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.
18. 4. 2009
:::: Karel Malivánek & Zdeněk Konopásek: Vysočina Open 2009 (Jihlava)
Doublets in petanque, class Prestige
11. 4. 2009
:::: Karel Malivánek & Zdeněk Konopásek: Easter egg cup (Vojnův Městec)
Doublets in petanque, Prestige (62 teams)
9. 4. 2009
:::: Divadlo Vizita (Praha)
Improvised performance, Archa Theatre
, Na porici 26, Praha 1. 8pm
8. 4. 2009
:::: Divadlo Vizita (Praha)
Improvised performance, Archa Theatre, Na porici 26, Praha 1. 8pm
2. 4. 2009
:::: Zdeněk Konopásek: "This is for the first time when it is for the second time": Reflections on uniqueness in sociological descriptions and explanations (Praha)
Presentation at the joint CTS (Praha) and IGPP (Freiburg) workshop on "The challenge of uniqueness", Center for theoretical study, April 2-4 2009 (Husova 4, Praha 1, CTS seminar room)
The problem of uniqueness in sociology is often seen as a problem of methodology. It refers to research configurations in which we deal only with a few cases or even with a single case so that it becomes impossible using standardized statistical tools and generalizing our findings to cover some wider population. In such situations, we mobilize “qualitative methods”. I will briefly comment on their practical relevance and on the nature of knowledge they bring about. Uniqueness, however, can also be taken as a substantive sociological issue. There are sociologists (including myself) who consider uniqueness as an omnipresent and irreducible feature of social reality – a feature that should be taken seriously. This implies a radical redefinition of the sociological perspective and of basic sociological questions. The redefinition is often misunderstood though. While we must understand and deeply respect that everything happens only once, and at one place, it is equally serious that we take account of things made durable, repeatable, and standardized or generalized on a mass scale and daily basis. It is not a paradox: the former should be taken as a theoretical-methodological precondition of the latter.
31. 3. 2009
:::: Divadlo Vizita: Endless downpour (Praha)
Improvised performance, Archa Theatre, Na porici 26, Praha 1. 8pm
30. 3. 2009
:::: Divadlo Vizita (Brno)
Improvised performance, Divadlo Bolka Políky in Brno
28. 3. 2009
:::: Zdeněk Konopásek & Ondra Preuss: Sokolský pohár [Sokol cup] (Roudnice nad Labem)
Doublets in petanque, the tournament organised by the Hej-rup club
19. 3. 2009
:::: Duo Profesores live at the Nad Viktorkou Pub (Praha)
Concert, Nad Viktorkou pub (Bořivojova, Praha 3 - Žižkov)
Concert of the reunited band at the Nad Viktorkou pub: Pjér Lašéz, vocals and guitars; Zdeněk Konopásek, drums and cymbals.
9. 3. 2009
:::: Zdeněk Konopásek: Přirozený svět a naturalizace skutečnosti: K debatám o "přirozeném" světě z pohledu sociologa [Life-world and naturalization of reality: Toward the ideas of life-world from a sociologist's view] (Praha)
Presentation within the series of transdisciplinary seminars on life/lived/natural world
5. 3. 2009
:::: Jaroslav Dušek: The four agreements (Hradec Králové)
Theatrical performance. Culture hall Adalbertinum (Čs. armády 300, HK), 7 pm
Also with: Pjér Lašéz - bass, guitar, singing; Zdeněk Konopásek - drums, percussions, trumpet; Viktor Zborník - lights
27. 2. 2009
:::: Divadlo Vizita: The bearded woman (Praha)
Improvised performance, Archa Theatre, Na porici 26, Praha 1. 8pm
20. 1. 2009
:::: Marináda dekorativních aspektů (Praha)
Live performance with the musical band Marináda dekorativních aspektů, cafe Potrva (Srbska 2, Praha 6 - Dejvice).
A second attempt with this band, it could only be a nice surprise. Marináda does not rehearse, the lineup is not stable, instruments range from laptop to clarinet, electric bass guitar and my drum kit.
20. 1. 2009
:::: Zdeněk Konopásek & Jan Paleček: Princip symetrie z hlediska respondentů: Posedlost, zjevení a duševní nemoc ve výzkumných rozhovorech s duchovními
[The principle of symmetry from the respondents‘ perspective: Possession, apparition and mental illness in research interviews with clerics] (Olomouc)
Presentation at the conference Qualitative approaches for practice (VIIIth Czech-Slovak conference on qualitative research and methods in the human sciences), January 19-20 2009, Olomouc
We study how experiences such as hearing the voice of the Lord or having a vision of Virgin Mary are dealt with in psychiatry and catholic pastoral practice. How the status of these phenomena is negotiated by the participants? Under what conditions they become an instance of legitimate religious experience or, alternatively, symptoms of mental illness? We approach the study of these issues “symmetrically” - we do not prefer a priori medical or spiritual explanations. Some time ago, we demonstrated and explained such an approach (which is common, e.g., in contemporary sociology of science), and its relevance for our research, in an analytic paper on the movie “The exorcism of Emily Rose” (2005). The paper discusses a highly ambiguous relationship, pictured in the film, between medical and spiritual interpretation of the story of a young girl who was considered possessed by demons and who died after unsuccessful exorcism (Konopásek & Paleček 2006). Now, the question is: can such a symmetrical approach be of any relevance also for people we are studying? In an attempt to give an answer, we have interviewed four catholic priests on this issue. The priests had been asked to watch the movie on Emily Rose and read our paper on it in preparation for the interview. Based on these discussions, we would like to shed some light on whether and in what ways our specific epistemic perspective coheres with the views and positions of our respondents; and also, how this reflexive research experiment contributed to our own understanding of the role of the symmetry principle in our current research project.
12. 1. 2009
:::: Divadlo Vizita: Orthodox aligator (Praha)
Improvised performance, Archa Theatre, Na porici 26, Praha 1. 8pm
Will Alík alias Alig (Jaroslav Dušek) and the famous Tora alias Toreadora (Pjér la Šé´z) be atoned? Will Zdeněk Konopásek avoid losing the rhythm? Will Viktor Zborník bring light into the abyss? (The first show in 2009 and one of the few planned performances for the first few months of the year.)
