SOPHIA-DN · A Doctoral Training Network on the Study Of Premodern Ceramic Heritage: Integrating Experimental and AI-Enhanced Interdisciplinary Research

Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите. За проекти отпреди 2014 г. CORDIS не винаги дава точни координати. Тези точки са на ниво град или държава.

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Цел на проекта

SOPHIA-DN is a doctoral network that uses ceramics, the most widespread and informative form of material heritage, to investigate how craft traditions emerged, evolved, and connected cultures across the ancient world. It unites leading European scholars and institutions in a unique alliance offering advanced training and innovative research through an experimental approach. Material experimentation is central to reconstructing and testing ancient techniques, showing how past societies advanced technologically, overcame production challenges, and sustained long-term traditions. SOPHIA-DN stresses that such achievements were cumulative, intergenerational knowledge rooted in enduring practices. These embodied tacit wisdom (sophia in Greek), reflecting deep familiarity with raw materials, processes, and tools refined through centuries of observation and repetition. By highlighting this human dimension, the project emphasises the intellectual depth and cultural continuity of ceramic production, treating traditions as living repositories of experiential knowledge. The network integrates material characterisation and archaeological interpretation with hands-on engagement across the chaîne opératoire, testing observations through data-driven experimental reconstruction. In parallel, it employs digital humanities and artificial intelligence to process and link large datasets of material, technological, and cultural information. AI-assisted pattern recognition and machine learning unlock new analytical potential, redefining how ceramic legacies are studied and communicated. This integrated experimental–digital framework enables doctoral fellows to test hypotheses on archaeological artefacts while developing innovative methods of data integration and interpretation. Spanning Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Arabian Gulf, SOPHIA-DN explores understudied ceramic technologies and contributes to reshaping how ancient history and archaeology are understood.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

• UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS · NicosiaКоординаторКипър
• Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities · ManamaНиво градБахрейн
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisФранция
• EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN · TuebingenГермания
• EPHORATE OF ANTIQUITIES OF ACHAIA · PatraГърция
• HOMA KE NERO POTTERY ART & TRADING LTD · NicosiaНиво градКипър
• Institute of Local History/ Institouto Topikis Istorias · VrachneikaНиво градГърция
• Masarykova univerzita · BrnoЧехия
• PANEPISTIMIO PATRON · RIO PATRASГърция
• PHOEBE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LTD · NICOSIAКипър
• THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE · NicosiaКипър
• The Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete · New YorkНиво градСъединени щати
• UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA · Santiago De CompostelaИспания
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA · PadovaИталия
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA · RomaИталия
• UNIVERSITA DI PISA · PisaИталия
• UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA · MilanoИталия
• UNIVERSITE PARIS I PANTHEON-SORBONNE · ParisФранция
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN · DublinИрландия
• UNIVERZITA HRADEC KRALOVE · Hradec KraloveЧехия

Връзки

• Виж в CORDIS
• DOI: 10.3030/101312286