Living with Smallpox in Early Modern Britain (c.1580–1780 CE)

现代早期英国的天花生活（约公元 1580 年至 1780 年）

• 批准号: DP230100204
• 负责人: Dr Mark Dawson
• 金额: $ 13.09万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP230100204
• 关键词: Living; Smallpox; Early; Modern; Britain

This project aims to examine how people in the past made sense of an acute infectious disease, including its long-term effects on individuals and their communities. Using traditional techniques and digital tools, it anticipates reconstructing how the experiences of the majority – who survived – were shaped by their socio-cultural circumstances, and tracing how those experiences changed over time, particularly in relation to advances in medical technology and public health. Expected outcomes include insight into historical responses to pandemics, as well as enhanced knowledge of the emergence of modern techniques for regulating public health, with benefits for our understanding of similar challenges in the present day.

该项目旨在研究过去的人们如何理解急性传染病，包括其对个人及其社区的长期影响。利用传统技术和数字工具，它预测重建大多数幸存者的经历是如何被他们的社会文化环境所塑造的，并追踪这些经历如何随着时间的推移而变化，特别是与医疗技术和公共卫生的进步有关。预期的结果包括深入了解历史上对流行病的反应，以及加强对现代公共卫生管理技术出现的了解，这有利于我们理解当今类似的挑战。