Events
My public appearances in the past and future (as far as I can see): lectures, conference speeches, workshops, concerts, performances, petanque tournaments... sociology, music and other stuff, all in one.
29. 6. 2005
:::: Zátory: live at the supermarket (Praha)
Concert in the new club Metropolis (Donatellova 2001, Praha 10, Strašnice)
13. 6. 2005
:::: Dr. Konopný Quartet live at Nad Viktorkou (Praha)
Concert at the Nad Viktorkou pub (Bořivojova, Praha 3 - Žižkov)
2. 6. 2005
:::: Kvartet dr. Konopného (Half-way Cafe, Praha)
Concert at the Half-way Cafe, Central park Pankrac, Praha 4
5. 4. 2005
:::: Zátory (Praha)
Concert in the pub Nad Viktorkou (Bořivojova ul. Praha 3)
29. 3. 2005
:::: Dr. Konopný Quartet live at Nad Viktorkou (Praha)
Concert at the Nad Viktorkou pub (Bořivojova, Praha 3 - Žižkov)
3. 2. 2005
:::: Zátory (Praha)
Concert, Club Vagón (Národní st.)
Also playing BBP, Skrytý půvab byrokracie
22. 1. 2005
:::: Zátory (Kostelec nad Černými Lesy)
18. 1. 2005
:::: Zdeněk Konopásek: Co znamená interpretovat text? [What it means to interpret a text?]
Presentation at the 4th annual conference Qulatitative approaches in the human sciences, Olomouc; January 17-19, 2005
18. 1. 2005
:::: Vizita: U-Klub, Olomouc
theatrical performance
dJaroslav Dušek (speaking, acting, dancing, singing), Pjér Lašéz (bass, guitar, singing, speaking), Zdeněk Konopásek (drums, percussion, trumpet), Viktor Zborník (lights).
13. 12. 2004
:::: Zdeněk Konopásek: Je třeba (ještě jednou) rozebrat Sokala [The Sokal affair revisited]
Lecture within the series of CTS Monday seminars (5 pm, seminar room, Husova 4, Praha 1)
16. 11. 2004
:::: Kvartet dr. Konopného (Nad Viktorkou, Praha)
Concert at the Nad Viktorkou pub (Bořivojova ul., Praha 3 - Žižkov)
6. 11. 2004
:::: Kvartet dr. Konopného (Barák club, Kostelec nad Černými Lesy)
Concert at the music club Barák, Kostelec nad Černými Lesy
7. 10. 2004
:::: Zdeněk Konopásek: Zrádnosti soustředěného tlaku: O „nepolitické“ politice ekologických aktivistů [Pitfalls of concentrated pressure: On „non-political“ politics of (Czech) environmentalists]
Lecture within the series of CTS Thursday seminars (10-12am, seminar room, Husova 4, Praha 1)
6. 10. 2004
:::: Kvartet dr. Konopného (Nad Viktorkou, Praha)
Concert at the Nad Viktorkou pub (Bořivojova ul., Praha 3 - Žižkov)
27. 8. 2004
:::: Zdeněk Konopásek & Tereza Stöckelová: Making pure science/pure politics in the public controversy over the highway bypass of Plzen
This paper is based on a detailed empirical case study of a long-term public controversy over the construction of a highway by-pass around the city of Plzen (in South-Western Bohemia, Czech Republic). The controversy involved a wide range of actors: local activists, an environmentalist NGO, politicians of all levels, experts, developers, state and regional administration, and media people. Two variants of the by-pass were at stake: one of them gradually appearing better and better, attractive for experts, but existing as if only on paper, while the other was becoming more and more real, pushed through mainly by local politicians, and actually constructed. Although the story could be narrated in terms of an unequal struggle between environmentalists and small villages on one side and politicians, economic lobbies and municipality of a big city on the other, we will try to follow a more subtle and complex story-line, which focuses upon different strategic usages of science and politics. Besides explaining how it happened that one of the variants “attracted” the winning properties (and “won”), we will also describe a “vicious” circle of a double purification of science and politics and show how it contributes to the fragility of both democracy and expertise.
