Descrizione del progetto
Svelare i misteri delle antiche civiltà
Le origini enigmatiche degli antichi monumenti megalitici hanno lasciato a lungo perplessi i ricercatori. Con il sostegno del programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto SHoW si propone di far luce sulle connessioni culturali tra le persone lungo le coste occidentali dell’Europa. Indagando sugli elementi naturali, il progetto cercherà i paesaggi simbolici che circondano i monumenti della Scozia e della Galizia. Riconoscendo l’importanza delle visioni astronomiche, il progetto si allinea all’iniziativa tematica «Astronomia e patrimonio mondiale» dell’UNESCO. Questo sforzo innovativo include la tecnologia visiva 3D e le tecniche geospaziali per ricostruire i paesaggi visivi della terra e dei cieli notturni incontrati dalle popolazioni preistoriche. In questo modo, SHoW scoprirà il ruolo che gli elementi naturali hanno avuto nelle origini, nello sviluppo e nella riaffermazione della monumentalità e come tutto ciò sia stato condiviso.
Obiettivo
The proposed project (SHoW) investigates the roles that landscapes, skylines and astronomy played in past peoples' lives in order to determine the cultural relatedness between people along Europe´s Atlantic Façade. Specifically, it investigates the types of visual-scapes people chose for the erection of their megalithic monuments within and across regions, that clearly seem to have some kind of related megalithic tradition, but which is not yet understood. Focusing on the periods of intensive monument building in prehistoric Iberia (c. 4500-2500 B.C.) and Britain (3100-900 B.C.) innovative 3D technology, along with interdisciplinary approaches already brought to bear on past projects by the candidate, will assist in the reconstruction of past visual worlds of the megalith builders of western Galicia and Scotland. These, plus the development and use of new approaches in geospatial techniques, 3D technology, statistical approaches and database management are key for the determination of the roles that landscapes, skylines and astronomy played in past peoples' lives. By investigating the role of the natural world, this project upholds and extends UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative, for the project recognises that the way people observed the land and the sky in the past is a repository for people’s perception of their world. Understanding these things opens the way for a new consideration of shared tangible and intangible values in the past. In this way, this MSCA candidate will produce insights into some of the most iconic representations of cultural remembrance in Europe, revealing whether the reasons behind erecting megaliths were the same for people in different regions of Europe´s Atlantic Façade, and if not, what the differences might have been, and why. Ultimately, SHoW will reveal the degree to which the people in these regions possessed shared worlds.
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MSCA-IF-EF-CAR - CAR – Career Restart panelCoordinatore
28006 Madrid
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