piracy and ignorance. It brings together literature on both piracy and ignorance and theorizes the role that ignorance plays in media consumption. The empirical analysis first demonstrates how ignorance is used by the members of the Czech Pirate Party to avoid liability for operating a website that streams copyright content. Then, it draws upon interviews with the members of con…
Biographical Stages and Information Sources in the Formation of Historical Consciousness
The study inquires into the process of formation of historical consciousness among the population of the Czech Republic. The process is examined in terms of biographical stages and information sources. First, the study draws upon the concept of sensitive period developed by Schuman and Corning. Second, it notes the increasingly mediated nature of socialization to historical consciousness. Data were gathered through a representative survey of the …
The meaning of sharing in free software and beyond
This study brings together findings about two contexts of sharing in order to explore the meaning of the word in the digital environment. First, this study is based on ethnographic research of free software projects and uses the resulting thick description to determine the meaning of sharing in this context. Second, the current literature on sharing usually takes user-generated content (UGC) platforms as its empirical reference, resulting in iden…
Mediální kurace jako praxe paměti: Situační analýza mnemonických praxí mládeže
This study focuses on the modalities of transmission of history-related knowledge to a current young generation (12–25 years old). Data from 11 focus groups with pupils and students of schools at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels were used to analyse situations of knowledge transmission with regard to four significant historical events: September 11th 2001, November 17th 1989, August 21th 1968 and February 25th 1948. The study introduces…
Explanační principy ve studiu kolektivní paměti: Kultura, kognice a jejich situovanost
Research addressing collective memory in the Czech context is predominantly based on the constructivist approach laid out by Maurice Halbwachs. This approach can be characterized by an assumption of omnipresent existence of stable structures of meaning with which action is explained. In the existing literature, we can also find alternative approaches based on findings of the cognitive sciences. These approaches can be characterized by searching f…
Political memory and symbolic boundaries: Czech presidential speeches after 1989
In general terms, this study is concerned with the use of political memory in the processes of creating, maintaining and transforming symbolic boundaries and the role political memory plays with regard to legitimization of state policies. The aim of the study is to show on both theoretical and empirical levels how the concept of political memory could be fruitfully combined with that of symbolic boundaries. To achieve this, the study draws on ana…
Martin Vávra, Radek Tichý: Náboženství z jiného úhlu
Martin Vávra, Radek Tichý: Náboženství z jiného úhlu. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2012, 144 str
První světová válka v prezidentských projevech
The paper focuses on reflection of the First World War in presidential speeches in years \n1990–2013. This period delimits mandates of former Czech presidents Václav Havel and Václav \nKlaus. Ways in which both presidents referred to the historical event and in which they utilized its \ninterpretation for legitimization of their political goals are compared. As its theoretical framework, \nthe study utilizes an approach that has been developed by…
Legitimisation of non-participation in adult education and training: The situational logic of decision-making
The study deals with strategies for legitimising non-participation in adult education and training (AET) in groups of people with the lowest levels of participation: low-educated workers, retired individuals and people on parental leave. It aims to identify and describe strategies for legitimising non-participation. Results are based on extensive qualitative research focused on mapping the situational determinants of non-participation in AET. For…
Participation reimagined: Beyond the one-dimensional approach to participation in adult learning and education
This article re-evaluates the concept of participation in adult learning and education (ALE), introducing a novel framework based on Kelty’s work on modes of participation. The article contends that investigations into ALE must venture beyond simplistic, one-dimensional approaches to participation that focus solely on participant numbers or hours dedicated to organised learning, as these approaches fail to capture the complexity of engagement in …
Online learning platforms and resources in adult education and training: New findings from four European countries
Digitisation represents one of the key directions of adult education and training in the post-COVID-19 times, but direct empirical evidence of its scope among learners is rather scarce after 2021. Therefore, the general aim of this article is to investigate the current state of the use of online learning platforms and resources in adult education and training throughout Europe. For this purpose, we utilise data from a dedicated survey in the Czec…
Explanační principy ve studiu kolektivní paměti: Kultura, kognice a jejich situovanost
Research addressing collective memory in the Czech context is predominantly based on the constructivist approach laid out by Maurice Halbwachs. This approach can be characterized by an assumption of omnipresent existence of stable structures of meaning with which action is explained. In the existing literature, we can also find alternative approaches based on findings of the cognitive sciences. These approaches can be characterized by searching f…
První světová válka v prezidentských projevech
The paper focuses on reflection of the First World War in presidential speeches in years \n1990–2013. This period delimits mandates of former Czech presidents Václav Havel and Václav \nKlaus. Ways in which both presidents referred to the historical event and in which they utilized its \ninterpretation for legitimization of their political goals are compared. As its theoretical framework, \nthe study utilizes an approach that has been developed by…
Martin Vávra, Radek Tichý: Náboženství z jiného úhlu
Martin Vávra, Radek Tichý: Náboženství z jiného úhlu. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2012, 144 str
První světová válka v prezidentských projevech
The paper focuses on reflection of the First World War in presidential speeches in years \n1990–2013. This period delimits mandates of former Czech presidents Václav Havel and Václav \nKlaus. Ways in which both presidents referred to the historical event and in which they utilized its \ninterpretation for legitimization of their political goals are compared. As its theoretical framework, \nthe study utilizes an approach that has been developed by…
Political memory and symbolic boundaries: Czech presidential speeches after 1989
In general terms, this study is concerned with the use of political memory in the processes of creating, maintaining and transforming symbolic boundaries and the role political memory plays with regard to legitimization of state policies. The aim of the study is to show on both theoretical and empirical levels how the concept of political memory could be fruitfully combined with that of symbolic boundaries. To achieve this, the study draws on ana…
Explanační principy ve studiu kolektivní paměti: Kultura, kognice a jejich situovanost
Research addressing collective memory in the Czech context is predominantly based on the constructivist approach laid out by Maurice Halbwachs. This approach can be characterized by an assumption of omnipresent existence of stable structures of meaning with which action is explained. In the existing literature, we can also find alternative approaches based on findings of the cognitive sciences. These approaches can be characterized by searching f…
The meaning of sharing in free software and beyond
This study brings together findings about two contexts of sharing in order to explore the meaning of the word in the digital environment. First, this study is based on ethnographic research of free software projects and uses the resulting thick description to determine the meaning of sharing in this context. Second, the current literature on sharing usually takes user-generated content (UGC) platforms as its empirical reference, resulting in iden…
Mediální kurace jako praxe paměti: Situační analýza mnemonických praxí mládeže
This study focuses on the modalities of transmission of history-related knowledge to a current young generation (12–25 years old). Data from 11 focus groups with pupils and students of schools at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels were used to analyse situations of knowledge transmission with regard to four significant historical events: September 11th 2001, November 17th 1989, August 21th 1968 and February 25th 1948. The study introduces…
Biographical Stages and Information Sources in the Formation of Historical Consciousness
The study inquires into the process of formation of historical consciousness among the population of the Czech Republic. The process is examined in terms of biographical stages and information sources. First, the study draws upon the concept of sensitive period developed by Schuman and Corning. Second, it notes the increasingly mediated nature of socialization to historical consciousness. Data were gathered through a representative survey of the …
The signs of frenetic standstill: The concept of change in the discourse of lifelong learning and the tempo of the Czech National Qualifications Framework
The aim of this study is to interpret recent developments in the field of adult education in the Czech Republic through the theory of social acceleration. The study is designed as focused ethnography, drawing upon observation, interviewing, and document analysis. The material is read through the concepts of acceleration and frenetic standstill and contextualized in the discourses on industry 4.0 and recognition of prior learning. The study shows …
The six faces of ignorance in online piracy: How not knowing shapes the practices of media consumption
The aim of this study is to explore the interrelation between online piracy and ignorance. It brings together literature on both piracy and ignorance and theorizes the role that ignorance plays in media consumption. The empirical analysis first demonstrates how ignorance is used by the members of the Czech Pirate Party to avoid liability for operating a website that streams copyright content. Then, it draws upon interviews with the members of con…
Legitimisation of non-participation in adult education and training: The situational logic of decision-making
The study deals with strategies for legitimising non-participation in adult education and training (AET) in groups of people with the lowest levels of participation: low-educated workers, retired individuals and people on parental leave. It aims to identify and describe strategies for legitimising non-participation. Results are based on extensive qualitative research focused on mapping the situational determinants of non-participation in AET. For…
Bounded Ownership: Lessons Learned From Online Platforms in Creating Inclusive Goods
The article explores a part of platform imaginary that is dedicated to property rights. Specifically, it explicates a notion of ownership-called here bounded ownership-that brings benefits to owners through loosening restrictions on property use. Bounded ownership creates online spaces that are more inclusive and at the same time enables owners to govern them. To fully grasp bounded ownership, the article argues for maintaining the distinction be…
Online learning platforms and resources in adult education and training: New findings from four European countries
Digitisation represents one of the key directions of adult education and training in the post-COVID-19 times, but direct empirical evidence of its scope among learners is rather scarce after 2021. Therefore, the general aim of this article is to investigate the current state of the use of online learning platforms and resources in adult education and training throughout Europe. For this purpose, we utilise data from a dedicated survey in the Czec…
Changing Participation in Adult Education and Training in the Czech Republic: Who Participates and Who Is Likely to Participate in AET
Participation in adult education and training (AET) is one of the primary strategies of the European Commission for developing human capital and retaining a competitive labour force. AET is also regarded as a means to tackle educational inequality as it can provide a second chance at gaining qualifications or job-related skills. This study uses data from three rounds of the Adult Education Survey (AES) involving a total of 25,405 respondents to i…
Participation reimagined: Beyond the one-dimensional approach to participation in adult learning and education
This article re-evaluates the concept of participation in adult learning and education (ALE), introducing a novel framework based on Kelty’s work on modes of participation. The article contends that investigations into ALE must venture beyond simplistic, one-dimensional approaches to participation that focus solely on participant numbers or hours dedicated to organised learning, as these approaches fail to capture the complexity of engagement in …
Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Czech (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Higher Education Learning Practices (4 works)