Objectif European libraries and museums hold a small corpus of – still quite enigmatic – ancient screenfold manuscripts from the Aztecs, Mixtecs, Mayas and other indigenous cultures in Mexico and neighbouring Central America. The central structuring principle of these pictographic and hieroglyphic texts is the prehispanic calendar, which was not only the dominant framework for historiography and astronomical observations, but was also used for divination, medical treatment, ritual performance, community organisation and moral codes. The comments from authors writing shortly after the Spanish conquest (A.D. 1521) are crucial, but give a generalised, incomplete and biased picture. A wealth of additional and very relevant information is still to be found in the on-going use of this calendar by “daykeepers” (specialists in traditional healing and other rituals) in contemporary indigenous communities in the region. So far, however, little attention has been paid to this fascinating cultural continuity, which is very rapidly disappearing.This research project, then, has three interrelated aims.1) To document the endangered knowledge, ideas, practices and oral literature related to the indigenous calendar, still in use in Mexico and Guatemala, through simultaneous ethnographic fieldwork in seven indigenous regions: PhD cands, PI, field assistants, documentary-video team.2) Connect the resulting data and insights to the historical information in order to extract an in-depth interpretation and reading of the ancient manuscripts, which in turn will lead to a better grasp of the symbolic meaning and social function of time in Mesoamerican thought and culture: PhD cands, PI.3) Produce a comparative and theoretical analysis of the role of perceptions and conceptualisations of time in the construction of memory and identity, and of how this role is affected by (and influences) long-term and intensive cultural interaction (colonization – modernization - globalization): Postdoc, PI. Champ scientifique social sciencessociologyglobalization Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Thème(s) ERC-AG-SH5 - ERC Advanced Grant - Cultures and cultural production Appel à propositions ERC-2011-ADG_20110406 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Institution d’accueil UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN Contribution de l’UE € 2 500 000,00 Adresse RAPENBURG 70 2311 EZ Leiden Pays-Bas Voir sur la carte Région West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Petra Kamer-De Graaf (Mrs.) Chercheur principal Maarten Evert Reinoud Gerard Nicolaas Jansen (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Bénéficiaires (1) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN Pays-Bas Contribution de l’UE € 2 500 000,00 Adresse RAPENBURG 70 2311 EZ Leiden Voir sur la carte Région West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Petra Kamer-De Graaf (Mrs.) Chercheur principal Maarten Evert Reinoud Gerard Nicolaas Jansen (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée