HRI interfaces - past, present, future
Chicken gets chilled. Consolidating and growing the Italian poultry sector
From the 1960s, new refrigeration technologies, marketing strategies, and organisational arrangements fostered the growth of the Italian poultry sector into one of Europe’s biggest.
Chicken becomes broiler. Economic boom, techno-scientific advancements, and industrial development
With the beginning of the Cold War, techno-scientific advancements and new organisational forms in the agrifood sector fostered the development of the broiler industry. US innovations spilled over to other industrialised countries of the Western Bloc.
Chicken goes to war. The symbolic and material significance of poultry in times of conflict
During WWII, poultry became central for both fascists and anti-fascists, providing nutrition to sustain fighters and civilians as well as metaphors to discuss the socio-political context.
Chicken makes propaganda. Futurist cooking and new Italian foodways
In the 1930s, autarkic policies by the Italian fascist regime strongly supported the consumption of poultry products. The Futurist movement proposed a new cooking style combining regime food discourses with techno-scientific innovation.
Face to Interface: on stream!
Discover the three streams of collaboration in MOZART that will be the focus of the SSH research blog!
Face to Interface – Introduction
Welcome to “Face to Interface”, the Research Blog of the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) team of the MOZART project!