António José Marques Silva
António José Marques Silva
[Open Class: Genealogy of the heritage discourse around the Mediterranean Diet, 27.11. 2015]
PhD in History, in the specialty of Archaeology (University of Coimbra)
Integrated researcher at the Centre for Research in Archaeology, Arts and Heritage Sciences (CEAACP) of the University of Coimbra.
Collaborator of the transnational project DIAITA- Lusophony Food Heritage.
Collaborator of the UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Traditional Know-How (University of Évora).
Coordinator of numerous archaeological and ethnographic interventions and manager of AMS - Análise e Consultadoria Arqueológica Lda. Also taught Archaeology at the University of Coimbra.
Between 2010 and 2015 was involved in a postdoctoral project, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), which dealt with food discourses and practices, cultural change and identity building in the Mediterranean. Has recently published several books in Portugal and abroad on this topic.
Research developed on the scientific "discovery" of the Mediterranean diet and its inclusion in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Other research areas currently explored: the Iberian traditions of wine, cod, stockfish, and the Madeira’s archipelago’s food heritage.
Selected Publications
DIAITA NOSTRA. Patrimoines alimentaires, identité et gouvernementalité en Méditerranée, UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Traditional Know-How: Linking Heritage - Universidade de Évora, Évora. 2016, 78 pp.
Le régime UNESCO, Discours et pratiques alimentaires en Méditerranée, vol. 3, CreateSpace, Charleston, 2016, 223 pp.
La diète méditerranéenne, Discours et pratiques alimentaires en Méditerranée, vol. 2, L’Harmattan, Collection Questions alimentaires et gastronomiques, Paris, 2016, 247 pp.
Un ingrédient du discours, Discours et pratiques alimentaires en Méditerranée, vol. 1, Édilivre, Collection universitaire, Saint Denis, 2013, 204 pp.
“Uma tradição milenar convertida em ideal alimentar ou o inverso? Acerca da “descoberta científica” da dieta mediterrânica”, in Pinheiro, J. e Soares, C. (eds), Patrimónios Alimentares de Aquém e Além Mar. Coimbra e São Paulo, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra e Annablume, 2016, pp. 23-45.
“The fable of the cod and the promised sea. About Portuguese tradition of bacalhau”, in Barata, F. T e Rocha, J. M. (eds.), Heritages and Memories from the Sea, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of the UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Traditional Know-How: Linking Heritage, 14–16 January 2015, Universidade de Évora, Évora, 2015, pp. 130–143.
“A razão escondida das normas alimentares bíblicas”, in Gomes, S. (coord.), Memória dos Sabores do Mediterrâneo, Campo Arqueológico de Mértola/ Centro de Estudos Arqueológicos das Universidades de Coimbra e Porto, Coimbra, ISBN 978 972 9375 36 1, 2015, pp. 41-54.