COLDGR

Cold goes south. The emergence of refrigeration technologies in the European South. The case of Greece (late 19th-20th centuries)

Coordinatore	NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS    more  Organization address address: CHRISTOU LADA 6 city: ATHENS postcode: 10561 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Efi Cognome: Kafentzi Email: send email Telefono: 302104000000 Fax: 302104000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Totale costo	45˙000 €
EC contributo	45˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008
Funding Scheme	MC-ERG
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-10-01   -   2012-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS  Organization address address: CHRISTOU LADA 6 city: ATHENS postcode: 10561 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Efi Cognome: Kafentzi Email: send email Telefono: 302104000000 Fax: 302104000000	EL (ATHENS)	coordinator	45˙000.00

Mappa

 Word cloud

Esplora la "nuvola delle parole (Word Cloud) per avere un'idea di massima del progetto.

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The field of the history of artificial cold is of particular interest to historians, sociologists and anthropologists of science, technology and medicine on two counts: it is a domain where science, technology and industry have often been closely linked, as well as a field in which European science, industry and technology have excelled. Moreover, it is a domain that invites studies of issues related to a number of social transformations brought about by the extensive use of artificial cold in the latter part of the 19th century, and especially during the 20th century. The development of industrial and domestic refrigeration and transport brought about amazingly varied and long lasting changes in urbanization and everyday life, whose impact ranged from changes in the habits of eating, the organization of family life, women’s everyday life, home architecture, use of appliances etc. With the proposed ERG project our aim is two-fold: Firstly, we aim to map the appropriation of refrigeration technologies in Greece (late 19th-20th centuries) 2. The use of mechanical refrigeration in Greece goes hand in hand with the industrialisation of the country throughout the 20th century, the development of its critical infrastructures, the emergence of new actors such as technicians and their associations, but is also inseparable from more general social and cultural issues, such as concepts about ‘fresh’ and ‘perishable’ produce. Secondly we aim to add to existing literature a new dimension through the examination of the expository practices of some of the main actors behind refrigeration. A careful examination of a wide range of specialist and non-specialist texts and the discourse developed around refrigeration will bring to the fore the values and ideas associated with the increasingly important role of refrigeration for the immediate prospects of modern society, but also the interests of specific groups of people that often clashed with existing local market.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Worldwide, eating habits changed once the refrigerator was invented. Even though mass-marketed in the 1950s, Greek housewives took some convincing before incorporating these electrical appliances into their kitchens.