Description du projet
Les pratiques de voyage du pèlerinage ottoman
La caravane du hajj vers La Mecque et Médine représentait un mouvement important et régulier de personnes et de marchandises à travers l’Empire ottoman. Nous manquons toutefois de connaissances sur les expériences des pèlerins ottomans. Pour combler cette lacune, le projet OTTOHAJJ, financé par l’UE, se penche sur les voyages ottomans au début de la période moderne (vers 1517-1800), d’Üsküdar à La Mecque. Le projet comprend une analyse des guides ottomans du hajj rédigés par des pèlerins, un examen de l’infrastructure du pèlerinage et l’élaboration d’une typologie décrivant les profils sociaux et les modes de déplacement associés de ces pèlerins. Cet effort vise à fournir des données complètes sur les différentes régions couvertes par l’Empire ottoman et sur les pratiques de voyage en vigueur.
Objectif
The hajj caravan was likely the largest and most regular flow of peoples and commodities through the arteries of the Ottoman empire. Yet surprisingly little is known about the experiences of Ottoman pilgrims who took the overland route to Mecca and Medina each year. OTTOHAJJ will investigate early modern (c. 1517-1800) Ottoman travel through an in-depth study of the material and human aspects of the caravan from Üsküdar to Mecca. The project has four main objectives: Undertaking research in manuscript libraries in order to build a corpus of Ottoman hajj guidebooks authored by pilgrims; Classification and analysis of these sources, exploring intertextuality, authorship, and milieu of authors; Investigating the infrastructure of pilgrimage in order to produce a typology of locations, including sacred sites, facilities, and places of leisure, rest and relaxation; Constructing a typology of social profiles and associated traveling patterns of pilgrims. The use of guidebooks will be supplemented by other Ottoman Turkish and Arabic sources, including travelogues, chronicles, documents, objects, and images. The project will provide data on the diverse territories of the former Ottoman empire and traveling practices within them, a crucial undertaking since climate change and rapid urban transformations continue to irreversibly alter the landscape and diminish ecological diversity. This data will allow us to better understand the social, religious, cultural, ecological, and scientific history of the early modern empire. The project will also make important contributions to the study of manuscript cultures and the application of digital humanities in Ottoman studies. Project outputs include a monograph on traveling practices and mobility, a critical edition of a late-sixteenth-century manuscript guidebook, digital maps of locations and network maps of guidebook authors, a project website promoting open science and open access, and participation in conferences and symposiums.
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinateur
34956 Istanbul
Turquie