F. Xavier Medina

Author and social anthropologist who has led research and education in Food and Culture for more than two decades. He is currently a lecturer at the Food Systems, Culture and Society department at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona; and has been president of the European Section of the International Commission on the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (ICAF Europe) since 2006. Medina was also a member of the team drafting the candidature of the Mediterranean Diet as Intangible Cultural Heritage (2007-2010); the proposal was adopted by UNESCO in November 2010.