Commensalità e capacitazione individuale: un’analisi etnografica del progetto ‘Tavole Allegre’

Abstract

Commensality and individual ability: an ethnographic analysis of the 'Cheerful Tables' project ----- Abstract --- The article explores the role of commensality and food narrations in relieving urban solitude and capacitating fragile individuals. In so doing, it ethnographically analyses the results of the project ‘Tavole Allegre’ promoted by Slow Food and Compagnia di San Paolo, in Turin in 2019. The research confirms that sharing and discussing about food are viable strategies to foster social inclusion and offers a new contribution to the debate about urban food sharing.

Keywords

• foog culture
• solitude
• commensality
• capacitation
• sociocultural fragility