Understanding the European Voluntary Service as Ritual. The case of EU mobility youth projects in the CR.

Abstract

This diploma thesis present analysis of the process of specific mobility volunteering project EVS (European Voluntary Service, funded by Erasmus+ program of EU) and foreign volunteering youth (age 17-30) and their involvement in it seen by ritual approach. The case-study had been performed in the city of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic). The aim is to interpret the EVS project as a kind of contemporary ritual in adulthood. It also shows how individuals pass through it by assimilation, and perceiving new culture and language different from their own.