Descrizione del progetto
Uno studio su come i palestinesi ottomani hanno affrontato gli sconvolgimenti culturali e sociali
Nel periodo tra il 1880 e il 1920, i palestinesi ottomani furono soggetti a molte sfide sociali e culturali imposte dall’impero ottomano, alla crescente segregazione di classe e alle influenze dell’imperialismo europeo. Nel contesto di divisioni etniche, religiose e di classe, il progetto LOOP, finanziato dall’UE, indagherà sulle loro strategie di sopravvivenza sia a livello individuale che comunitario. Utilizzerà anche i dati del censimento per creare un confronto delle pratiche sociali. Oltre a stabilire un precedente negli standard di ricerca richiesti per uno studio completo del regime ottomano, il progetto fornirà una base per studi simili e approfondimenti sulla ricerca futura sul colonialismo sotto il mandato britannico.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Argomento(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-BasedIstituzione ospitante
44801 Bochum
Germania