Olga Nešporová
Biographic Data
| ID | 4048006 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olga Nešporová |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olga |
| FAMILY NAME | Nešporová |
| SIGNATURE | NEŠPOROVÁ O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6506-9533 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mezinárodní konference o smrti – Death, Dying and Disposal
Zpráva o 17. mezinárodní konferenci o smrti – Death, Dying and Disposal
Everyday Life of Employees of the Emergency Medical Service – Coming to Terms with Death
The study examines how employees of the emergency medical service in the Czech Republic come to terms with death and crisis situations. It is based on oral history research and focuses on the everyday practice and experience of emergency medical service staff – physicians, nurses, drivers, and paramedics. It presents an actor’s perspective on death and deals with the early period of the modern emergency medical service, from the 1970s to the earl…
Mezinárodní konference Sief: Brno, 7. – 10. června 2023
Letošní rok byl pro českou etnologii a antropologii významný tím, že se v Brně konala doposud největší mezinárodní vědecká akce daných oborů na našem území, a sice 16. kongres Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF). Této prestižní bianuální konference se zúčastnilo téměř tisíc osob. Potkali se zde zkušení i začínající odborníci z řad etnologů, folkloristů, sociálních a kulturních antropologů i badatelé dalších příbuzných discip…
A Century of Funeral Change in Burial Practices: From Church Burial to Cremation Without a Ceremony
The changes in funeral practices in Czech society which occurred during the 20th century were more significant than those that took place during the whole of the second millennium. Traditional Roman Catholic Christian funerals which were performed at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries are described as a starting point from which the focus moves to a study of the major changes from the onwards. The first half of the 20th century was specific …
Role sborů pro občanské záležitosti v rozšiřování občanských pohřebních obřadů
Článek popisuje historii sborů pro občanské záležitosti v české části bývalého Československa v 50. až 80. letech 20 století. Využity byly dva hlavní datové zdroje. Prvním byl hloubkové rozhovory s pohřebními profesionály, někdy zároveň členy sborů pro občanské záležitosti, kteří realizovali pohřební obřady ve sledovaném období. Druhým byly příručky pro pohřební profesionály a civilní pohřební řečníky o pohřebních proslovech a náležité formě obča…
Communist Funeral Reform in Central Europe (1948–1989): From Religious to Civil Funerals in Czechoslovakia and Hungary
The authors examine funeral reform in the second half of the 20th century in Central and Eastern Europe via the historical comparative analysis approach. Examining the case studies of Czechoslovakia and Hungary, the article argues that although the newly-developed civil (socialist) funeral ceremonies in the two countries followed a similar pattern, in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia, civil funerals followed by cremation became the norm during th…
Fears and Difficulties in the Early Stage of Parenthood: Findings from a Longitudinal Study of First-Time Parents
The article focuses on the concerns of Czech expectant parents and their subsequent life difficulties. A qualitative longitudinal methodology was used to study parental experiences for a period of around four years. Three waves of semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixteen dual-earner parental couples who had their first child in 2011 or 2012. An analysis of 93 interviews revealed that the fears of the parents-to-be principally concer…
Family Policy and Formal and Informal Care for Preschool-Age Children in Selected European Countries
The article focuses on the use of childcare for preschool-age children in 13 European countries with different models of maternal employment. Employing a comparative approach it relates care arrangements to family policy measures. Childcare policies and practices in post-communist countries (the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia) are compared in a wider European context and specifically to various countries represe…
Hazy Transition to Fatherhood: The Experiences of Czech Fathers
Using longitudinal qualitative research, the study focuses on the transition to fatherhood and the life changes which fatherhood effects in men's everyday lives. Comparative thematic analysis was used in the study of data provided by two waves of research focusing on 16 dual-earner Czech parental couples. The first wave of interviews took place during pregnancy and the second on the child reaching 18 months. The expectant fathers evinced vague pl…
The Transition to Motherhood: Plans versus Reality in the Working Lives of Women with Tertiary-Education
The article provides a detailed insight into a critical stage in the life course of young women. It focuses on the transition to first-time motherhood among women with tertiary education in heterosexual dual-earner couples in the Czech Republic. The plans of pregnant women regarding their working lives following the birth of their first child are compared with the subsequent realities of their lives (the first eighteen months of their motherhood)…
Roadside memorials in the Czech Republic and Romania: Memory versus religion in two European post-communist countries
This article provides a comparison of roadside memorials in two European post-communist countries, namely the Czech Republic and Romania. The number of memorials, dedicated to the victims of sudden death, often resulting from traffic accidents, has seen a significant increase in both countries over the last two decades. As the phenomenon appears to be assuming worldwide proportions, the authors have chosen to focus on a comparison of two societie…
Religion: An Unsolved Problem for the Modern Czech Nation
