Ricerc@Sapienza

Something new can be told about human history through animals (Sterckx, Siebert, Schafer, 2019).  The history of animals in Asian societies holds profound significance, as it has played a pivotal role in shaping cultural practices, religious beliefs, and economic systems. (Sterckx, Siebert, Schafer, 2019).  This research project aims to delve into the multifaceted relationships between humans and animals, with a special focus on birds, within the context of Asian history, adopting an interdisciplinary approach.

L'obiettivo della ricerca proposta è catalogare una porzione del lessico tecnico e scientifico del cinese contenuto all'interno della produzione lessicografica bilingue stilata da missionari e studiosi occidentali tra il 1815 e il 1911, concentrandosi su una di tali opere, particolarmente significativa per il ruolo da essa svolta.

The focus of the project CHIN-DICTIONARY is the Dictionarium sinico-latinum (Chinese-Latin dictionary) by the Franciscan missionary Basilio Brollo (1648–1704); for a long time, only manuscript copies circulated, which were highly praised as an essential instrument for the study of Chinese. The role of the dictionary was deemed so important that projects to publish it were conceived but, after these plans failed, it was plagiarised in a revised form.

SLOW SUMER is aimed at analysing repair, reuse and recycling in Sumerian society between 2500-2000 BC, opening in this way a new trend of studies on these practices, substantially narrowing the current void in archaeological and philological research

SLOW SUMER project is going to test the following key questions: