Dipartimento di Studi Storici

Alessia began her studies in Tourism and Communication, language area. She graduated with a thesis in anthropology on Sex tourism and how it affects the economy of poor countries. Since 2019 she has been participating in Horizon projects with the University of Turin and in collaboration with EIT FOOD organization, working on topics related to ancient cultures and new forms of use in contemporary ways of eating. Alessia is pursuing her studies with a master's degree in Anthropology while simultaneously working as a research fellow on several projects that relate anthropology to nature and a new vision of the politics of understanding animal spaces in marginal areas. Her most recent research work was a project entitled: Footsteps.
She is currently the winner of a PhD in Cultural heritage and historical-artistic, audiovisual and multimedia production, at the Department of Historical and Humanistic Studies.

Il Tuber magnatum Picco in Piemonte: natura e cultura alla base di un mercato di richiamo internazionale/The Tuber magnatum Picco: nature and culture at the basis of an international market
The enhancement of the prized white truffle, a natural forest resource, is a successful component alongside viticulture and enology of the tourism development of Langhe, Roero and Monferrato.
While in earlier centuries the truffle had already represented a prestigious product for nobles and nobility and an international promotional gift from the Savoy dynasty, it was in the twentieth century with the Alba Truffle Fair (1929) that an activity began to spread knowledge of this product until it reached international prominence. Over time numerous other fair events were added in southern Piedmont. The historical reconstruction of this path allows us to grasp the original characteristics, constant aspects and evolution of the truffle market, related events and promotional work. Over the decades, and particularly in the last thirty years, there has been an increasing connection of the product with cultural experiences that have ranged from haute cuisine, art, and design, and with charitable initiatives such as the International Truffle Auction, making the experience of this area original and of reference even at the international level, closely connected to tourism development.