Pollenzo: Thursday October 9th Graduation for 56 international students of 3 Master programs

Thursday October 9th 56 students of 17 different nationalities will complete their Master programs in New Food Thinking, in World Food Studies and in Agroecology and Food Sovereignty at the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo.

The students come from: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Japan, India, Israel, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan (Republic of China), United States.

Here are the names of the students with their reports and thesis.

Master in New Food Thinking

• Giorgia Alcaras, from Italy, presents her report “Quanto Basta: Slowness in Sardinian Cooking”.
• Esmée Elisabeth Maria Croonen, from the Netherlands, presents her internship report at Sensoverse.
• Emma D'Antonio, from Italy, presents her thesis “Cooking and food as aesthetic and relational education. Experimenting with my 3-year-old sister”.
• Stéphanie Falcione, from Italy, presents her thesis “Contamination as Connection: Food, Relationality, and the Future of Museums”.
• Maude Valentine Jordan, from Switzerland, presents her report “Growing Hope and Ownership - Internship Report at La Briquette”.
• Geetika Kapoor, from India, presents her report “Weaving Circles of Community from Flour to Field”.
• Yi-Nung Kuo, from Taiwan, presents her report “Beyond Branding: Exploring Food Through Master Learning and Internship Practice”.
• Aoi Onoda, from Japan, presents her report “Internship Report at La Porta dei Parchi”.
• Momoko Oyabu, from Japan, presents her thesis “Ultimate City Guide of Turin with Gastronomic and Artistic Point of View CORNER City Guide for Creatives Issue.3 TORINO”.
• Brian Lynn Pelletier, from the United States, presents his report “Review of Internship Activities with Del Peix al Plat”.
• Teresa Tessari, from Italy, presents her thesis “Fermentation as making with microbial life: fostering a sourdough starter as a way to reimagine mortality”.
• Claire Emily  Bray, from Australia, attended the Master as an auditor.

