The program explores the transition from sail to steam navigation and the effects of this technological innovation on seafaring populations in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, between the 1850s and the 1920s, whose lives were drastically changed by the advent of the steam.
Digital Maps
Ship operation services (19th - 20th century)
Principal Investigator Dr. Apostolos Delis
Funded by European Research Council – Starting Grant 2016
Duration 2017-2021
The program explores the transition from sail to steam navigation and the effects of this technological innovation on seafaring populations in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, between the 1850s and the 1920s, whose lives were drastically changed by the advent of the steam. The project addresses the changes through the actors, seafarers, ship-owners and their families, focusing on the adjustment of seafaring lives to a novel socio-economic reality. It investigates the maritime Labour market, the evolving relations among ship-owner, captain, crew and their local societies, life on board and ashore, as well as the development of new business strategies, trade routes and navigation patterns. Researchers from Italy, France, Spain, Ukraine and Greece participate in the project, whereas five Ph.D. dissertations will be carried out in academic institutions of Spain, Italy and Greece.
Digital Maps
Ship operation services (19th - 20th century)
Research team ΙΜS/FORTH
COLLABORATING RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
T.I.G./University of Barcelona
NAVLAB/University of Genoa:
UMR TELEMME/University Aix-Marseille:
Center for Cultural Informatics/Institute for Computer Sciences/FORTH:
Advisory Committee