Descripción del proyecto DEENESFRITPL Conectar la historia y la cultura de los católicos tamiles con la historia global de las misiones católicas Hasta ahora, el estudio de la presencia del catolicismo en la India se ha centrado en narrativas escritas desde el punto de vista de los misioneros católicos, de manera que se desconoce la perspectiva de los grupos locales. El proyecto TamCatHoly, financiado con fondos europeos, estudia ideas y prácticas de martirio y autosantificación católicos en los primeros tiempos de la India meridional moderna en el contexto de la misión establecida por los jesuitas en Madurai en el año 1606. La innovación de TamCatHoly reside en la adopción de una nueva perspectiva que señala cómo los conversos tamiles cambiaron ideas y prácticas relacionadas con el martirio, la santidad y los milagros para ajustar su nueva fe a los órdenes sociales y culturales locales. Mostrar el objetivo del proyecto Ocultar el objetivo del proyecto Objetivo In the TamCatHoly project, I explore ideas and practices of Catholic martyrdom and self-sanctification in early modern South India, in the context of the mission established by the Jesuits in Madurai in 1606. Unlike previous narratives centred around the missionaries, I adopt a new perspective, and focus on how Tamil converts reshaped ideas and practices of martyrdom, sanctity, and the miraculous, in order to accommodate their new faith within local social and cultural orders. How did they recognise, and relate to Catholic saintly figures and their powers? What were the tools and strategies at their disposal for becoming martyrs and saints themselves? My research addresses such questions by focusing on the little-known figure of a local convert, Tēvacakāyam (1712-1752), a high-caste Nadar soldier who converted to Catholicism in 1745, and was later imprisoned, tortured and killed by the king of Travancore. Upon his death, Tamil Catholics throughout South India immediately recognised him as a martyr and set to tell his story in songs and ballads, while missionaries begun to promote the cause of his canonisation. In the project, I analyse the biography and cultural memories of Tēvacakāyam and his martyrdom drawing upon hitherto unstudied sources such as hagiographic texts written in popular Tamil genres from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, and local historical records and Church documents produced around his canonisation process. I read these Indian and European archives in Tamil, Malayalam, Latin, Italian, French, and Portuguese at the crossroad of philology, indology, and cultural and social history, thus inaugurating a novel interdisciplinary perspective. In doing so, I endeavour to connect the history and culture of small Tamil locales to the global history of Catholic missions on the verge of modernity, and explore the complex evolution of religious and regional belonging against overly simplified received notions of Catholic and Tamil identity. Ámbito científico humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorymodern historyhumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionreligionschristianityhumanitiesother humanitieslibrary sciencesknowledge organization Palabras clave Martyrdom intercultural encounter conversion South India Tamil literature Jesuit mission hagiography popular devotion textual practices sacred geography cultural memory religious identity Programa(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 Tema(s) MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships Convocatoria de propuestas H2020-MSCA-IF-2018 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Coordinador CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS Aportación neta de la UEn € 196 707,84 Dirección RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris Francia Ver en el mapa Región Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Tipo de actividad Research Organisations Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 196 707,84
