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H2020Staff exchange2019–2022

DIGITENS · DIGITal ENcyclopedia of European Sociability

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2019-01-01 → 2022-12-31
EU contribution
€299,000
Participants
12
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

DIGITal ENcyclopedia of European Sociability

At a time when the idea of Europe is being overshadowed by particularisms and nationalisms, reflecting on the way models, objects and practices of sociability travelled from one culture to the other, were appropriated or resisted, re-emerged in different forms and enriched the culture of societies will enable us to consider the formation and development of a European social public space through a radically new and innovative lens, that of sociability. The research work which has already been developed since 2009 by the GRISOL team (Groupe de Recherche sur la Sociabilité des Lumières) and the GIS Sociability has mostly focused on the cultural transfers between France and Britain. Yet the DIGITENS project aims at broadening the scope of the research work to other European and colonial cultures. By building a team of European and Canadian scholars, specialized in the field of eighteenth- and nineteenth century social interaction and cultural transfers, the DIGITENS project will examine the “particularities” of European models of sociability in various fields (politics, science, medicine, art, politics, travel writing, anthropology …). The purpose of the DIGITENS project is thus to build an original framework for understanding the interactions, tensions, limits and paradoxes underlying European models of sociability. The results of this collaborative, international and intersectoral research will be published in the first open-access digital encyclopaedia on sociability with a complementary anthology of primary sources.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

The Digital Encyclopaedia of European Sociability (DIGITENS) project will produce the first open-access digital encyclopaedia and anthology of sociability in Europe throughout the long-eighteenth century. The purpose of the DIGITENS project is to build an original framework for understanding the interactions, tensions, limits and paradoxes underlying European models of sociability and to reflect on the following question: Can the emergence and formation of European models of sociability be traced throughout the long eighteenth century (1650-1850)? Drawing upon the expertise of international members from different disciplines and national traditions, the project will create a toplevel interdisciplinary network and facilitate intersectoral communication between its academic and non-academic partners.The nine international universities will work together with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Musée Cognacq-Jay in France, and The National Archives in Great Britain, allowing members to explore how understandings of sociability might be enhanced through dialogue, international collaboration, and digital technology, developing a broader contextualisation of the research into European sociability. As the first digital encyclopaedia of its kind, the expected impact of the resource will not only benefit researchers, but anyone interested in the history of European models of sociability. The project is not, however, of purely historical or academic interest. Through the implementation of outreach events, workshops and the production of the accessible digital platforms, the DIGITENS team will promote a wide investigation of the value of eighteenth century principles in twenty-first-century private and public lives throughout Europe. The interdisciplinary and international aspects of the DIGITENS project, and coherent methodology, are innovative, and the scope broad and ambitious.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITE DE BREST · BRESTCoordinatorFrance
  • BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE · ParisFrance
  • PARIS MUSEES · ParisFrance
  • ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING MCGILL UNIVERSITY · MontrealCanada
  • SORBONNE UNIVERSITE · ParisFrance
  • THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES · RICHMOND SURREYUnited Kingdom
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO DI CHIETI-PESCARA · ChietiItaly
  • UNIVERSITAET GREIFSWALD · GreifswaldGermany
  • UNIVERSITE DU QUEBEC A MONTREAL*UQAM · MontrealCanada
  • UNIVERSITE PARIS 13 · VilletaneuseFrance
  • UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK · COVENTRYUnited Kingdom
  • UNIWERSYTET KAZIMIERZA WIELKIEGO · BydgoszczPoland

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union