Objective VoicesOfVenice aims to provide the principal researcher, a landscape archaeologist focused on medieval Europe, with comprehensive training in anthropology and ecology in order to re-write the “Origin of Venice”. The research will stimulate a critical reappraisal of the one of the most well studied European historical and social phenomenon, the birth of the Serenissima. The proposed project will develop a new archaeological viewpoint, including a comprehensive environmental approach, will help to implements innovative methods for re-interpret the formation of the new settlements in the Venetian lagoons between Late Antiquity and Early Middle ages. A unique archaeological dataset, derived from the privileged viewpoint offered by ongoing excavations in Torcello, will form the basis of the project.New theoretical approaches will be developed, informed from new tendencies of the postprocessualist experiences in archaeology and social studies. The project will shift from current model where Material Culture is used to develop historical models, suitable for the explanation of the major past events, to a different material approach. Giving special attention to the physical processes in which the “things” of the past (artefacts, landscapes, technologies) have been exposed, archaeological and environmental data will be interrogate for knowing how ancient and present societies have been entrapped into the maintenance and sustaining of a very specific material world.A significant part of the training will devoted to Public Archaeology, reconsidering how the tale of the “Origins” has been narrated. VoiceOfVenices aims to trace the anthropological perspective of the tale, starting with the review of the medieval chronicles, going on with the contemporary studies, and ending with the narration today, between academia, web and social networks. Fields of science humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistoryancient historyhumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorymedieval historynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologysocial sciencessociologyanthropologyhumanitieshistory and archaeologyarchaeology Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) Coordinator UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA EU contribution € 350 669,80 Address DORSODURO 3246 30123 Venezia Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Venezia Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Stefania Quaderni (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