The Czech Republic is widely known as 'the least religious' country in the world and most Czechs are quite proud of that fact. The authors, however, challenge both of these characteristics. Czechs might better be considered unchurched than atheist, with various forms of modern New Age spirituality steadily gaining in popularity. Moreover, their reputation for irreligiosity is somewhat questionable, since it is most often based upon communist (and…
Veřejná připomínka smrti - pomníčky u silnic obětem dopravních nehod [The Public Remembrance of Death - Roadside Memorials]
Roadside memorials can be seen more and more often along Czech roads. This way of coping with the death of friend or family member in a road accident spread markedly during the 1990s -twenty years after the number of road traffi c fatalities reached its peak. Roadside memorials in the Czech Republic are not offi cially regulated by either local or traffi c authorities, but they are usually illegal, because they tend to be erected on state or priv…
Believer Perspectives on Death and Funeral Practices in a Non-believing Country
The article describes attitudes towards death and funeral rites in contemporary Czech society. It begins by revealing the attitudes to death held by the majority of the Czech population -non-believers. The customary secular funeral ceremony, held in a crematorium, is not entirely well suited to meeting the needs of the bereaved, and this is borne out by the fact that about one-third of all cremations are held without a funeral ceremony. The autho…
Death, Dying, and Funeral Rites in Twentieth-century Czech Society
Autorka se zabv smrt, umrnm a pohebnmi rituly v souasn esk spolenosti, piem zkouman tma zaazuje do irho kontextu evropskho i djinnho. V prvn sti studie pedstavuje socilnvdn koncept tabuizace smrti v modern evropsk spolenosti 20. stolet i postupnou detabuizaci smrti dky vtmu zjmu o umrajc, kter se projevoval zhruba od edestch let 20. stolet. Nastiuje i vvoj v oblasti pohbvn, pro kter byl typick pedevm pechod od tradin kesanskho (zejmna katolickho …
Religion: An Unsolved Problem for the Modern Czech Nation
The Czech Republic is widely known as 'the least religious' country in the world and most Czechs are quite proud of that fact. The authors, however, challenge both of these characteristics. Czechs might better be considered unchurched than atheist, with various forms of modern New Age spirituality steadily gaining in popularity. Moreover, their reputation for irreligiosity is somewhat questionable, since it is most often based upon communist (and…
Death, Dying, and Funeral Rites in Twentieth-century Czech Society
Autorka se zabv smrt, umrnm a pohebnmi rituly v souasn esk spolenosti, piem zkouman tma zaazuje do irho kontextu evropskho i djinnho. V prvn sti studie pedstavuje socilnvdn koncept tabuizace smrti v modern evropsk spolenosti 20. stolet i postupnou detabuizaci smrti dky vtmu zjmu o umrajc, kter se projevoval zhruba od edestch let 20. stolet. Nastiuje i vvoj v oblasti pohbvn, pro kter byl typick pedevm pechod od tradin kesanskho (zejmna katolickho …
The Transition to Motherhood: Plans versus Reality in the Working Lives of Women with Tertiary-Education
The article provides a detailed insight into a critical stage in the life course of young women. It focuses on the transition to first-time motherhood among women with tertiary education in heterosexual dual-earner couples in the Czech Republic. The plans of pregnant women regarding their working lives following the birth of their first child are compared with the subsequent realities of their lives (the first eighteen months of their motherhood)…
Hazy Transition to Fatherhood: The Experiences of Czech Fathers
Using longitudinal qualitative research, the study focuses on the transition to fatherhood and the life changes which fatherhood effects in men's everyday lives. Comparative thematic analysis was used in the study of data provided by two waves of research focusing on 16 dual-earner Czech parental couples. The first wave of interviews took place during pregnancy and the second on the child reaching 18 months. The expectant fathers evinced vague pl…
Believer Perspectives on Death and Funeral Practices in a Non-believing Country
The article describes attitudes towards death and funeral rites in contemporary Czech society. It begins by revealing the attitudes to death held by the majority of the Czech population -non-believers. The customary secular funeral ceremony, held in a crematorium, is not entirely well suited to meeting the needs of the bereaved, and this is borne out by the fact that about one-third of all cremations are held without a funeral ceremony. The autho…
Death, Dying, and Funeral Rites in Twentieth-century Czech Society
Autorka se zabv smrt, umrnm a pohebnmi rituly v souasn esk spolenosti, piem zkouman tma zaazuje do irho kontextu evropskho i djinnho. V prvn sti studie pedstavuje socilnvdn koncept tabuizace smrti v modern evropsk spolenosti 20. stolet i postupnou detabuizaci smrti dky vtmu zjmu o umrajc, kter se projevoval zhruba od edestch let 20. stolet. Nastiuje i vvoj v oblasti pohbvn, pro kter byl typick pedevm pechod od tradin kesanskho (zejmna katolickho …
Veřejná připomínka smrti - pomníčky u silnic obětem dopravních nehod [The Public Remembrance of Death - Roadside Memorials]
Roadside memorials can be seen more and more often along Czech roads. This way of coping with the death of friend or family member in a road accident spread markedly during the 1990s -twenty years after the number of road traffi c fatalities reached its peak. Roadside memorials in the Czech Republic are not offi cially regulated by either local or traffi c authorities, but they are usually illegal, because they tend to be erected on state or priv…
Religion: An Unsolved Problem for the Modern Czech Nation
