Project description
Revealing tokens’ crucial role in the birth of democracy
Researchers are working to shed light on the role tokens played in shaping citizens’ lives in ancient Athens, the world's first democracy. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the TokAthe project aims to unravel the complexities and originality of these small, coin-like objects made from metal or clay. By delving into the rich imagery, inscriptions and findspots, the project offers the first comprehensive synthesis of this intriguing object category. The resulting publications aim to revolutionise our understanding of Athenian politics, society and economy, and reshape our knowledge of practices surrounding administration, operational finances and societal life in ancient Athens. On a more abstract level, TokAthe will demonstrate how citizen cohesion, legal equality, and knowledge-sharing were enabled.
Objective
The project ‘Tokens and their Cultural biography in Athens from Classical Age to the End of Antiquity’ provides the first in depth analysis of tokens and the roles they played in the world’s first democracy. Tokens are small, coin like objects made either from metal or clay. They bear images and devices which can intrigue the modern day researcher with their complexity and originality. The inscriptions they carry - most often abbreviated references to little known Athenian institutions and practices - are quite as intriguing. A primary objective of the project is to reach a universally accepted definition for Athenian tokens and to provide scholarship with the first synthesis of this material. The project will also explore the roles played by tokens in two major sectors of Athenian democracy: the Assembly and the Jury Courts. Tokens are the material manifestations of practices and institutions that enabled the solidarity and cohesion of the citizen body, safeguarded legal and political equality, and were key parts in transcending knowledge and expertise. Primary research on the tokens themselves, material which is abundant but under examined and most often mislabeled, as well as library research, will chart the images on Athenian tokens by discerning categories, types and subtypes. Plotting the tokens against their find spots - most notably the sites where the affairs of the world's first democracy were run - will visualize the remarkable social and political network enabled by tokens. Tokens are unassuming objects that support community and participation in civic life, providing a model for the challenges of the modern day.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF
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