Description du projet
L’étude de l’archéologie paléolithique fasciste
Le régime fasciste italien a encouragé l’archéologie paléolithique de 1925 à 1942. Une enquête plus approfondie est nécessaire en raison du contexte idéologique du régime et du rôle crucial du Vatican. Soutenu par le programme Actions Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA), le projet FascistPrehistory étudiera l’archéologie paléolithique dans l’Italie fasciste dans une perspective internationale. Il étudiera le rôle crucial joué par le Vatican dans l’internationalisation du projet fasciste, en explorant la période entre deux expositions majeures d’archéologie paléolithique: l’Exposition missionnaire du Vatican (1925) et l’Esposizione Universale di Roma (1942). Le projet étudiera également le rôle des archéologues dans la construction de l’agenda culturel international fasciste à travers le développement de discours scientifiques universalistes.
Objectif
FascistPrehistory proposes to study the development of palaeolithic archaeology as a field of inquiry in fascist Italy. Breaking away from the traditional historiographic association of archaeology with nationalism, the project seeks to open an international perspective on the conditions that shaped scientific development of the Homo sapiens paradigm under fascism. Considering the Vatican crucial role as a vector of the internationalization of the fascist project, FascistPrehistory scrutinizes the co-construction of the universalist paradigm of Homo sapiens in the contexts of fascist Rome during the 1920s through 40s. It sets its focus on interwar Rome as both the national centre and international display case of Italian culture under the fascist regime. It explores the developments leading up to, and in between, two major shows of palaeolithic archaeology – at the Vatican Missionary Exhibition (1925) and the Esposizione Universale di Roma (1942), respectively. The project concentrates on the role archaeologists played in the construction of the fascist international cultural agenda through their elaboration of universalists scientific discourses.
Bringing together leading experts in the fields of scientific internationalism (Maastricht University) and Catholic and contemporary history (secondment, École française de Rome), FascistPrehistory aims to renew our understanding of the role of the sciences in the building of a cosmopolitan culture under fascism. By means of the placement at Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana, the project will also provide an accessible introduction to fascist scientific heritage to various audiences.
Champ scientifique
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinateur
6200 MD Maastricht
Pays-Bas