discompose

routes

about the

routes

DISCOMPOSE ROUTES is a digital platform that constitutes part of the outcomes of the research conducted by the DisComPoSe project, a five-year project financed by the European Research Council (ERC) and hosted by the Department of Humanities of the University of Naples Federico II. DisComPoSE examines the European and extra-European territories of the Hispanic Monarchy between the 16th and 18th centuries and investigates the connections between the circulation of news about natural disasters, the processing of information about such events and the development of emergency management policies.

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With this platform, the researchers aim to provide scholars and non-scholarly individuals with a more immersive and interactive display of the findings of their research.

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Discompose Routes offers a dynamic interactive map meticulously designed to reveal the geospatial dispersion of natural disasters throughout the regions of the ancient spanish empire. Immerse yourself in an extensive collection of diligently gathered historical documents from archives and reliable sources, providing a rare and insightful window into the trials and tribulations endured by our forebears during periods of hardship.

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events

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earthquakes

floods

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eruptions

the news

circulation

What was a disaster for women and men in early modern Europe? What were the causes and possible remedies? Through which social, cultural and linguistic processes, the individual experiences and memories of survivors and witnesses were converted into shared readings? How did these readings shape the responses that the institutions and the different social actors offered to the affected communities?

If the factors of a disaster reside in society at least as much as in the natural environment, in the aftermath of a catastrophe, in the management of the crisis and in the initiation of reconstruction, both the modes of circulation of information and the texts through which stories and memories take shape play a crucial role in the management of the crisis and in the initiation of reconstruction.

Through documentation analysis and collaboration with a team of designers and programmers, DISCOMPOSE uses recorded testimonies and data visualization to reconstruct the paths taken by documents, thus providing an idea of how news about natural disasters circulated at the time.

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