Description du projet DEENESFRITPL Retracer l’univers de travail des naturalistes français du 17e et 18e siècles Les 17e et 18e siècles ont joué un rôle charnière dans les progrès des connaissances naturelles. Le projet SCRIBSCIE, financé par l’UE, entend mettre en lumière la place des pratiques scribales et des artefacts manuscrits dans le travail des naturalistes français entre 1660 et 1770 environ. Le projet s’intéresse aux implications sociales, politiques et culturelles des méthodes de travail des érudits européens, aussi bien dans leur pays qu’à l’étranger, dans un contexte d’expansion coloniale. Les sources utilisées sont des notes d’observation sur le terrain, des extraits de carnets, des catalogues et des croquis de plantes, ainsi que des gestes quotidiens tels que la prise de notes, l’établissement de listes, le dessin, l’organisation de papiers dans des dossiers et le déplacement des archives d’un endroit à un autre. Afficher les objectifs du projet Masquer les objectifs du projet Objectif SCRIBSCIE seeks to understand the place of scribal practices and manuscript artefacts in the work of French naturalists between ca. 1660 and 1770, and especially their role in these scholars’ effort to gather a knowledge of the wider world’s nature. The aim is to measure the vibrancy of scholarly scribal labor in the age of print and well beyond epistolary exchanges. My overarching hypothesis is that manuscript culture shaped the ill-defined intellectual and social contours of both natural history and the naturalist’s persona, not the least in their global and imperial dimension: making and managing manuscript records of observations and data were imperial gestures through and through. In charting the hidden stories of taken-for-granted artefacts such as field notes, excerpt notebooks, plant catalogs, and sketches, as well as quotidian gestures such as notetaking, listing, drawing, arranging papers into folders, and moving archives from one location to another, this project asks about the social, political, and cultural implications of European scholars’ working methods at home and abroad in a context of colonial expansion. Mining principally the exciting and virtually untapped holdings of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN) in Paris, the project fits particularly well the first major professional objective of this action, namely to develop my career as an independent historian of science with a strong expertise in museum and library curatorship. This last aspect in particular will be achieved through close collaboration with the MNHN and a secondment to Università di Bologna: such trans-sectorial transfer of expertise will materialize in a workshop, a special issue, and an exhibition. The second major professional goal is strengthening my experience in the organization of scientific and broad-public events, which will be attained by coordinating an international conference, a second special issue, and a graduate seminar. Champ scientifique humanitieslanguages and literatureliterature studiesliterary genreshumanitieslanguages and literatureliterature studiesliterary theoryhumanitieslanguages and literatureliterature studieshistory of literature Mots‑clés History of science History of the book Early modern history History of manuscript culture history of archives Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Thème(s) MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships Appel à propositions H2020-MSCA-IF-2018 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Coordinateur CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS Contribution nette de l'UE € 184 707,84 Adresse RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris France Voir sur la carte Région Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Type d’activité Research Organisations Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Participation aux programmes de R&I de l'UE Opens in new window Réseau de collaboration HORIZON Opens in new window Coût total € 184 707,84
