Material, Linguistic, and Cultural Influences in the Production of Heritage Food

传统食品生产中的物质、语言和文化影响

• 批准号: 1259752
• 负责人: Jillian Cavanaugh
• 金额: $ 12.07万
• 依托单位: CUNY Brooklyn College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-02-15 至 2017-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1259752&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Material; Linguistic; Cultural; Influences; Production

Dr. Jillian R. Cavanaugh, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center CUNY, will conduct research exploring how the production of and demand for locally-important, or "heritage" foods, influences cultural and political economic change. Recently, various types of specialty foods - local, organic, sustainable, heritage - have become increasingly important for understanding the cultural and economic transformations associated with globalization; yet not all foods that fall in these categories enjoy the same type of cultural and economic success. The research will investigate the different types of labor that are required for everyday foods to become both successful commodities as well as emblems of local heritage and tradition. This project will focus on the work of local food producers in Northern Italy, as well as the food activists and government officials who aid them, in order to examine why people invest in their past in order to prosper in the present and future. The project will employ a range of social science research methods, including participant observation, audio-recording of naturally occurring conversation and public events, interviews, and the collection and analysis of documentary practices. Field research will take place across a variety of sites, including farms, processing plants, government offices, and heritage events.This research will contribute to social scientific literature that has explored how entrepreneurs make choices that are driven by concerns about the preservation of heritage and culture, as well as by economic motivations. This project will also promote international scientific collaborations, and aid in the training of undergraduate and graduate students. The results of this research will deepen understandings of how food production has become part of a range of important debates about the value and meaning of food today.

布鲁克林学院和纽约市立大学研究生中心的 Jillian R. Cavanaugh 博士将开展研究，探索当地重要食品或“传统”食品的生产和需求如何影响文化和政治经济变化。最近，各种类型的特色食品——本地的、有机的、可持续的、传统的——对于理解与全球化相关的文化和经济转型变得越来越重要；然而，并非所有属于这些类别的食品都享有相同类型的文化和经济成功。该研究将调查日常食品如何成为成功的商品以及当地遗产和传统的象征所需的不同类型的劳动力。该项目将重点关注意大利北部当地食品生产商以及援助他们的食品活动家和政府官员的工作，以研究人们为何投资于过去，以实现现在和未来的繁荣。该项目将采用一系列社会科学研究方法，包括参与观察、自然发生的对话和公共事件的录音、访谈以及文献实践的收集和分析。实地研究将在农场、加工厂、政府办公室和遗产活动等多个地点进行。这项研究将为社会科学文献做出贡献，这些文献探讨了企业家如何在对遗产和文化保护以及经济动机的考虑下做出选择。该项目还将促进国际科学合作，并帮助培养本科生和研究生。这项研究的结果将加深人们对粮食生产如何成为当今有关粮食价值和意义的一系列重要辩论的一部分的理解。