Atlas of Taste: Sobremesa meta-research in Sardinia, Italy

As part of Sobremesa, Reversocollettivo is developing preliminary research for the creation of an Atlas of Taste residency program in Sardinia and future publication.

The Atlas of Taste is a cultural project that explores the Italian gastronomic landscape by rewriting its cartography through geographical and infographic maps, combined with impactful stories, new textual narratives, recipes, and visual accounts. The research aims to rethink the Italian geography of starting from Sardinia, through its productive and culinary practices, moving beyond established narratives of identity, borders, and belonging.

Through fieldwork, Reversocollettivo researchers Claudio Morelli and Maria Giovanna Giugliano uncover untold stories and informal and marginal practices, while collecting almost-lost languages and denominations within an accurate and verified glossary. The Atlas interacts directly with the territory, activating relationships between producers and researchers and bringing traditional and contemporary practices into dialogue. It proposes new methodologies and tools for field research, developing a method that can be replicated across other territories.

The project involves communities, institutions, and networks of producers, supporting the protection and promotion of Sardinian gastronomic tradition and identity. Research activities will be accompanied by public events and collective moments of exchange, connecting the project with the cultural and productive landscape of the region.

Alghero is both the starting point and site of return for the research: an island within an island, looking west towards the project's partners in Spain and Portugal, and a natural Italian landing point for Sobremesa.