Artribune Podcast: Nutritionist and Anthropologist Discuss Food and Migration

The Artribune podcast 'Contemporaneamente', curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, features an episode with nutritionist Giorgio Calabrese and anthropologist Roberta Altin. They discuss food, anthropology, and shared dietary dreams and needs across cultures, introducing the concept of 'nutrienza'. Altin notes that anthropologists seek exoticism and aim to solve social and biographical problems. Calabrese points out that food choices are often driven by economics rather than health, impacting life expectancy, and mentions the 'second brain' in the gut. The episode also covers Italy's migration balance, with 5 million emigrants matching 5 million immigrants. Calabrese is a professor of human nutrition at the University of Eastern Piedmont, University of Turin, and University of Messina, a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and author of the UN's official scientific manifesto for the Mediterranean Diet. Altin is an associate professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Trieste, coordinator of the CIMCS (Interdepartmental Center on Migration and Sustainable Development Cooperation), and scientific director of the Museum of Smithy Art and Cutlery in Maniago.