“COOKING IS TO FEED THE FUTURE GENERATIONS”: ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE TRENTINO TYROLEAN CUISINE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SANTA OLYMPIA, PIRACICABA-SP, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Fernando Monteiro Camargo Universidade Federal de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.15996

Keywords:

Anthropology. Food. Cooking. Memory.

Abstract

Santa Olímpia is a Trentino-Tyrolean immigrant neighborhoodin the city of Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Thisarticle is a reflection based on a research work ordered by theneighborhood’s association, with a survey and documentation ofthe local cuisine. The research was conducted in years 2012, 2013,and 2014, aiming to record the Tyrolean recipes of Santa Olímpiain book form. The research process involved two stages. The firstcomprised the making of recipes with the female neighborhoodresidents, aged 40-60 years old. In the second moment, the authorattended meetings of groups of women with more than 60 yearsto talk about the recipes. So this paper aims to show how theprocess of producing a cookbook aroused the narrative of theneighborhood’s social history. More specifically, to reflect howemotions, meanings, social relations and the collective identityof a neighborhood can manifest from narratives that emerged inrounds of conversation about the making of Trentino Tyroleanfood in Santa Olímpia. The neighborhood’s recipes tell stories.

DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2015.15996

Author Biography

Fernando Monteiro Camargo, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Graduado em Ciências Sociais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (2011). Especialização em Gestão Cultural pelo Centro Universitário SENAC (2013). Atualmente é aluno do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais da UNIFESP. Participa do grupo de Pesquisas Visuais e Urbanas (VISURB) coordenado pela Prof. Dra Andréa Barbosa na UNIFESP. Tem experiência na área de Antropologia Urbana, visual e Patrimônio Cultural.

Published

2015-07-28

How to Cite

Camargo, F. M. (2015). “COOKING IS TO FEED THE FUTURE GENERATIONS”: ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE TRENTINO TYROLEAN CUISINE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SANTA OLYMPIA, PIRACICABA-SP, BRAZIL. DEMETRA: Food, Nutrition & Health, 10(3), 663–674. https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.15996