Description du projet
Une étude sur la façon dont les Palestiniens ottomans ont fait face aux bouleversements culturels et sociaux
Dans la période comprise entre 1880 et 1920, les Palestiniens ottomans ont été soumis à de nombreux défis sociaux et culturels imposés par l’Empire ottoman, la ségrégation de classe croissante et les influences de l’impérialisme européen. Le projet LOOP, financé par l’UE, étudiera leurs stratégies d’adaptation aux niveaux individuel et communautaire, dans le contexte des divisions ethniques, religieuses et de classe. Il utilisera également des données de recensement pour mettre au point une comparaison des pratiques sociales. Outre le fait de fixer un précédent au niveau des normes de recherche requises pour une étude complète du régime ottoman, le projet fournira une base pour des études similaires, ainsi que des idées pour de futures recherches sur le colonialisme sous le mandat britannique.
Objectif
In the Eastern Mediterranean, the four decades between 1880 and 1920 were a time of imperialism, globalisation and Ottoman state building, but also of profound social differentiation, fuelled by an unprecedented degree of human mobility and migration. Therefore, in this period we find the roots of many social formations that have remained relevant until the present.
My focus is on the individual and collective practices for coping with various challenges and on census-taking as a social process. It will open up new perspectives on social and cultural dynamics in late Ottoman Palestine, in a historical context defined by European imperialism, Ottoman state building and globalisation. The main research question is:
which social strategies did late Ottoman Palestinians employ, across ethnic, religious and class divides, to confront challenges on the individual and collective levels?
These include fostering social advancement of one’s household or coping with economic stress. My hypothesis is that an accumulation of individual actions led to the constant emergence and re-emergence of social formations.
Using the census process and its data I will establish yardsticks that will make it possible to compare social practices across the region and beyond, and thus contribute to ongoing efforts to write a global social and cultural history and it will develop a theoretical framework and methodological standards that will be useful for similar research projects. Specifically, the project aims to set new standards for how to realise the vision of an HGIS for the entire Ottoman Empire. Enabling comparison with other sources it may also offer intriguing new perspectives for the study of colonialism, notably under the British Mandate.
Champ scientifique
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-BasedInstitution d’accueil
44801 Bochum
Allemagne