RAI Research Seminar Series

Thursday 13 October 2022, 4.00 -6.00pm (BST)

In-person event to be held at 50 Fitzroy Street, W1T5BT (scroll down for directions)

This event will be ticketed (£15 general admission/£10 for RAI members).
Book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-cheese-tasting-the-heritage-arena-tickets-389601968977 

Book Talk & Cheese Tasting

The Heritage Arena: Reinventing Cheese in the Italian Alps

with
Professor Cristina Grasseni (University of Leiden)
Adele Ravasio (casArrigoni)

After the gloom of the last few years, come back to the RAI for an event with a social component.

We are delighted to welcome author Cristina Grasseni to speak about her book.
She will later be joined by Adele Ravasio, whose family owns CasArrigoni, who will introduce us to some of the cheeses that feature in the book. The Ravasios are affineurs (agers) in the Lombardy region of Italy.

During the Q&A, we will enjoy a cheese tasting, accompanied by regional wines. You are encouraged to stay for more informal chat and tasting.

This event has a charge to cover the costs involved. 

In Europe a number of production and communication strategies have long tried to establish local products as resources for local development. At the foot of the Alps, this scenario appears in all its contradictions, especially in relation to cheese production. The Heritage Arena focuses on the saga of Strachitunt, a cheese that has been designated an EU Protected Designation of Origin after years of negotiation and competition involving cheese-makers, merchants, and Slow Food activists. The book explores how the reinvention of cheese as a form of heritage is an ongoing and dynamic process rife with conflict and drama. 

Location:
50 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 5BT  (Find it on a map here)
Nearest underground stations: Warren Street (Victoria and Northern Lines), or mid-way between Great Portland Street and Euston Square (both Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan Lines).
Nearest railway station: Euston Station

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