Master in World Food Studies

• Christine Louise Capano, from the United States, presents her report “Ecologies of Care in an agriturismo: Labor, Land, and Interdependence at Ebbio”.
• Neha Nitin Markandey, from India, presents her report “Internship at Future Food Institute”.
• Shira Etty Bar Isaac, from Portugal/Israel, presents her report “Between Matter and Metaphore: Exploring Food Cultures in Pitigliano”.
• Noah Stucki, from Switerland, presents her report “Les Jardins de la Briquette - My internship in regenerative agriculture”.
• Yumika Osaki, from Japan, presents her report “Fermentation and Food Culture: Experiences at a Cheese Workshop in Italy and a Koji Workshop in the Netherlands”.
• Hsin-Yu Lee, from Taiwan, presents her report “Genuine Experience”.
• Andrea Balduin, from Italy, presents his report “Building Tomorrow’s Food System: Innovation and Sustainability in the Agri-Food Sector”.
• Beatrice Mingarelli, from Italy, presents her report “A Printed Space for Interdisciplinary Resistance”.
• Grazia Solazzi, from Italy, presents her thesis “Aiming for Nose-to-Tail Consumption: An Overview of Italy’s “Fifth Quarter” - Flows, Trends, Barriers, and Opportunities”.
• Seung Bin Eun, from Korea, presents her report “Towards a Comprehensive and Sustainable Dietary Education Framework for the Korean Primary School System”.
• Luca Julius Crisolli, from Germany, presents his report “Summer Internship at Chez Pepito, Madrid”.
• Sam Willem Herman Aerts, from the Netherlands, presents her report “Internship at Reduced”.
• Madeleine Jane Freundlich, from the United States, presents her thesis “Commoning as a Process for Agri-cultural Futurity: Lessons from Valle Stura”.
• Reshma Elizabeth Giji, from India, presents her thesis “The Role of Geological diversity in Shaping Trout Species in the Soča Valley”.
• Monica Mariani, from Italy, presents her report “La Fenière: ‘a lieu de vie’ that preserves a gluten free and nature inspired cuisine”.
• Susanna Slachowitz Bowers, from the United States, presents her report on Cookbook proposal.
• Maria Sarkisyan, from Russia, presents her report “The traditional bakery and pastry production in Bra, its contribution to gastronomic cultural heritage of Piedmont, Italy; artisan work and machinery equipment involved in production; sustainability”.
• Chloe Leigh  Harty, from South Africa, presents her report “Working as a private chef for the Zappia family in Sardinia”.
• Andrea Mantovani, from Italy, presents his report “Food For Soul: Report on the experience in an anti-waste NGO”.
• Guilherme Achkar, from Brazil, presents his report “Epoca – Porto”.
• Julia Hoffmann, from Germany, presents her report “Food Deserts and Gentrification: Global Case Studies on How Urban Transformation Shapes Eating Habits, Lifestyles and Residential Patterns”.
• Bhakti Davey, from India, presents her report “Sustainable food practices in bakery and patisserie”.
• Emily Jane Sender, from the United States, presents her report “Antara Retreat Internship”.
• Sergio D'Alessandro, from Italy, presents his thesis  “The Fig’s Odissey: At the Roots of Mediterranean Culinary System”.
• Maximilian Sebastian Koch, from Germany, presents his report “Internship Experience at Dimora delle Balze and an Exploratory Evaluation of Ecological Awareness in Luxury Hospitality and Gastronomy”.
• Abigail Caldwell Walsh, from the United States, presents her report “Creating a Framework for Implementing a Radical School Lunch Plan in Wales”.
• Nicholas Pierre Clarizio, from the United States, presents his report “Horizons of the Urban Landscape: An Evaluation of Peri-urban Projects and Potentialities in Italy”.
• Karen Alberti, from Italy, presents her report “Development of a functional Yogurt Ice Cream with Probiotic and Prebiotic Claim: From Concept to Prototype at Sammontana”.
• Eleanor Coral Orr, from the United States, presents her report “Harding Sideri Internship”.
• Olivia Bert D. Marichal, from Belgium, presents her report “From food student with no clear direction to young food scholar with strong values”.
• Delia Rose Langefeld, from the United States, presents her report “Ittiturismo Corniglia Internship”.
• Tamar Lidar, from Israel, presents her report “Foraging Practices in Palestine: Identity, Gender and Nationalism”.
• Danielle Reed Lord, from the United States, presents her report “Summer at Terrafranta and Valdibella”.
• Tanaisha Jimmy Mehta, from India, presents her report “Radici L’Osteria di Accursio”.
• Ayla Briana Langer, from the United States, presents her report “AI for Food Waste Reduction: Insights from a Multi-Stakeholder Research Project”.

Master in Agroecology and Food Sovereignty

• Mariana Pelin Villani, from Italy/Brazil, presents her thesis “Threads of Ötzi: Fungi in Alpine Farming and Biocultural Memory at the ArcheoParc”.
• Viktoria Chestiakova, from Israel, presents her thesis “Where We Grow: Storytelling for Agroecology and the Future of Sustainable Food Systems”.
• Dahlia Bess Zail, from the United States, presents her thesis” Conservation Re-Imagined: The Case of Fisher-Environmentalist Tension in the Dutch Wadden/North Sea”.
• Alberto Vetrugno, from Italy, presents his thesis “Effects of different soil tillage techniques on soil quality and fertility in a semi-arid environment”.
• Hannah Lanthaler, from Austria, presents her thesis “Taste the Valley: A Tea Blend as an Expression of Agroecology, Rethinking Waste, and Revaluing Local Biodiversity in Valleponci”.
• Andrea Colaiacomo, from Italy, presents his thesis “Understanding Best Practices and Challenges in Nonprofit Farms as Local Food System Infrastructure: A Case Study of the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming”
• Emma Hannah Dietze, from Germany, presents her thesis “A Missing Mouth: An Ecosystem Without Its Animals An ethnographic case study at Iside in Italy”.
• Bianca Plebani, from Italy, presents her thesis “Cultivating Urban Food Sovereignty: the case of Orti Generali in Turin investigating the role of urban agriculture in fostering empowerment, food literacy and community building”.
• Felipe Simões Pinheiro, from Brazil, attended the Master as an auditor.