The UB host the first seminar on “Catalan cooking: intangible cultural heritage”
On Monday 22nd April, the Paranymph Hall of the Historic Building hosts the first seminar “Cuina catalana, bé cultural immaterial dʼinterès nacional” (Catalan cooking: intangible cultural heritage) of the three organised by the Catalan Culinary Institute (FICCG) and supported by the Government of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona to promote the campaign Catalan cuisine Heritage of Humanity, Candidature UNESCO 2014.
On Monday 22nd April, the Paranymph Hall of the Historic Building hosts the first seminar “Cuina catalana, bé cultural immaterial dʼinterès nacional” (Catalan cooking: intangible cultural heritage) of the three organised by the Catalan Culinary Institute (FICCG) and supported by the Government of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona to promote the campaign Catalan cuisine Heritage of Humanity, Candidature UNESCO 2014.
The seminar will present a new category of cultural heritage in our country: the intangible cultural heritage. Traditional Catalan cooking will be, as it will be explained during this session, the first intangible cultural heritage catalogued in Catalonia protected by the law.
Joan Pluma, Director General of Archives, Libraries, Museums and Heritage of the Government of Catalonia, will describe this new category of cultural heritage. He will be accompanied by the doctors Antoni Riera Melis, who will present the seminar, and Jordi Tresserras, who will speak about the candidature Catalan Cooking Heritage of Humanity.
The seminar includes three lectures on Catalan food and agriculture heritage. The closing ceremony will be conducted by Josep Maria Pelegrí, Catalan Minister for Agriculture, Food and Environment, and Carina Rey, Commissioner for Information and Documentation Systems of the UB.