Eating, Walking, Thinking. Food on the Move
calendar_month 26 Oct 2015, 00:00
The Summer School is focused on the cultural %E2%80%9Cconstruction%E2%80%9D of food, in a dynamic and innovative way. The way we eat is the result of a complex and multifaceted cultural process, entangling different traditions, origins and cultures as well as new attitudes towards nutrition, heal and sustainability. This prismatic and mobile dimension of food needs to be considered from different angles, disciplines and places, in order to understand %E2%80" starting from daily practices %E2%80" the radical changes, which are nowadays affecting lifestyles and collective identities at the both local and global levels. Communities develop their preferences towards specific kinds of food and cooking. Cultural preferences are determined by a changing interaction between food supplies, traditions, social environment and global transformations. Rules concerning feeding are thus determined by taboos and practices related to convictions about the values for a %E2%80%9Cgood life%E2%80%9D. Therefore, food behaviours are influenced by socio-economic and cultural factors as well as by religious and ethical conceptions. Food is not only a physiological instrument but also a cultural need.Philosophical, historical, anthropological, economic, social, geographical and cultural analyses and lectures in the morning will be thus followed in the afternoon by guided visits to Expo, museums, agricultural productions, religious sides, exhibitions, art cities, centres of excellence towards a new culture of feeding. Rethinking food means to consider the multifaceted components, which determine it, walking and meeting different social actors, who are interested in the improvement of the quality of life and the development of human capabilities, feeding and healing the planet.

Course leader
Prof. Marina Calloni, Prof. Elena dell'Agnese

Target group
3 Year Bachelor degree is required

Course aim
TOPICS COVERED1. Food: Philosophies and Geographies. 2. Food: Histories and Archaeologies. 3. Food: Sustainability and Prosperity 4: Food: Traditions and Development. 5. Food: Religions and Intercultural Dialogue. 6. Food: Theories and Practices of Taste. 7. Food: Art and Creativity.

Fee info
EUR 350: It covers tuition, teaching materials and tutoring services. plus 1 ticket and guided visit to EXPO Milan 2015 site. Also includes social and cultural activities program held by Erasmus Student Network Bicocca.

University of Milano-Bicocca
Address: Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, 1
Postal code: 20126
City: Milan
Country: Italy
Website: http://www.summerschoolexpo2015.com
E-mail: summerschool@unimib.it
Phone: 02 64481