Social Networks of Athenian Potters (SNAP): Networks, Tradition and Innovation in Communities of Artists

FAIN: HAA-271803-20

Arizona Board of Regents (Tucson, AZ 85721-0073)
Eleni Hasaki (Project Director: January 2020 to present)
Diane Harris Cline (Co Project Director: May 2020 to present)

The development of methods to study communities of potters in Ancient Greece to better understand the role that individuals played and how artistic ideas were transmitted over space and time.  

With a NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Level I Grant, our team will produce a network-based model for studying communities of potters in ancient Greece. Our project, Social Networks of Athenian Potters (SNAP), employs Social Network Analysis (SNA) to map for the first time in a relational database the ties among potters in Archaic and Classical Athens (600-400 BCE). The social network graphs (sociograms) and their digital platform offer an innovative approach to explore artists’ roles based on their position and how communities of potters are structured in periods of traditional practice versus experimentation. Our goals for the 12-month grant period are to: 1) complete all data collection to populate existing database and data formatting for Social Network Analysis for the Athenian potters; 2) disseminate our preliminary results through a project website, a workshop, and an open-access publication; and 3) plan its digital platform for our relational database.

Associated Products

Diffusion of Innovation: The Social Networks of Ancient Athenian Potters, Historical Networks Research Conference (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Diffusion of Innovation: The Social Networks of Ancient Athenian Potters, Historical Networks Research Conference
Author: Cline and Hasaki
Abstract: http://hnr2021.historicalnetworkresearch.org/?page_id=314
Date: 07/01/2021
Primary URL: hnr2021.historicalnetworkresearch.org/?page_id=314
Conference Name: Historical Networks Research Conference

Assortative Mixing in the Social Networks of Athenian Potters and the Search for Communities (Article)
Title: Assortative Mixing in the Social Networks of Athenian Potters and the Search for Communities
Author: Cline and Hasaki
Abstract: Under Review (abstract will be submitted upon acceptance)
Year: 2021
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Journal of Historical Network Research
Publisher: online

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