Scholarship 19/21595-9 - História da cultura, Cultura material - BV FAPESP
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The Jesuit collection at Collegium Romanum: mapping the movements of objects between missionary activities and collecting practices through Athanasius Kircher's correspondence

Grant number: 19/21595-9
Support Opportunities:Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
Start date until: February 03, 2020
End date until: August 02, 2020
Field of knowledge:Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
Principal Investigator:Ana Paula Torres Megiani
Grantee:Carolina Vaz de Carvalho
Supervisor: Martin Maria Morales
Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
Institution abroad: Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Italy  
Associated to the scholarship:18/09730-5 - The Jesuit collection at Collegium Romanum: circulation of objects between missionary activities and collecting practices in the Early Modern Age, BP.MS

Abstract

This BEPE research proposal integrates the ongoing research project "The Jesuit Collection at Collegium Romanum: Circulation of objects between missionary activities and collecting practices in the Early Modern Age", which studies the musaeum at Collegium Romanum under the care of the Jesuit Father Athanasius Kircher, in the period from 1651 to 1680. By identifying and following objects as they move into and out of the Collegium Romanum's museum, the project aims to investigate the global circulation of elements of material culture which participated in both European early modern collecting endeavors and the missionary enterprises of the Society of Jesus. Our intention is to trace the networks of social relations and meanings that involved those objects deemed worthy of collecting, contributing to a better understanding of both early modern collecting practices and the specific contribution and participation of the Jesuits in these activities, as well as accounting for transformations in the material aspects, uses and meanings of the objects in transit. In the BEPE research internship at the Historical Archive of the Pontifical Gregorian University (APUG), we propose to study letters received and sent by Athanasius Kircher, along with other documents that may be discovered during archival exploration, which will support our attempt to identify objects and map their movements in entering and leaving the collection under Kircher's guardianship, complementing the information found in the catalogues currently being studied. In addition, we will participate in the activities of the APUG's GATE Project of collaborative transcription, annotation and edition of early modern documents. (AU)

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