History of food and material culture: a historical reading of the taverns in Madrid

• Grant number: 12/12883-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: August 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Principal Investigator: Jaime Rodrigues
• Grantee: Daisy de Camargo
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The object of this research project, which the perspective of material culture and history of food, will be an investigation of the history of taverns in Madrid, with mapping of survival of the uses of objects, furniture, forms of organization of spaces and consumption habits. From this diagnosis, the intention is to provide a readback with the practices of global fast food services, devoid of traditions and experiences, on the back of the historic taverns, with their ancient habits of consumption.