Descripción del proyecto
Las relaciones sociales antiguas como guía de identidad
La identidad como conjunto inmutable de elementos constituye un factor principal del discurso emergente, en particular en el Mediterráneo. Sin embargo, en numerosas zonas de Europa existe una tendencia hacia la redefinición de la identidad. Asimismo, se tiene en cuenta la arqueología. El proyecto IDENTIS, financiado con fondos europeos, se centrará en el desarrollo de las relaciones sociales a lo largo del tiempo en la antigua Cerdeña, entre los años 100 y 600 d. C. Estudiará cómo compartían relaciones sociales las comunidades antiguas a través de interacciones con el pasado, el poder y el entorno. El proyecto se centrará en contextos funerarios del período, basándose en los hallazgos de las necrópolis de la zona central y occidental de Cerdeña. Permitirá obtener nuevos conocimientos sobre los asentamientos inexplorados en torno a las necrópolis y sobre las prácticas empleadas para evitar enfrentamientos sociales.
Objetivo
Debates in today's Europe are often centred on identity discourse, especially in the Mediterranean, intended as a fixed package of un-mutable elements to preserve and defend. From many sides in Europe is now urged to redefine identity in its complexity. Archaeology ought to have a proactive role in this mission, due to its capacity to see through the verticality of time, breaking the here-and-now boundaries. Through this IF, I will contribute to this endevour, by focusing on social relationships’ development through time in antiquity. I will investigate how, to answer questions asked by the necessity their contemporary world, ancient communities of Sardinia dealt with social relationships by interacting with the materiality of the past, of power, and of the surrounding landscape. For the purpose, a study of funerary contexts of AD 100-600 Sardinia provides ideal conditions. Through the work, I will develop my doctoral study on west-central Sardinia's necropolises by relating them to both their surrounding landscape and the practices of interaction with the materiality of the past (respresented by re-opening and manipulation of ancient graves). These multi-dimensional relations escape over-simplistic identifications of identity with specific objects or practices only.
I will carry out the IF through the supervision of a landscape studies international authority, Sauro Gelichi, in Ca' Foscari Venice, and a secondment in the Museum of Broken Relationships, Zagreb, ending with an exhibition. I will carry out an archaeological survey of 4 rural necropolises, coordinate specialists' bone anlyses, and engage with a social interpretation of those data. Through them, I will provide new information on the so far unknown settlements feeding the necropolises, on how the Empire's productive strategy in the island changed both the agricultural land's organization and the social bonds at local level, and on what practices local communities adopted to overcome social breakages.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
30123 Venezia
Italia