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René Starhon / "Gendarme Ethnography" - a probe into the social reality of marginalized groups of the Czechoslovak countryside of the 1930s and 1940s through content and discursive analysis of the magazine "BEZPEČNOSTNÍ SLUŽBA" ("SECURITY SERVICE") published between 1931 and 1945

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Abstract

René Starhon focused on physiological research and entographic testimony contained in the magazine Security Service published between 1931 and 1945. Individual gendarmerie studies mapped and classified physiognomic features that indicated individuals who might be prone to criminal offenses.The lecture was followed by a discussion.