28 Settembre 2017
First Graduation Day for UNISG Master Students on Friday September 29
The 48 students who on Friday September 29 will celebrate their first Graduation Day and receive their diplomas from the University of Gastronomic Sciences come from Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The students, who were enrolled in one of the two streams (Food Ecologies and Sovereignty or Food Cultures and Mobility) of the Master of Gastronomy: Food in the World will have discussed their theses during the two days prior to the ceremony. Then on Friday at 10am they will gather in the courtyard of the Agenzia di Pollenzo, garbed in the traditional graduation robes and caps, before heading in a procession to the Aula Magna at 11am. The proclamation will take place in the Aula Magna from 11.15am
Here are their names and theses.
Dominika Ewa Abramowicz, 27, from Poland, is presenting the thesis "Cooking without borders - perspectives, geographic proximity and cultural differences from two women's point of view."
Kirstyn Cassandra Allen, 28, from Canada, is presenting the thesis "The Social Side of Digital Activism: Feeding the World One Click at a Time."
Autumn Leigh Azure, 40, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "Culinary Creativity and the Fair-Trade Model: Exploring Quality of Life Through the Kitchen."
Charles Mead Barstow, 29, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "Weeds and Wheat: An exploration of associated floristic diversity in a multi-variety wheat test field."
Tiffany Nicole Bassford, 33, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "The Metabolism of Passion: Reframing the American Table and How We Come to It."
Matthieu Camille Lorenzo Baudoin Lelaurain, 23, from France, is presenting the thesis "The evolution of sake, the shift from a national drink of identity to a niche market; attractiveness and promotion of the cultural product."
Shira Rose Ben Shmuel, 29, from Israel, is presenting the thesis "Knives and Needles: Chefs, Tattoos and Capital in Professional Kitchens."
Alida Borgna, 26, from Italy/United States, is presenting the thesis "Social Entrepreneurship as a Viable Model for Conflict Resolution and Sustainable Development in Lebanon."
Tien Tuanhanh Bui, 37, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "Seaweed is Life: The Healing Power of Seaweed."
Arianna Cantarutti, 24, from Italy, is presenting the thesis "Sustainable gastronomy in the restaurant and hotel industry: the potential of food to fight climate change. A case study from France."
Yu-Wen Chen, 27, from Taiwan, is presenting the thesis "The Past and the Present of Cinnamon Roll: The Analysis and the Comparison from History and the Samples Around the World."
Chopra Chetna, 26, from India, is presenting the thesis "Sustainable coffee agroforestry and coffee terroir: if affects on the final cupping quality."
Genevieve Elizabeth Crum, 24, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "The New Gastronomy: To care about food is to care about people."
Massimiliano De Bon, 24, from Italy, is presenting the thesis "Forest, Cacao and Chocolate: environmental, social and economical value of cacao in South of Bahia."
Frederic Erdl, 24, from Germany, is presenting the thesis "Trust vs. Traceability - Bridging the distance in global organic tea trade between the EU and China: On current challenges of third-party certification of EU organic tea imported from China."
Anouk Juliette Marie Fauveau Le Fers, 22, from France, is presenting the thesis "Sustainability concerns in professional French kitchens."
Maria Carolina Ferreira Oliveira, 33, from Portugal/Brazil is presenting the thesis "Vine is female, winery is male – Gender in Port wine consumption and branding by graphic arts."
Danielle Anais French, 26, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "Hop Heads: The Globalization of the Pale Ale."
Shannon Mcgregor Harley, 33, from Australia, is presenting the thesis "// SAVOURING DISGUST // Transforming wasters into tasters for a revolutionary approach to food waste."
Matthew Lima Hirsch, 31, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "The Twenty-First Century Restaurant Critic: Re-Establishing a Position of Prestige."
Naz Karahan, 24, from Turkey, is presenting the thesis "Sustaining the Culture Outside the Native Borders: How to keep food culture alive while being an immigrant."
Aikande Charles Kileo, 36, from Tanzania, is presenting the thesis "An indicator based sustainability assessment of the 10,000 gardens project in Dar es Salaam."
