Project description DEENESFRITPL Exploring Old Panama’s globalisation legacy In the convergence of four continents, Old Panama, a narrow isthmian pass connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, witnessed a complex web of cultural and commercial contacts. The EU-funded ArtEmpire project will employ an interdisciplinary approach to unravel the diverse impacts of European incursions, African slaves, Asian merchandise, and indigenous alliances during early globalisation. Through historical, archaeological, and archaeometric methodologies, this initiative will challenge prevailing narratives and offer fresh insights into the cultural, biological and economic consequences of this pivotal junction. By exploring the material legacy of Old Panama, the project aims to redefine our understanding of the interconnectedness and survival strategies of the diverse peoples who shaped this historic site. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective European incursions onto the narrow isthmian pass that divided and connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans made it a strategic node of the Spanish Empire and a crucial site for early modern globalization. On the front lines of the convergence of four continents, Old Panama offers an unusual opportunity for examining the diverse, often asymmetrical impacts of cultural and commercial contacts. The role of Italian, Portuguese, British, Dutch, and French interests in the area, as well as an influx of African slaves and Asian merchandise, have left a unique material legacy that requires an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to its varied sources. Bones, teeth and artifacts on this artery of Empire offer the possibility of new insights into the cultural and biological impact of early globalization. They also invite an interdisciplinary approach to different groups’ tactics for survival, including possible dietary changes, and the pursuit of profit. Such strategies may have led the diverse peoples inhabiting this junction, from indigenous allies to African and Asian bandits to European corsairs, to develop and to favor local production and Pacific trade networks at the expense of commerce with the metropolis.This project applies historical, archaeological and archaeometric methodologies to evidence of encounters between peoples and goods from Europe, America, Africa and Asia that took place on the Isthmus of Panama during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Forging an interdisciplinary approach to early globalization, it challenges both Euro-centric and Hispano-phobic interpretations of the impact of the conquest of America, traditionally seen as a demographic catastrophe that reached its nadir in the so-called seventeenth-century crisis. Rather than applying quantitative methods to incomplete source material, researchers will adopt a contextualized, inter-disciplinary, qualitative approach to diverse agents involved in cultural and commercial exchange. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabaseshumanitiesartsmodern and contemporary artcinematographysocial sciencessociologyglobalizationnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsgenomessocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Topic(s) ERC-CoG-2014 - ERC Consolidator Grant Call for proposal ERC-2014-CoG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant Coordinator UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE Net EU contribution € 1 264 528,64 Address Carretera de utrera km 1 41013 Sevilla Spain See on map Region Sur Andalucía Sevilla Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Beneficiaries (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE Spain Net EU contribution € 1 264 528,64 Address Carretera de utrera km 1 41013 Sevilla See on map Region Sur Andalucía Sevilla Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 CURT-ENGELHORN ZENTRUM ARCHAOMETRIEGGMBH-CEZA Germany Net EU contribution € 176 346,36 Address D6 3 68159 Mannheim See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Mannheim, Stadtkreis Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FUNDACION UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE Colombia Net EU contribution € 417 250,00 Address Kilometro 5 antigua via a puerto colombia 156951820 Barranquilla See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA Italy Net EU contribution € 140 750,00 Address Strada nuova 65 27100 Pavia See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Pavia Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
