Food Studies V2 (2)

Slide 1:From gastronomic heritage to food studies Jean-Pierre Poulain Socio-anthropologist, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail ERITA-Asia

Slide 2:Plan  Tourism and the valorization of heritage  Gastronomy versus food cultures  Forward “food studies”  Heritage and creativity Jean-Pierre Poulain

Slide 3:Tourism: the meeting of two food cultures  Eating is at the same time a daily obligation and a way of entry in the culture of the visited country, as well as It puts in contact its sense of hedonism  The meal changes the tourist from spectator into an actor, it is a “formidable machine to travel” (E. Morin)  The tourist meal is the meeting of two food models. By doing this, it learns as much from one as from the other. Jean-Pierre Po