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TokAthe · Tokens and their Cultural Biography in Athens from the Classical Age to the End of Antiquity

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

Период: 2018-09-01 → 2021-08-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 183 455 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Афинските токени (символа) се анализират като предмети, използвани за идентификация и честно разпределяне на държавни длъжности в античността. Те помагат да се разбере как е функционирала първата демокрация и как са се регулирали отношенията между различните социални групи.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Tokens and their Cultural Biography in Athens from the Classical Age to the End of Antiquity

The project ‘Tokens and their Cultural biography in Athens from the Classical Age to the End of Antiquity’ provides the first in depth analysis of Athenian tokens and the roles they played in the world’s first democracy. Symbolon (σύμβολον), the Greek word for token derives from the verb symballein (συμβάλλειν), which means ‘to bring closer’ and signifies an object that has to be brought closer to its counterpart in order to acquire its full significance. Symbola are first mentioned in ancient Greek texts concerning narratives of hospitality and transaction, where they enabled procedures for concluding contracts, facilitated practices of authorization/admission and made possible procedures of identification. In the fifth century BCE equality in the participation of the citizen body and therefore democracy was enabled by the means of symbola. In the allotment of offices tokens were the safe valve which made sure that participation was based on equality and safeguarded the proportional admittance to offices of the 'geographic population segments'. Ultimately, tokens are the tangible expression of the regulation of competition between 'few' and the 'many', 'mass' and 'elite', the 'privileged' and the 'less privileged', which is universally agreed as a key-element for understanding the phenomenon of Democracy in Athens. Tokens played active role within the Athenian democracy and society enabling different forms of community and social relations. For our modern society the knowledge that the Athenian Democracy was made possible by the means of tokens proves particularly valuable. Through the mechanism of tokens, participation and relations were regulated and hierarchies negotiated and by analogy this knowledge can be transferred to the challenges with which the modern democracies are faced. Overall objectives: to publish a selection of the unpublished Athenian Tokens. to reach a universally accepted typology for tokens. to highlight how tokens, as material manifestations of particular institutions, contributed to the formation of civic and political identity in the city state of Athens. to explore the roles played by tokens in ensuring legal and political equality. to demonstrate how tokens represent a city-wide master network of expertise.

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

Цел на проекта

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.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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