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Next Stop, Ruzyně International Airport: The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and its Tours Abroad in the 1970s and 1980s (December 2021)

Lucie Marková (Author)

The Journal of Transport History
Volume: 42
Issue: 3
Pages: 399-419
Publication date: December 2021
Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/00225266211033529

URI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00225266211033529

Publication Date: December 2021
Edition Details: Issue Theme: Business Travels and Cold War mobilities

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Cold War Mobility Aviation Cultural relations Travel 20th century Czechoslovakia Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

The article focuses on the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra's tours abroad in the 1970s and 1980s and analyses them as an example of the interconnection between transport and political history. The study contributes to the issue of the state's and Communist party's ideological and cultural interests to send cultural “ambassadors” abroad (such people served as representatives of the socialist system in the world). The article reflects the issue not only from the regime's perspective; the author also focuses on the main aspects of the journeys perceived from the point of view of the individual travellers (modes of transport, tour experiences or purchase of goods abroad). The text relies mainly on oral history interviews with musicians and a wide range of archival sources.

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Article Valentina Fava; Lenka Krátká (December 2021) Business Travels and Cold War mobilities. The Journal of Transport History (pp. 347-359). unapi

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