This project aims to describe how people with non-normative bodies are described and experienced in Czech and Slovakia. With this goal, the research will map discussions about people with special needs in anthropological literature, for potentially discussing how these conditions are experienced by different social actors in specific ethnographic cases. Expected results are: 1) to conduct a bibliographical survey of the debates about non-normative bodies in literature dedicated to contemporary and historical societies; 2) to discuss the diverse forms of experiencing, describing, and analysing the "human body" as these are mobilised by diverse social actors; 3) to potentially realise fieldwork in specific ethnographic case studies to deepen the trajectory of life of the social actors, and 4) to provide the basis for a possible successive development of the research in dialogue with social actors.

The tasks of the work are the following:
1. Bibliographic and digital survey of the discussions about normative and not normative bodies in literature.
2. Detailed study of a specific contemporary and/or historical ethnographic case study.
3. Comparison of the specific case study with others selected from the bibliography.
4. Interpretation and discussion of results, diploma thesis rate, thesis submission in IS MU

The recommended extent of the thesis is 50-100 pages but can be exceeded if the thesis development requires it. However, the 50-page lower limit is the minimum which can be accepted. The thesis will exclude the explicit description of utilized material and methods, including in cases when the thesis is in form of a literature review. The method/process description will clearly state the author’s contribution to acquired results. Czech version of the ISO 690 style will be the citation style. Appropriate tabelar and graphical summarizing and instructive illustrations will form part of the thesis. The thesis will be handed in in the PDF format in the IS Archive and in print bound form for defense and archiving purposes. In the formal and content aspects the valid MU legislation, Dean’s Measure on final these and Department of Anthropology internal regulations must be met.