{"id":113941,"date":"2026-05-08T12:22:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/?post_type=event&#038;p=113941"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:37:29","slug":"exploring-the-inner-workings-of-the-food-system-through-a-holistic-and-undisciplinary-approach-the-mission-of-the-alimentarium-vevey-switzerland-the-food-science-museum","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/eventi\/exploring-the-inner-workings-of-the-food-system-through-a-holistic-and-undisciplinary-approach-the-mission-of-the-alimentarium-vevey-switzerland-the-food-science-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the inner workings of the food system through a holistic and \u2018undisciplinary\u2019 approach: the mission of the Alimentarium (Vevey, Switzerland), the food science museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>with\u00a0Boris Wastiau, discussant: Maddalena Castellani<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alimentarium, which has just celebrated its 40th anniversary, remains the only museum entirely dedicated to food and nutrition across the history and cultures of the world. Since its inception, this museum has stood out both for the fact that it is not a \u201cdisciplinary\u201d museum and for its critical and innovative curatorial approach. It is defined neither by a scientific discipline nor by the nature of its collections, but by a universal anthropological theme: food. Today, its exhibitions and programme explore the complexity of the food system in relation to global health and the environment. The lecture will outline the museum\u2019s current initiatives, curatorial strategy and development plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Boris Wastiau<\/strong> holds a Ph.D. in social anthropology and trained at the University of East Anglia, the Universidade de Coimbra, and the Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles. He has held leadership positions in major European ethnographic museums, where he developed innovative exhibitions at the intersection of culture, politics, and ecology. His work advances critical museology, combining curatorial practice with a reflexive approach to collections and their social implications. Currently active in a food museum context, he focuses on food systems in the Anthropocene, integrating research, public engagement, and institutional leadership. His recent work also explores the role of artificial intelligence in museums, particularly in relation to knowledge production, interpretation, and ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference (in English) is held in Aula Miroglio at 11,30 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with\u00a0Boris Wastiau, discussant: Maddalena Castellani The Alimentarium, which has just celebrated its 40th anniversary, remains the only museum entirely dedicated to food and nutrition across the history and cultures of the world. Since its inception, this museum has stood out both for the fact that it is not a \u201cdisciplinary\u201d museum and for its critical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":113996,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_event_start":"2026-05-13 12:13:50","_event_end":"2026-05-13 11:30:00","_location_id":0,"footnotes":""},"event-tags":[],"event-categories":[],"class_list":["post-113941","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/113941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/113941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114042,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/113941\/revisions\/114042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-tags?post=113941"},{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=113941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}