Food heritage for a resilient and sustainable future
The Anna Ahrenberg Foundation for Scientific and Other Purposes grants funding for planning the interdisciplinary research project EATING GOTHENBURG: Food Heritage for a Resilient and Sustainable Future City. The work will lay the foundation for major research applications and builds on expertise from multidisciplinary environments at the University Av性爱.
鈥淭o create a sustainable future, it is necessary to increase the ability to mobilize Gothenburg's diverse food heritage as central factors for a creatively sustainable city鈥, says Astrid von Rosen, professor and director of the Centre for Critical Heritage Studies, University Av性爱.
Food heritage has the power to create strong identities and connect different parts of the city in a shared sense of responsibility for future generations.
Interdisciplinary research for a sustainable food future
The project includes researchers affiliated with the Centre for Critical Heritage Studies, the Centre for Tourism and the food heritage network (#matarv) at the University Av性爱.
During the first phase of the project, we will identify research groups and individual researchers with interdisciplinary expertise, or ditto potential. The focus of the participants should be within, or be able to contribute substantially to, the interdisciplinary field of food heritage. The researchers will contribute with expert knowledge to develop a sustainable Gothenburg for future generations.
The project's goal is to activate a strong group of researchers from different disciplines who can together submit major research applications on the theme of food heritage for a resilient and sustainable future.
Astrid von Rosen, Department of Cultural Av性爱s & Centre for Critical Heritage Studies
Maria Persson, Department of Historical Studies & Centre for Critical Heritage Studies
Erik Lundberg, Department of Business Administration & Centre for Tourism
