Alfredo Minetti

Alfredo Minetti
Alfredo Minetti es un nativo de Uruguay que se crió en Brasil. A musician and archaeologist, he has a master degree in anthropology and is a Ph.D. Un músico y arqueólogo, tiene una maestría en antropología y doctorado es una candidate in cultural anthropology. candidatos en la antropología cultural. A grandson of Italian immigrants, Alfredo spent most of his life in the kitchen and developed a passion for cooking, especially Brazilian food. Un nieto de inmigrantes italianos, Alfredo pasó la mayor parte de su vida en la cocina y desarrolló una pasión por la cocina, sobre todo comida brasileña. As an anthropologist, he is interested in the role of food and eating in the creation of cultural identity, or in what can be inferred through certain foods and eating behaviors that speak of class and gender divisions in specific cultures. Como antropólogo, se interesa en el papel de la alimentación y el comer en la creación de la identidad cultural, o en lo que puede inferirse a través de ciertos alimentos y hábitos alimenticios que hablan de divisiones de clase y de género en culturas específicas. Some cultures draw extensively in a couple of realms using these as metaphors to speak of most of their socio-political reality. En algunas culturas se basan en gran medida en un par de uso de estos reinos como metáforas para hablar de la mayor parte de su realidad socio-política. In the case of Brazil, food is one of these realms. En el caso de Brasil, la comida es uno de estos reinos. Brazil can indeed be approached and understood through food and eating. Brasil de hecho puede ser abordado y comprendido a través de alimentos y comer.


Alfredo Minetti: Tango Anthropology
Zero Hour Tango Festival is a new festival designed to deepen the experience and involvement of the audience in the multi-faceted meanings of tango. In this podcast we talk with Alfredo Minetti, producer of the festival as well as a musician, teacher and writer.

Alfredo talks about how his background in cultural anthropology shaped the way he crafted this new festival, what the soul of tango has to offer to American audiences, and how a fatalistic and yearning art form can actually make you feel good.

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