Objective The project is aimed at using electronic resources to publish on-line an accurate map of the network constituting the Republique des letteres in the age of the so-called Scientific Revolution. The researcher and the host institution aim at constructing a prototype of a multi-task database that will be published on the web site http://histsciences.univ-paris1.fr/The database will take into account evidence gathered from scientific and learned correspondences so as to define and highlight the contents the networks and the ways of transmission of cultural and scientific information in early modern Europe. It will collect data about personal biographies, scientific institutions, instruments, natural specimina and objects, places related to scientific practice. In formation will be arranged and available in a spatial and geographical fashion, so as to construct a map of the information fluxes in the European cultural space, following the model of a traffic stream visualized on a luminous screen.The database is aimed at being user friendly. It is conceived as an open-access tool (that is open to contributes by the scholars in the field as well as by general users). It will also be accessible to different levels of use, so as to provide information for scientific popularisation, scientific museums and science centres. The highways of science project can be of strong interest for Europe. Indeed, it is meant as strengthening scientific exchanges and integration. It implies the cooperation between international institution s and learned communities. In providing the necessary historical background, it will help European communities of today to rebuild and renovate centuries-old styles and patterns of cooperation. The project will also provide the best opportunities for Federica Favino to advance her career as individual researcher. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabaseshumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorysocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionsrevolutionssocial sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systems Keywords GIS Scientific Revolution Social Networks Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) MOBILITY-2.1 - Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (EIF) Call for proposal FP6-2002-MOBILITY-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme EIF - Marie Curie actions-Intra-European Fellowships Coordinator CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE EU contribution No data Address MNHN - 57, rue Cuvier PARIS France See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
