Descripción del proyecto
El cosmopolitanismo literario de la posguerra en el océano Índico
En toda la región del océano Índico, el periodo entre la descolonización de la década de 1950, tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y la década de 1970 se caracterizó por unos enormes cambios económicos, culturales y políticos. ¿Qué sabemos del cosmopolitanismo literario e intelectual índico en el océano Índico durante este periodo? Para responder a esta pregunta el proyecto IATIO, financiado con fondos europeos, tomará el concepto del «imaginario archipelágico» y aplicará una metodología interdisciplinaria, al combinar herramientas e información de la historia, la crítica literaria y los estudios culturales. Se basará en periódicos y en la prensa popular, así como en obras de ficción y casos de estudio seleccionados sobre lugares documentados del océano Índico que relatan encuentros cosmopolitas. El objetivo es estudiar la inversión renovada en la teoría de archipiélagos y los enfoques geocríticos.
Objetivo
The project IATIO mobilises the concept of ‘archipelagic imaginaries’ to examine Indian intellectual and literary cosmopolitanism in the Indian Ocean during the 1950s-1970s. The research shifts focus from teleological readings of Indian Ocean history and territorial perspective on postcolonial Indian culture, to a renewed investment in archipelagic theory and geocritical approaches. The temporal framework of the project ranges from around the time of the post-World War II decolonisation to the late 1970s, a period of far-reaching political, cultural and economic change for the entire Indian Ocean region. The project aims to advance a non-territorial epistemological framework for theorising postcolonial India through an investigation of the conceptual, imaginative and material Indian Ocean geographies inhabited by Indian intellectuals, writers and other cosmopolitan voices. It will do so by employing an interdisciplinary methodology that combines tools and insights from history, literary criticism and cultural studies, to engage in close reading of intellectual journals and the popular press, works of fiction, and selected case studies of material Indian Ocean sites of cosmopolitan encounters. The fellowship will be based at two leading academic institutions, King’s College London (UK) and the University of the Witwatersrand (ZA), and will take the researcher to further Asian and African countries for archival research. It will enhance the profile and the innovative potential of the researcher, strengthening his competence in interdisciplinary methods in the humanities and social sciences through personalised training, and providing the opportunity to develop a solid and internationally competitive track record. The project will also create a substantial institutional link between KCL and Wits, with KCL emerging as a UK hub in the global academic Indian Ocean studies network.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
WC2R 2LS London
Reino Unido