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Italy - Women of Mountain & Rural Areas - Economic Growth in 

Production of Sustainable & Traditional Foods for Development

 

Michela Zucca - Anthropologist - http://www.michelazucca.net/

 

Women of Italy, in mountains and rural areas, are involved in production of quality food: This is an anthropological chacteristic that can lead to new ways of sustainable development and economic growth.

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Michela Zucca is an Italian Anthropologist who has worked on multiple continents. She is specialised in popular culture, gender studies, analysis of imaginary.  She has worked on sustainable development in rural marginal areas, most of all Alpine and mountains regions, training, cultural identity and evaluation of territory.

 

Michela Zucca is a consultant in the field of training for EU projects, sustainable development for administrations, municipalities, regions, public and private bodies, training centres.

 

She founded the International Network of Mountain Women. At the Centre of Alpine Ecology in Trento (Italy), she introduced study and practice of Human Ecology and Identity Economy. She directed the European projects Recite II - Learning Sustainability, Interreg III C South "Network of Sustainable Villages" . The projects involved Trentino (Italy), Lapland (Finland), Alentejo (Portugal), Arad (Romania), and Lomza (Poland). She has directed the master course in regional development for the Italian Minister of Environment. In addition to university teaching Ms. Zucca is working on a research project about mountain schooling with the Italian Ministry of Public Education.  Contact: Michela Zucca - michela.zucca@tin.it





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