Cristina Corsi
Research project
TRAVELSCAPES Transfer and communication along the route from the Pyrenees to the Alpes : cultural, devotional and material aspect
Project summary
The project at Iméra, entitled “Travelscapes. Transfer and communication along the route from the Pyrenees to the Alps: Cultural, devotional and material aspects of a medieval journey“ will be focussed on communication systems, connections and journey during the transitional phase between the fall of the Western Roman Empire (4th-5th c. AD) and Medieval times (12th c.), along the road connecting the Hispanic provinces with Italy, in Mediterranean France. The study will be carried out mainly in collaboration with the Labo 3M of the MMSH in Aix, but several other components of the cluster of excellence of Aix-Marseille will be involved. Indeed, emphasis will be on the examination of how people acquire information about their surrounding environment, and how observers understand the ‘landscape’. This interpretative perspective relies upon theories elaborated in the framework of disciplines such as the Environmental Behaviour Studies, and makes use of instruments and methodologies of research in Humanities, Anthropology, Geography, Earth Sciences, Information Technologies, Topography and Architecture.
