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MECANO explores how ancient Greek and Latin texts become canonical through citation and adaptation over time. It combines qualitative historical approaches with digital methods to study the dynamics of canonicity and knowledge transmission, while also training PhD researchers in these interdisciplinary fields.
To consider a text or author canonical is to invest it with prestige, authority or even timeless value.
Canons set standards and define what is deemed worthy of transmission, but at the same time they are constantly undergoing change.
The distinction between those who belong to the canon and those who do not inevitably operates a dynamics of inclusion and exclusion.
It is not clear, however, who if anyone is the agent of such operations and what influences the way canons are shaped. MECANO (The…
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
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Germany, Leipzig
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Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
Israel, Jerusalem
Type: University / higher education
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Finland, HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
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STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
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