Vincenzo La Forgia, 26, from Italy, is presenting the thesis "From the 'Bar' to the 'Quisibeve' concept: to consume 'miscelati' as a gastronomic act."
Xenia Jamshyd Lam, 28, from India, is presenting the thesis "The Purple Potato - A creative platform where food education and gastronomy comes alive in order to create memories for a lifetime."
Alexander Markus Lehmann, 25, from Germany, is presenting the thesis "Kakkoi Berlin."
Madeleine Sylvie Lempereur, 27, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "Pollination Appreciation: How to Rely on Honeybees in an Industrialized World."
Jasmine Letschnig, 44, from Austria, is presenting the thesis "Carinthia’s Untapped Treasure. Exploring the Jaun Valley’s Sunflower Oil (JSO) History, Characteristics and Opportunities."
Julie Hansen Levy, 33, from the United States, is presenting the thesis: "What’s in a style? How understanding beers styles affects the taste experience."
Jessica Marie Mahler, 23, from Switzerland, is presenting the thesis: "The Prejudice Against Vegetables: Inherited or Learned? Evaluating the Development of Food Preferences In Children and the Extent To Which Environmental Factors Influence Their Formation."
Greta Magistrelli, 24, from Italy, is presenting the thesis "Fighting food waste on the move - an analysis of Costa Crociere ‘Taste Don’t Waste’ project to fight food waste fleet wide."
Mattia Gianfranco Marino, 27, from Italy, is presenting the thesis "Evaluation of the acceptance in the Italian market of edible insect and insect-based products through online survey and sensory analysis."
Jack Edwin Martin, 28, from the United Kingdom, is presenting the thesis "Field Notes on the Traditional Harvesting and Use of Seaweed on the West Coast of Ireland."
Anne Elisabeth McKay, 28, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "Nordic Stedsans and Terroir: Forest to Fork Gastronomy."
Diego Alejandro Molina, 28, from Peru/Italy, is presenting the thesis: "Ark of taste 2.0: A new approach to biodiversity."
Shilpa Caroline Noronha, 36, from the United States, is presenting the thesis: "Authenticity, Transparency & Locality: The Critical Success Factors for Slow Food Entrepreneurship."
Laila Areli Said, 28, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "How a Region Was Reinvented Through Innovative Eco-Gastronomy: The Case of Northern Baja California, Mexico."
Carolina Setragno, 25, from Italy, is presenting the thesis "Historical Distilleries in Monferrato: a Touristic Project Casale Monferrato."
Lisa Marie Schultz, 50, from the United States, is presenting the thesis "(Un)wrapping the Golden Apples: A History of Citrus Fruit Ephemera and its Colorful Role in Exporting Sicilian Cultural Identity."
Margarete Stein, 25, from Italy, is presenting the thesis: "COSMIC UNEASINESS - Towards an aesthetics of atmosphere in the Wiener Kaffeehaus."
Cai-Ling Sun, 27, from Taiwan, is presenting the thesis "Discovering Taiwanese identity through the lens of previous state banquets: The proposed menu for the next inauguration of the President."
Raina Talukder, 27, from India, is presenting the thesis "The Unheard And Unheard Of: Tracing The Eminence Of Indigenous Gastronomy."
Paolo Tucci, 29, from Italy, is presenting the thesis "Sake demystified: the secrets behind Nihonshu aroma and flavour."
Aleeshia Maria Tozzi, 25, from Canada, is presenting the thesis "Foodways of Molise: a case study on the potentialities of sustainable development."
Giorgia Vassalli, 27, from Italy, is presenting the thesis "Food and Social Media: Strategies of Food Communication within an Editorial Office."
Nicholas Velletri, 24, from Australia/Italy, is presenting the thesis "Traditional Wheat Grains of the Langhe in New Food Processing Technology."
Felix Marius Venner, 27, from Germany, is presenting the thesis "Sustainable Food for Profit?! An Analysis of Marketing & Branding Strategies in the Food Industry."
Lola Zlokapa, 25, from Trieste (Italy), is presenting the thesis "A portrait of Eating Disorders: a travel between Women, Beauty and the Media."
Ecem Özkaya, 25, from Turkey, audited the program.
