This article is based on long-term study of the relationship between time and space. It does not conceive space as a dimensionless, empty, and homogeneous container but draws instead on the concept of place as unique and meaningful. The conceptualisation of place is thus based on the classic works of the humanist geographers Yi-Fu Tuan and Edward Relph, who consider place to be integral, enclosed, and determinable. The issue of the determinability of integral and still meaningful place is examined using Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia. A certain place in a city is linked to a number of other places, which in a way then become present in that place. The place cannot be considered a homotopia but, on the contrary, is a heterotopia. Place can also be conceived from a temporal point of view. Various times (rhythms) blend in a place and they refer to processes that were taking place in other (even temporally very remote) times. Similarly, just as place can be spatially considered a heterotopia, temporally it may be considered a heterochronia. The term heterochronotopia is used to refer to a place that opens out both spatially to other places and temporally to other times. Empirically the article focuses on one selected place in the post-socialist and post-industrial city of Brno (Czech Republic). The article seeks to (1) identify links connecting the researched place to other sites and times and to (2) describe the selected place as a system of associations. The research combines a very wide range of methods such as direct observation, informal interviews, and analyses of historical documents, photos, public transport timetables, etc. The article thus offers an example of a dense description of a place as a temporally or spatially undeterminable entity, provides material for critical reflection on the assumption that urban place is enclosed and determinable, and introduces ‘heterochronotopia’ as a new concept referring to a spatially and temporally undetermined place in a contemporary city.
Článek se týká tří předmětů z barevného kovu, nalezených na Starém Brně: fragmentu kroužku, drobné trojúhelné misky vah se třemi otvory a fragmentu třmínku vah s jazýčkem. Nálezy vah jsou v českých zemích poměrně vzácné, tento má navíc bezpečné nálezové okolnosti: byl získán v suterénu zaniklé dřevohliněné stavby při plošně vedeném záchranném výzkumu. Kromě zhodnocení nálezové situace a porovnání jednotlivých komponent vah s českými i evropskými nálezy byla provedena i materiálová analýza, která ukazuje na druhotnou sestavu. and The article concerns three objects made of non-ferrous metal discovered in the Staré Brno quarter of Brno: a fragment of a ring, small, triangular balance scale pans with three holes and a fragment of a balance bar with a small pointer. Balance scale finds are relatively rare in the Czech Lands; moreover, the Staré Brno balance scale is accompanied by safe archaeological context. It was retrieved from the cellar fill of a defunct wood-and-earth building during rescue excavations. In addition to an evaluation of the find situation and a comparison of the individual balance components with Czech and European finds, a material analysis was performed; this pointed to a secondary assembly of the discovered assemblage.
This contribution looks into the printing house of the Neumann family, which operated in Mikulov and Brno between 1768 and the beginning of the 19th century. It draws on the study of archival sources and compares them with the existing literature on this printing workshop. It focuses on the circumstances under which the printing house was founded, as well as its owners and employees. The printing production is described in terms of languages, genres, and themes. Furthermore, it explores the circle of clients and publishers for whom the printing house worked. The analysis shows that the Neumann printing house was a small-scale, local shop which operated mainly on a commercial basis for a diverse clientele.
K dokladům epigravettienské kolonizace na území Brna-Štýřice (okr. Brno) přibyly v posledních letech další prameny k poznání zdejšího osídlení v období pozdní fáze mladého paleolitu. Cílem příspěvku je popis a srovnání veškerých dosavadních nálezů. Vzhledem k tomu, že v těsném sousedství stanic v Brně-Štýřicích bylo v minulosti detekováno několik míst s doklady přibližně stejně starého osídlení, zdá se, že oblast byla v období pozdní fáze mladého paleolitu opakovaně obydlována. and Additional evidence of Epigravettian settlement in Brno-Štýřice (Brno district) acquired in recent years has increased the inventory of sources available for gaining an understanding of the local settlement in the late phase of the Upper Palaeolithic. The aim of this work is to describe and compare all of the existing finds. Due to the fact that several locations with evidence of settlement of approximately the same age have been detected in close proximity to the stations in Brno-Štýřice, it appears that the area was repeatedly settled during the late phase of the Upper Palaeolithic.