Professor David Atkinson David.Atkinson@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Cultural and Historical Geography
Professor David Atkinson David.Atkinson@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Cultural and Historical Geography
As Western commentators scrambled to interpret Libya's part in the ‘Arab spring' of 2011, virtually none recognised the significance of the Italian colonial period in constituting the state they analysed. Now that this state appears to be disintegrating into its component regions, it is pertinent to interrogate this 1930s exercise in state-creation. A crucial element of the creation of Libya was the process of defining the extent and nature of the colony's space, and its subsequent transformation into colonial territory via the application of modern ‘colonial science'. This project will explore how the generation of knowledge about Libyan regions was a key element of the Italian colonial project. More specifically, the project will address: how a self-consciously Italian ‘colonial science' was theorised and employed in Libya, how the cartography and regional survey that constituted this colonial science were generated and applied, how this ‘colonial science' represented and defined Libyan territory and peoples to enable Italian governance; How far this exercise produced the modern state of Libya.
Type of Project | Project |
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Status | Project Complete |
Funder(s) | Society for Libyan Studies |
Value | £11,784.00 |
Project Dates | Jun 15, 2015 - Dec 31, 2018 |
Historical Map of Hull Nov 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2017
The Last Ice Age Apr 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2022
Heritage Oriented Mega Events in Europe Oct 1, 2018 - Aug 31, 2022
The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training on Offshore Wind Energy and the Environment Apr 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2027
Cities of Culture Research Network: Turning Evaluation into Policy Jun 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2022
The project aims to build a network of UK universities and a small number of our European counterparts engaged in City/Capital of Culture research. The theme is turning evaluation into policy and the network would engage with key cultural policy mak...
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