The Czech Republic is widely known as 'the least religious' country in the world and most Czechs are quite proud of that fact. The authors, however, challenge both of these characteristics. Czechs might better be considered unchurched than atheist, with various forms of modern New Age spirituality steadily gaining in popularity. Moreover, their reputation for irreligiosity is somewhat questionable, since it is most often based upon communist (and…
Roadside memorials in the Czech Republic and Romania: Memory versus religion in two European post-communist countries
This article provides a comparison of roadside memorials in two European post-communist countries, namely the Czech Republic and Romania. The number of memorials, dedicated to the victims of sudden death, often resulting from traffic accidents, has seen a significant increase in both countries over the last two decades. As the phenomenon appears to be assuming worldwide proportions, the authors have chosen to focus on a comparison of two societie…
The Transition to Motherhood: Plans versus Reality in the Working Lives of Women with Tertiary-Education
The article provides a detailed insight into a critical stage in the life course of young women. It focuses on the transition to first-time motherhood among women with tertiary education in heterosexual dual-earner couples in the Czech Republic. The plans of pregnant women regarding their working lives following the birth of their first child are compared with the subsequent realities of their lives (the first eighteen months of their motherhood)…
Fears and Difficulties in the Early Stage of Parenthood: Findings from a Longitudinal Study of First-Time Parents
The article focuses on the concerns of Czech expectant parents and their subsequent life difficulties. A qualitative longitudinal methodology was used to study parental experiences for a period of around four years. Three waves of semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixteen dual-earner parental couples who had their first child in 2011 or 2012. An analysis of 93 interviews revealed that the fears of the parents-to-be principally concer…
Family Policy and Formal and Informal Care for Preschool-Age Children in Selected European Countries
The article focuses on the use of childcare for preschool-age children in 13 European countries with different models of maternal employment. Employing a comparative approach it relates care arrangements to family policy measures. Childcare policies and practices in post-communist countries (the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia) are compared in a wider European context and specifically to various countries represe…
Hazy Transition to Fatherhood: The Experiences of Czech Fathers
Using longitudinal qualitative research, the study focuses on the transition to fatherhood and the life changes which fatherhood effects in men's everyday lives. Comparative thematic analysis was used in the study of data provided by two waves of research focusing on 16 dual-earner Czech parental couples. The first wave of interviews took place during pregnancy and the second on the child reaching 18 months. The expectant fathers evinced vague pl…
Communist Funeral Reform in Central Europe (1948–1989): From Religious to Civil Funerals in Czechoslovakia and Hungary
The authors examine funeral reform in the second half of the 20th century in Central and Eastern Europe via the historical comparative analysis approach. Examining the case studies of Czechoslovakia and Hungary, the article argues that although the newly-developed civil (socialist) funeral ceremonies in the two countries followed a similar pattern, in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia, civil funerals followed by cremation became the norm during th…
Role sborů pro občanské záležitosti v rozšiřování občanských pohřebních obřadů
Článek popisuje historii sborů pro občanské záležitosti v české části bývalého Československa v 50. až 80. letech 20 století. Využity byly dva hlavní datové zdroje. Prvním byl hloubkové rozhovory s pohřebními profesionály, někdy zároveň členy sborů pro občanské záležitosti, kteří realizovali pohřební obřady ve sledovaném období. Druhým byly příručky pro pohřební profesionály a civilní pohřební řečníky o pohřebních proslovech a náležité formě obča…
Mezinárodní konference Sief: Brno, 7. – 10. června 2023
Letošní rok byl pro českou etnologii a antropologii významný tím, že se v Brně konala doposud největší mezinárodní vědecká akce daných oborů na našem území, a sice 16. kongres Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF). Této prestižní bianuální konference se zúčastnilo téměř tisíc osob. Potkali se zde zkušení i začínající odborníci z řad etnologů, folkloristů, sociálních a kulturních antropologů i badatelé dalších příbuzných discip…
A Century of Funeral Change in Burial Practices: From Church Burial to Cremation Without a Ceremony
The changes in funeral practices in Czech society which occurred during the 20th century were more significant than those that took place during the whole of the second millennium. Traditional Roman Catholic Christian funerals which were performed at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries are described as a starting point from which the focus moves to a study of the major changes from the onwards. The first half of the 20th century was specific …
Mezinárodní konference o smrti – Death, Dying and Disposal
Zpráva o 17. mezinárodní konferenci o smrti – Death, Dying and Disposal
Everyday Life of Employees of the Emergency Medical Service – Coming to Terms with Death
The study examines how employees of the emergency medical service in the Czech Republic come to terms with death and crisis situations. It is based on oral history research and focuses on the everyday practice and experience of emergency medical service staff – physicians, nurses, drivers, and paramedics. It presents an actor’s perspective on death and deals with the early period of the modern emergency medical service, from the 1970s to the earl…
Czech (10 works) · Political science (6 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Communism (4 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (4 works)