Scientific Supervision
Piercarlo Grimaldi
Born in Cossano Belbo in 1945, former dean from 2011 to 2017 of the University of Gastronomic Sciences, he supervise the Granaries of Memory Lab.
Carlo Petrini
Born in Bra in 1949, he is the president of the University of Gastronomic Sciences, Slow Food and Terra Madre International.
Davide Porporato
Born in Volvera in 1969, Davide is an associate professor of Ethnology of the University of Eastern Piedmont.
Workroom Granaries of Memory
Gianpaolo Fassino
Research fellow of the University of Gastronomic Sciences where he is involved in the Granaries of Memory project and in food anthropology.
Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco
Social anthropologist specialized in economic anthropology, he works at the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
Luca Ghiardo
Expert in communications, he collaborates with the University of Gastronomic Sciences to research projects aimed at the maintenance of popular traditions.
Luca Percivalle
Expert in visual documentation, he produces ethnographic documentaries and handles The Granaries of Memory archive.
Movie lab
Dario Leone
Cinematographic director, he made several anthropological documentaries and teaches filmic techniques at the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
Stefano Cavallotto
He graduated in philosophy, is a film director and an author of anthropological and social documentaries. He works at the Movie Lab of the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
Marcello Marengo
Since 1982, he has been following the whole Slow Food path, from its creation to the current international dimension. He deals with Photography at the Movie Lab of the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
Memory Researchers
Eleonora Agnolazza • Agostino Borra • David Giacomelli
Andrea Icardi • Marta Nicolo • Davide Oddone • Battista Saiu • Alessandro Scalerandi • Franco Zampicinini
Scientific partners
University Suor Orsola Benincasa
MedEatResearch - Centre of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet
Marino Niola
Anthropologist of the contemporary, director of MedEatResearch (Centre of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet) at the University Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples.
Elisabetta Moro
Full professor of Cultural Anthropology at the SOB University of Naples, director of MedEatResearch, She is an expert in ancient and contemporary mythology. She deals with preservation of the collective memory and the reconstruction of the history of the Mediterranean diet.
Memory Researchers MedEatResearch
Helga Sanità
Researcher in ethnology and research director at MedEatResearch. She deals with the capitalization and re-invention of tradition.
Mariangela Bianco
Junior researcher at MedEatResearch, she combines a scientific background with humanities, such as sociology and anthropology.
Rita Fusco
Teacher of foreign languages, she collaborates with the anthropological professorship of the SOB University in Naples. She deals with 18th-century-German travel journals.
Rossella Galletti
PhD student, she studies identities and practices of social distinction through food consumption in the context of Mediterranean cultures.
Marzia Mauriello
Researcher, she teaches body language at the SOB University of Naples, and deals with gender anthropology, LGBT studies and food anthropology.
Annalisa Rascato
Born in Naples in 1983, she is currently a PhD student in Identity and social distinction practices through food consumption at the MedEatResearch.
Roberta Romanelli
Biologist, nutritionist and researcher at the Centre for Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet, she is an expert in child eating disorders.
Buttitta Foundation CISADEM – AES
Ignazio E. Buttitta
Professor of History of Popular Traditions and European Ethnology at the University of Palermo. President of the Buttitta Foundation. President of the Folkstudio of Palermo. AES Director. He studies the phenomena of popular religiosity in the euro-mediterranean area.
Rosario Perricone
Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo. He deals with research methodology in the field, museography and problems related to audio-visual and photographic documentation in the field of ethno-anthropology.
Memory researchers CISADEM - AES
Sebastiano Mannia
PhD in Cultural Systems, he teaches Anthropology at the University of Palermo. He deals with pastoralism and traditional production systems in Sicily and Sardinia.
Tommaso India
PhD in Anthropology and historical and linguistic studies at the University of Messina. He studies the socio-cultural phenomena resulting from de-industrialization processes, ergologic practices and their symbolic representations.
Monica Modica
PhD in Research and architectural and environmental representation. She deals with landscape and cartographic analysis, photographic and audiovisual surveys.
Antonino Frenda
PhD of Demo-ethno-anthropological heritage, he teaches Anthropology at the Theological College San Gregorio Agrigentino. He deals with popular religiosity and ritual symbolism.
Giuseppe Giordano
PhD in History and analysis of musical cultures. He studies the social forms and functions of traditional Sicilian music in relation to the forms of popular devotion.
Vito Matranga
PhD in Italian and linguistic professor at the University of Palermo. He studies dialects, customs, and linguistic knowledge linked to the food and playful dimensions.