Descrizione del progetto
La sofferenza mentale nella Scandinavia del XVI e XVII secolo
Le conoscenze sul modo in cui lo status sociale, il genere e l’età hanno influenzato le esperienze degli stati mentali prima dell’era moderna sono scarse, il che limita la nostra comprensione storica della sofferenza mentale. Con il sostegno del programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto CROW effettuerà un’indagine sulle esperienze di malattia mentale nella Scandinavia del XVI e XVII secolo. Analizzando i documenti dei tribunali ecclesiastici, il progetto scopre modelli di dichiarazioni individuali in merito all’incarnazione ed esamina inoltre i modelli di descrizione della malinconia nei testi medici per offrire una narrazione della sofferenza mentale a livello storico. Utilizzando nuove fonti e metodologie digitali, CROW si propone di comprendere una gamma più ampia di esperienze, migliorando in definitiva la nostra comprensione della malattia mentale nella prima età moderna e contribuendo ai progressi teorici nella storia dell’esperienza.
Obiettivo
CROW explores lay experiences of being mentally unwell in 16th- and 17th century Scandinavia. It asks how social status, gender and age affected experiences of mental states before the modern era. In doing so, it deepens our understanding of mental suffering historically and creates an inclusive and complex history of the phenomenon. The project uses new sources and new digital methods that combined can reach a wide variety of experiences. The objectives of CROW are: 1. Provide an examination of experiences of being mentally unwell in the early modern period that takes into account embodied experiences and emotions as well as early modern religious and medical frameworks; 2. Advance the scope for examining lay peoples experiences through the use of digital methods; 3. Provide a historical account of experiences of mental suffering that informs present-day debate about mental health.
CROW uses as a point of departure the understanding that experiences are created through embodied sensations in cultural contexts, and thus socially bound and historically significant, to argue that they can be researched through patterns in individual statements regarding embodiment, in tandem with reconstruction of cultural frameworks. The project examines ecclesiastical court records from the Scandinavian realms to find patterns in verbatim text concerning embodied sensations. These patterns are examined in relation to descriptions of melancholy in religious and medical vernacular texts aimed at a lay audience. Through the use of software in several steps, the examination moves from the concept of melancholy, which is key to understanding mental suffering in the early modern, learned debate, to the descriptions of embodiment, which means that experiences of mental suffering can be found even when the concept of melancholy is absent. In addition to advancing understanding of early modern mental suffering, this approach will contribute theoretically to the history of experience.
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Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
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(si apre in una nuova finestra) HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinatore
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