FOOD IS A CONVERSATION 

with Rhona Richman Kenneally

Dr. Rhona Richman Kenneally is a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal. She is trained as a professional architect, and also has degrees in English literature, social history, and architecture and design history and theory. Her research  and publications address food-related interrelationships between people, space, and material culture, with special attention given to the built environment of the home as a site of mindful food-related activity. She is currently working on a book-length work on the the impact of new domestic technologies (such as electrification) on mid-twentieth century domestic space in Ireland, and on a special issue on Food Studies of the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, an international publication of which she is Editor. Professor Richman Kenneally is the initiator of a research group in food studies at her university, which brings together professors and students from diverse departments in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, for the purposes of interdisciplinary engagement with food systems and networks.

WHY

A Reggio Emilia lunedì 9 marzo è partito il Food Innovation Program e nel seguira la sua missione di positiva contaminazione e scambio con il territorio parte anche il progetto “On The Road”. FOOD IS A CONVERSATION è un incontro aperto alla città dove i nostri ospiti condivideranno con imprenditori, ricercatori, innovatori, makers e stakeholders chiave dell’ecosistema locale ricerche, esperienze internazionali e scenari futuri.

FOOD INNOVATION PROGRAM

Matteo Vignoli Program Director

Sara Roversi Future Food Institute

Francesco Bombardi Direttore dell’Officucina

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