“Territory” and its Discontents
Journal: Italian Culture
The term territorio — not easily translatable into the Anglo notion of “territory” — has long been considered an architectural, geographical, economic, legal, and environmental term, often denoting heritage, purity, safeguarding, maintenance, and quality control. The use of territorio in food certifications, for example, guarantees the quality control of a gastronomic product, defined through a link between product…