The SELECT project (Erasmus+ Key Action 2, 2020-2023) aimed to improve the study of ancient history and geography through the multidisciplinary, multi-layered, interactive and easy-to-learn ATLAS of the cultures of ancient Europe before Romanisation. Ancient peoples outside the Greco-Roman world are the ‘minorities of the past’, whose heritage is often neglected by the education system. ATLAS provides European citizens with an overview of Europe’s most ancient heritage, which has been objectified on a map, a powerful visual tool for learning about the past. The map refers to a territory that, in the present as in the past, is constantly developing and changing its borders.
The main OBJECTIVES of SELECT were two:
– To increase in European citizenship a deeper awareness of the common European culture outside the Greco-Latin world. The SELECT project took as its utmost importance the reconstruction of the overall historical geography of the peoples settled in ancient Europe, who left a written mark of their presence. The chronological span extends from the oldest written documents from the 8th century B.C. to the era of Romanisation (2nd-1st century B.C.). The geographical area covered includes all European countries where written documents in the chronological framework indicated above are known: Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Greece (excluding Greek dialects) and European Turkey.
– Fornire ai sistemi educativi europei uno strumento di autoapprendimento per lo studio del mondo antico, potenziando allo stesso tempo le loro competenze digitali. Come suggerito dalle linee guida europee “New Skills Agenda for Europe” (2016), in una società digitale in continua evoluzione il sistema educativo è fortemente incoraggiato a sviluppare competenze di apprendimento autonomo e di auto-orientamento. L’importanza del patrimonio culturale digitale nella costruzione delle competenze del XXI secolo è stata recentemente sottolineata da Europeana e dalla European Schoolnet Academy. In questo quadro, lo sviluppo di un ATLAS completo delle lingue, delle scritture e delle culture dell’Europa antica sosterrà l’apprendimento autonomo dei cittadini più giovani su questi temi.
The project partnership was composed of high-profile research and educational institutions and technology SMEs with validated competences in the fields required by the project. The partners were the three universities of Genoa (IT), Zaragoza (SP) and Poznan (PL), two research centres, Ausonius-CNRS (FR) and Alteritas (IT), two high schools, in Świdnik (PL) and El Pont de Suert (SP), and two technology partners, F|E|F (FI) and NCLOUD (IT). The project had three associated partners: the Musée Champollion de l’Écriture in Figeac (FR), the Sistema Bibliotecario Universitario della Regione Liguria (I) and the French Association of Classical Humanities Teachers CNARELA.
Alteritas team:
- Simona Marchesini: coordination; Etruscan (ET); update of the Messapic Database MLM, Rhaetic MLR with the update and cultural facies.
- Cristina Girardi: inscriptions from Veneto, Sabellic areas, Faliscan, Archaic Latin, Italo-Celtic (review and update), Etruscan inscriptions (ET).
- Luca Zaghetto: archaeological facies of Veneto, Trentino/Alto Adige (Rhaetians), Central Italy.
- Giacomo Vizzino: Iapige, Calabrian, osche and Sicilian cultures.
- Cristina Girardi: database delle culture epigrafiche dell’Italia antica
- Alessandro Campus: epigrafia fenicio-punica
- Enrico Benelli: epigrafia etrusca e sabellica, culture del centro Italia
- Giovanni Boffa: culture epigrafiche greche d’Italia
- Federica Fumante: culture epigrafiche centroitaliche
- Giuliana Borghesani: culture archeologiche Italia settentrionale e centrale
Link to SELECT website.