Jitka Cirklová
Biographic Data
| ID | 825439 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jitka Cirklová |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jitka |
| FAMILY NAME | Cirklová |
| SIGNATURE | CIRKLOVÁ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Finance and Administration |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2362-6482 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ecological afterlives
This article examines how media discourse and legal frameworks are co-producing these new ecological afterlife practices, focusing on the interplay between public narratives and regulatory change. The article situates these developments within the historically specific Czech funeral context, where high cremation rates, secularisation and dissatisfaction with standardised civil rituals have produced a search for more meaningful and participatory f…
Transformative Human–Animal Relationships in Mushing
This study investigates mushing as a complex practice that involves spiritual ecology, empathy, and profound human–animal relationships. Drawing on nine years of ethnographic research in the Czech Republic, the study explores mushers’ views of their bond with sled dogs as a spiritual journey. Mushers perceive their experiences as being within nature, emphasizing deep engagement with landscapes and animals. Findings suggest that mushers regard sle…
The place and role of purgatory in the twenty-first century
This article examines current perceptions of purgatory among young people and its role in society. Architecture students' visual material explores the evolving concept of purgatory and its importance today. The study analyses how ideas of purification and hybridity are understood in contemporary secular society. Using a structured visual research framework, the study incorporates participatory seminars, art-based methodologies and innovative AI t…
Mother and Father? Ideas and Possibilities of Starting a Family by Transgender and Nonbinary People in the Czech Republic
Coping with the quarter-life crisis the buddhist way in the Czech Republic
The article examines the phenomenon known as the quarter-life crisis. The aim was to explore how young people in the Czech Republic practising Buddhism experience this crisis and how Buddhism influences the way they cope. Qualitative research was used to gain insight into how respondents experience this life phase and whether they perceive the world of too many opportunities as a challenge or a problem. The relationship with consumer culture and …
Art to come
Terry Smith, the author of the reflection on contemporaneity of art and architecture, is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading historians and theorists of contemporary art, is Andrew W. M
Reaffirming Identity Through Images. The commodification of Illusions in the Contemporary Presentation of Self
In this paper, the construction of an ideal image of the self will be discussed within the theoretical framework of "Representation". Drawing more on Hall's concept of representation I would like to concentrate on the practices of "stereotyping", drawing out the links between representation and stereotype that are closely connected with the production of mass culture, consumerism, institutions, and social media. Photos from galleries and museums …
Buddhism as a value source in the course of new identity and lifestyle formation in the Czech Republic
This study is focused on cultural phenomena of contemporary Europe: the creation of a new religious identity without cultural precedent in European cultural history. It will concentrate on non-Asian Buddhist converts, who have adopted religious world views different from those of their ethnic heritage and the mainstream culture they live in and who use Buddhism as the value-source for their children's upbringing. The parents who, to a certain deg…
Buddhism as a social minority
Art to come
Terry Smith, the author of the reflection on contemporaneity of art and architecture, is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading historians and theorists of contemporary art, is Andrew W. M
The place and role of purgatory in the twenty-first century
This article examines current perceptions of purgatory among young people and its role in society. Architecture students' visual material explores the evolving concept of purgatory and its importance today. The study analyses how ideas of purification and hybridity are understood in contemporary secular society. Using a structured visual research framework, the study incorporates participatory seminars, art-based methodologies and innovative AI t…
Buddhism as a value source in the course of new identity and lifestyle formation in the Czech Republic
This study is focused on cultural phenomena of contemporary Europe: the creation of a new religious identity without cultural precedent in European cultural history. It will concentrate on non-Asian Buddhist converts, who have adopted religious world views different from those of their ethnic heritage and the mainstream culture they live in and who use Buddhism as the value-source for their children's upbringing. The parents who, to a certain deg…
Buddhism as a social minority
Coping with the quarter-life crisis the buddhist way in the Czech Republic
The article examines the phenomenon known as the quarter-life crisis. The aim was to explore how young people in the Czech Republic practising Buddhism experience this crisis and how Buddhism influences the way they cope. Qualitative research was used to gain insight into how respondents experience this life phase and whether they perceive the world of too many opportunities as a challenge or a problem. The relationship with consumer culture and …
Art to come
Terry Smith, the author of the reflection on contemporaneity of art and architecture, is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading historians and theorists of contemporary art, is Andrew W. M
Reaffirming Identity Through Images. The commodification of Illusions in the Contemporary Presentation of Self
In this paper, the construction of an ideal image of the self will be discussed within the theoretical framework of "Representation". Drawing more on Hall's concept of representation I would like to concentrate on the practices of "stereotyping", drawing out the links between representation and stereotype that are closely connected with the production of mass culture, consumerism, institutions, and social media. Photos from galleries and museums …
Mother and Father? Ideas and Possibilities of Starting a Family by Transgender and Nonbinary People in the Czech Republic
The place and role of purgatory in the twenty-first century
This article examines current perceptions of purgatory among young people and its role in society. Architecture students' visual material explores the evolving concept of purgatory and its importance today. The study analyses how ideas of purification and hybridity are understood in contemporary secular society. Using a structured visual research framework, the study incorporates participatory seminars, art-based methodologies and innovative AI t…
Ecological afterlives
This article examines how media discourse and legal frameworks are co-producing these new ecological afterlife practices, focusing on the interplay between public narratives and regulatory change. The article situates these developments within the historically specific Czech funeral context, where high cremation rates, secularisation and dissatisfaction with standardised civil rituals have produced a search for more meaningful and participatory f…
Transformative Human–Animal Relationships in Mushing
This study investigates mushing as a complex practice that involves spiritual ecology, empathy, and profound human–animal relationships. Drawing on nine years of ethnographic research in the Czech Republic, the study explores mushers’ views of their bond with sled dogs as a spiritual journey. Mushers perceive their experiences as being within nature, emphasizing deep engagement with landscapes and animals. Findings suggest that mushers regard sle…
Sociology (6 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Czech (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Buddhism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works)