The Democratic State Playing Favourites: Building for Minorities in Interwar Czechoslovakia

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Democratic State Playing Favourites: Building for Minorities in Interwar Czechoslovakia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In interwar Czechoslovakia, more than half of the state’s investments in educational infrastructure were directed toward so-called minority schools. A minority was defined by local demography, and the primary beneficiaries of minority policies were, by design, Czech-speaking communities in the predominantly German-speaking Sudetenland border regions. While officially framed as an effort to address historical disparities in educational access, the implementation of minority policies also helped deepen the tensions between the national groups. The hundreds of newly built schools, therefore, rather than being neutral institutions of learning, became visible markers of state influence. The paper aims to explore the interplay of state building policies, the kind of architecture it procured, and the ethnic conflict it both mirrored and further exacerbated, as well as the reasons why this physical testimony of First Czechoslovak Republic politics is now largely forgotten.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Democratic State Playing Favourites: Building for Minorities in Interwar Czechoslovakia

Popis výsledku anglicky

In interwar Czechoslovakia, more than half of the state’s investments in educational infrastructure were directed toward so-called minority schools. A minority was defined by local demography, and the primary beneficiaries of minority policies were, by design, Czech-speaking communities in the predominantly German-speaking Sudetenland border regions. While officially framed as an effort to address historical disparities in educational access, the implementation of minority policies also helped deepen the tensions between the national groups. The hundreds of newly built schools, therefore, rather than being neutral institutions of learning, became visible markers of state influence. The paper aims to explore the interplay of state building policies, the kind of architecture it procured, and the ethnic conflict it both mirrored and further exacerbated, as well as the reasons why this physical testimony of First Czechoslovak Republic politics is now largely forgotten.

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O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60401 - Arts, Art history

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GF23-42260L" target="_blank" >GF23-42260L: "Neviditelní agenti" v architektuře (1908-38). Politiky, principy a projekty středoevropských ministerstev veřejných prací</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů