Reinhabiting the Highlands

How do we imagine the future of inland and mountain villages? Do we see them as a destination for seasonal tourism and for investment in land and real estate? Or do we want to recover their social, cultural and productive dimension?

In order to set off a process of highland renewal, it is necessary to make food, biodiversity, the landscape and local communities the center of the conversation again. It is necessary to support the creation of businesses by young farmers, livestock breeders and cheesemakers to add authenticity to rural tourism. But that is not enough: it is also necessary to modernize shops and workshops, and valorize the community dimension. In this way it is possible set into motion mechanisms of solidarity, exchange and welcomeness.

Speakers:

• Vito Teti, antropologist and author of “La restanza“.
• Cristina Rainelli, Presidente of Casare e Casari.
• Jamal Lahoussain, founder of Migrations & Développement, spokesperson for the Slow Food Community “Agriculture et cuisine traditionnelle du mont Serwa”. 
• Eckart Mandler, sustainable tourism expert and founder of Slow Tourism Projektmanagement, developer of Slow Food Travel and Slow Food Villages in Carinthia
• Lela Khartishvili, PhD in Social sciences, Ilia State University, Georgia, Agritourism consultant at The Biological Farming Association Elkana and FAO Georgia.
• Filippo Barbera, sociologist of economy and territory, full professor at the CPS Department of the University of Turin. Member of the board of the cultural association ‘Riabitare l’Italia’. Among his publications, Social Innovators, Il Mulino, 2019.

Moderator:

• Federico Varazi, Executive Committee of Slow Food Italia

Free entry while seats last. We advise you to arrive 10 minutes before the event starts to ensure a place.

Terra Madre Salone del Gusto is in Parco Dora, Turin, from September 22-26, 2022, with over 600 exhibitors and a series of workshops, conferences and tastings that show how we can regenerate our planet through food. #TerraMadre2022 is a Slow Food event. Free entry

Terra Madre Salone del Gusto is in Parco Dora, Turin, from September 22-26, 2022, with over 600 exhibitors and a series of workshops, conferences and tastings that show how we can regenerate our planet through food. #TerraMadre2022 is a Slow Food event. Free entry.

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