DFG-Project: Dynamic Spaces: The Sanctuary of Asklepios at Kos during Feast and Healing Ritual
Project
The DFG research project aims to analyse Hellenistic architecture (using the Asklepieion of Kos as an example) at a specific point in time (mid-2nd century BC) with regard to its interaction with the actions and perceptions of human actors (external festival observers [theoroi]; local healing seekers) in two specific ancient experiential situations (festival and healing ritual).The planned study focuses on the Hellenistic period since, according to the findings of historical research, this represents a key moment in the development of a new awareness with regard to the regulation of actor response.
The project team started work on 1 January 2024. The planned project duration is two years.
Events
Ein Fest für die Sinne. Die koischen Asklepieia im 2. Jh. v. Chr.
Talk by Asja Müller, Martin Kim
Location: 37. Große Mommsen-Tagung, Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park 4, Audimax II
Model
At the end of the project, the result should not only be an understanding of what kind of spatial constellations have been designed with regard to certain types of actors and actions; it is also decidedly a matter of developing explanatory models for these processual spatial perception options that were tied to the respective type of actor and his or her actions (e.g. targeted movement and gaze guidance of the foreign festival observers as a means of controlling the aesthetic [external] effect of the festival). Thus, in addition to and in differentiation from previous overarching conclusions on Hellenistic architecture, the diversity of ancient built space is to be considered.
Team
Project director:
Dr. Asja Müller (Freie Universität Berlin)
Cooperation partner:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Kim (Mannheim University of Applied Sciences)
Student employees:
Process control: Tessa Rödle (Freie Universität Berlin)
Modeling: Ecaterina Cosceeva (Hochschule Mannheim), Amelie Nieberle
Data management: Felix Maurer (Freie Universität Berlin)
Asklepieion - Plan
Amelie Nieberle based on Ehrhardt 2014, DFG-Forschungsprojekt zum Asklepion von Kos, KuBa, S. 87 Abb. 9
