H2020Индивидуална стипендия2017–2019

EUROFRONT · European Frontiers: Rural Spaces and Expanding States

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2017-08-01 → 2019-07-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 152 653 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Селските общности в Крит и Далмация показват как хората в периферията се адаптират към разширяващите се държави и империи. Това помага да се разбере влиянието на държавната власт върху обикновения живот, вместо да се фокусира само върху големите исторически личности.

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Резултати накратко

European Frontiers: Rural Spaces and Expanding States

The central aim of the “EUROFRONT” project (European Frontiers: Rural Spaces and Expanding States) is to learn how peripheral communities adapt when they are incorporated into an expanding state system. Our understanding of how states and empires work tends to focus on great public figures and major historical events, while the villagers who lived in rural areas and provided the literal fuel for those systems may be entirely overlooked. Approaching this question from the perspectives of history, archaeology, and ethnography, EUROFRONT set out to investigate two case studies of “frontier zones” that were incorporated into different historical state systems: the area around Zakros on the island of Crete (Greece), and the fertile Cetina Valley in southern Dalmatia (Croatia). Over the past five hundred years, both places existed at the “edge” of different state territories, from those of the Ottoman Empire to the lands controlled by the Venetians and the Habsburgs. Through its partnership with the host institution (Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas) and the secondment institution (Department of Archaeology, University of Zagreb), the project was able to achieve all of its goals in terms of scholarly research, training, and outreach. The project had three overall objectives: (1) to map the archaeological traces of these historical communities (such as houses, roads, and field systems) through on-the-ground fieldwork and from-the-air survey; (2) to scour historical sources about the areas and gather data about historical population; and (3) to use these data to achieve a deeper understanding of the impact of state expansion on local communities and help spread that knowledge to the wider public. This combined study of historical textual sources and archaeological reconnaissance enabled the team to successfully document the ways in which local communities situated in these areas have adapted over the course of history. One of the key conclusions of the project is that frontier communities are remarkably resilient and actively look for ways to adapt to new economic and political situations that arise from periods of state expansion.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Frontiers are dynamic zones of resistance and negotiation where local actors respond to the political/economic fluctuations of expanding states. Research on Europe’s frontier zones in the historic past has immediate relevance to the modern economic and political landscape, where the expansion of transnational markets is creating new dynamic frontier zones. Yet due to the typical top-down approach employed by archaeologists and historians, the local experience of living in a frontier has been largely overlooked. EUROFRONT adopts an innovative four-field methodology (archaeology, history, geomatics, and ethnography) to investigate two European frontiers in Crete and Dalmatia. Rich datasets will be developed for each region, synthesizing archaeological data, archival materials (e.g. tax registers and cadastral maps), paleoclimate data, and modern oral histories about villages in the regions. Advanced geospatial analyses will be used to detect patterns in population movement, settlement distribution, network connection, and agricultural production. During the project, the researcher will be trained in cutting-edge geomatics technologies, and the skills and knowledge she gains will enhance her reputation as a leading scholar of Early Modern archaeology and history in Europe. Results of the study will provide insight into how frontier communities are shaped by the process of state expansion from an economical, social, political, and environmental perspective. Project dissemination will prioritize publication of the raw data, training other scholars, and sparking an international dialogue about frontier zones that transects geographical and temporal boundaries. The project website and interactive online GIS will be critical deliverables that not only promote the study of frontiers but also give voice to the local experience through publication of maps, photographs, and interviews with local residents.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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