Modena: "the invention of the refrigerator" at the summer gardens.
Friday 21 July, at 21pm, the meeting dedicated to the object that revolutionized the way we eat. With Alberto Grandi, expert in food history.
Modena: "the invention of the refrigerator" at the summer gardens.
We can imagine What would it be like to live without having a refrigerator at home? Probably not, not at all the change was radical which it has caused in our lifestyle since it arrived. The refrigerator as a revolutionary object is discussed in the meeting "The invention of the refrigerator and the food revolution" scheduled Friday 21 July, 21, at the Ducal Gardens with free admission. tell the epic of the domestic refrigerator, which began in the United States in the first decade of the last century, will be Albert Grandi, economic historian whose main area of research is the history of food, in dialogue with the journalist and food and wine expert Michela Iorio.
The appointment, which enters the calendar of the Modena Summer promoted by the Municipality of Modena and in particular of "The Summer Gardens. In the evening with Hera“, is part of the series of meetings on revolutionary objects within the project "Revolutions. Social and political transformations in modern and contemporary history and culture” to tell the history of the twentieth century and its transformations starting from material culture.
Il technological progress which allowed the refrigerator to enter homes has accompanied a revolution in consumption: shopping ceases to be a daily commitment and the entire commercial structure changes accordingly, with the spread of supermarkets and the growing success of frozen foods. Placed by the Royal Society of London, in a 2012 ranking, in first place among the twenty most important inventions in the history of food, the refrigerator can be considered the "re" of the appliances"Probably no other object we have at home has had the same impact on our lives and on the entire economy“, He explains Alberto Grandi.
The, which will unfold through images and words, it will also be available on the Rivoluzioni project website.
Il project "Revolutions” is promoted by the Collegio San Carlo Foundation, Historical Institute and Women's Documentation Center, as part of the collaboration with the Committee for the history and memories of the twentieth century of the Municipality of Modena, thanks to the support of the Modena Foundation.
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