| ISBN | 978-88-3613-637-7 |
|---|---|
| Numero in collana | 203 |
| Collana | Studi e ricerche / ISSN 2723-8954 |
| Curatore | Giacomo Casucci, Sofia Miola, Pietro Repishti, Sara Zanotta |
| Pagine | XX-236 |
| Anno | 2025 |
| In ristampa | No |
Entangled Food Histories addresses a series of case studies that elucidate how food, drink and their associated activities have shaped and reflected transtemporal and transregional entanglements and disentanglements across millennia, from prehistory to the present. The volume brings together contributions from archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists to discuss the variety of sources and approaches that researchers can mobilize in the study of food history and archaeology. Ranging across Central America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, the volume underscores the significance of food as an analytical category to understand the cultural, economic, and political transformations that have shaped human societies across time and space.
Giacomo Casucci is an archaeologist of ancient Western Asia. He is currently a teaching assistant in Archaeology and Art History of Ancient Western Asia at the University of Pavia. His PhD thesis, Foodways and Cooking Practices in Anatolia Between the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE (2025), reflects his long-standing interest in food history and archaeology.
Sofia Miola is completing a PhD in Contemporary History at the University of Pavia and is the coordinator of the winter schools behind this volume. She has conducted research in several European institutions. Her work focuses on the history of political cultures and concepts.
Pietro Repishti is a historian of urbanism and religions in West Africa. He earned his PhD in African History from the University of Pavia, co-supervised by Sciences Po Paris. Since 2019, he has conducted fieldwork in southern Benin on Vodun cults, slavery, precolonial states, and urban history.
Sara Zanotta is a historian of mobility and migration in modern Western Asia. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Turin and holds a PhD in Asian History from the University of Pavia.