A geografia do queijo minas artesanal
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2011-11-04
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Netto, Marcos Mergarejo [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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O Queijo Minas Artesanal é fabricado em Minas Gerais desde o século XVIII, cujo consumo é hábito que ultrapassa as fronteiras do território mineiro. Sua tradição, a partir de seu modo de fazer foi tombada como patrimônio imaterial brasileiro, tamanha é sua importância como valor cultural de um povo. Tornou-se, então, um desafio investigar suas origens histórica e geográfica, bem como seu caráter identitário com as regiões queijeiras, onde é produzido há cerca de três séculos. A esta pesquisa interessa contribuir para o conhecimento e estudos sobre o queijo e notadamente sobre o Queijo Minas Artesanal, a partir da experiência e herança cultural do produtor queijeiro artesanal, salientando para as mudanças ocorridas e adquiridas ao longo dos anos, bem como as exigências que a sociedade atual exige, sem que se perca as tradicionais propriedades organolépticas que definem a iguaria. Para tanto foi realizado um grande trabalho de exploração geográfica e histórica com o fito de conhecer, compreender e descrever o fascinante mundo dos queijos, que se estende da pré história, aos dias atuais, criando assim, um arcabouço que permitisse desvendar todo o universo da produção queijeira, ao qual o Queijo Minas Artesanal se insere como produto tradicional. Assim, o estudo se complementa com a realização de uma pesquisa com os produtores queijeiros, por meio da aplicação de questionários, adotando-se uma abordagem qualitativa com o suporte da Geografia humanista, que se interessa pela organização do espaço e da sociedade, na perspectiva das interações com o ambiente e a cultura, cujo universo pode, inclusive, apontar para uma Geografia do sabor. Na perspectiva final é constatada a verdadeira origem do Queijo Minas Artesanal, no arquipélago de Açores, bem como, através da percepção e experiência...
The traditional Minas Cheese has been manufactured in Minas Gerais since the eighteenth century. Its consumption is a habit that transcends the borders of Minas Gerais state. This cheese making tradition was declared a Brazilian intangible heritage, such is its cultural importance for its people. It has become a challenge to investigate its historical and geographical origins, as well as its identitary character with the dairy regions where it has been produced for about three centuries. We seek to contribute to the knowledge and studies about the traditional Minas Cheese based on the experiences and heritages of the cheesemakers, pointing the changes undergone and acquired over the years, and the requirements imposed by modern society, without losing its traditional organoleptic properties that define the delicacy. To do so a great historical and geographical exploration was undertaken with the aim to know, understand and describe the fascinating world of cheeses, extending from pre-historical times to the present day, thus creating a framework that allows the unveiling of the entire cheese production universe, to which the traditional Minas Cheese belong as a traditional product. The study is complemented by a series of surveys conducted with cheesemakers, with the help of questionnaires, adopting a qualitative approach with the support of Humanistic Geography, which is concerned with the organization of space and society, from the perspective of the interactions between the environment and culture, whose universe can even point to a Geography of flavor. In the end, the true origins of the traditional Minas Cheese are uncovered, in the Azores archipelago. Through the perceptions and experiences of cheesemakers... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
The traditional Minas Cheese has been manufactured in Minas Gerais since the eighteenth century. Its consumption is a habit that transcends the borders of Minas Gerais state. This cheese making tradition was declared a Brazilian intangible heritage, such is its cultural importance for its people. It has become a challenge to investigate its historical and geographical origins, as well as its identitary character with the dairy regions where it has been produced for about three centuries. We seek to contribute to the knowledge and studies about the traditional Minas Cheese based on the experiences and heritages of the cheesemakers, pointing the changes undergone and acquired over the years, and the requirements imposed by modern society, without losing its traditional organoleptic properties that define the delicacy. To do so a great historical and geographical exploration was undertaken with the aim to know, understand and describe the fascinating world of cheeses, extending from pre-historical times to the present day, thus creating a framework that allows the unveiling of the entire cheese production universe, to which the traditional Minas Cheese belong as a traditional product. The study is complemented by a series of surveys conducted with cheesemakers, with the help of questionnaires, adopting a qualitative approach with the support of Humanistic Geography, which is concerned with the organization of space and society, from the perspective of the interactions between the environment and culture, whose universe can even point to a Geography of flavor. In the end, the true origins of the traditional Minas Cheese are uncovered, in the Azores archipelago. Through the perceptions and experiences of cheesemakers... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Geografia humana, Queijarias, Queijo-de-minas, Human geography, Cheese factories
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NETTO, Marcos Mergarejo. A geografia do queijo minas artesanal. 2011. 420 f. Tese - (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas, 2011.