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Favorable Conditions of the Spread of the Cult of Asclepius across the Transportation Network of the Roman Mediterranean: A Quantitative Evaluation

Descrizione del progetto

Impiegare metodi computazionali per studiare l’antichità

Asclepio era la principale divinità delle guarigioni nell’antichità greco-romana. Quali furono le condizioni in grado di favorire la diffusione a livello spaziale del culto prestato al dio greco della medicina Asclepio nell’Impero romano? La ricerca tradizionale affronta tale questione impiegando consolidati metodi storiografici; il progetto AscNet, finanziato dall’UE, si avvarrà tuttavia di un approccio differente. Esso utilizzerà un portfolio interdisciplinare teorico e metodologico nel campo emergente dell’informatica umanistica per lo studio della storia antica. L’obiettivo generale del progetto è dimostrare come l’applicazione innovativa di metodi quantitativi (informatica e tecnologie digitali) possa essere impiegata per lo studio della storia antica.

Obiettivo

The overall aim of the action is to clearly demonstrate that the application of the interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological portfolio of rising Digital Humanities to the study of ancient history is a promising path towards generating new knowledge about the past. I intend to push forward this notion by realizing a research project focusing on the innovative application of quantitative methods to analyze the potentially favorable conditions involved in the spatial dissemination of the cult of the Greek god of medicine Asclepius across the Roman Empire. The proposed research project aims to address the problem in the academic discussion that, so far, this topic has been explored mainly by established historiographical methods which are limited when dealing with the complex interplay among different variables involved in the spreading dynamics. The action will take place at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion at the University in Bergen (UiB). The unique combination of my skills consisting of traditional training in the study of history and expertise in quantitative methods such as geospatial and mathematical modeling, network science and quantitative textual analysis will create a collaborative synergy with the interdisciplinary research efforts at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion at UiB, i.e. efforts which are often lacking in other, more traditional discipline-based, departments. My supervisor will be Prof. Eivind Heldaas Seland, who is internationally recognized specialist on ancient history and shares with me the perspective on the importance of promoting the interdisciplinary science of history. The fellowship at UiB will allow me to fully engage in international research with high impact and enable me to shape the conceptualization of the future research directions and interdisciplinary collaborations in the related fields such as archaeology, study of religions, or historiography.

Campo scientifico (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifica i progetti con EuroSciVoc, una tassonomia multilingue dei campi scientifici, attraverso un processo semi-automatico basato su tecniche NLP.

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Coordinatore

UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 202 158,72
Indirizzo
MUSEPLASSEN 1
5020 Bergen
Norvegia

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Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 202 158,72