INLAND is a collaborative platform started in 2009. It provides a platform for diverse actors engaged in agricultural, social, and cultural production and questions the center-periphery dynamics so prevalent in the arts system. It also aims to strengthen the rural as a space for change.

15th September, 2024
Hangar II

16:00 Panel Discussion: From Mountain to Mountain: exchanges on culture, food and living territories

Speakers:
Barış Karamuço I Co-founding Director of Autostrada Biennale
Fernando Garcia Dory I Inland
Jeton Jagxhiu I Independent food researcher

About the panel discussion:

Mountain to Mountain: exchanges on culture, food and living territories

In Kosovo, there are three categories of cheese making. The most valuable is mountain cheese production, followed by artisanal cheese makers in the lowlands, and lastly, fabrication cheese making. In the third edition of the Autostrada Biennale (2021), INLAND carried a research the Sharri mountain cheese producers. Without intervening, we met with local cheese producers, conducted interviews, collected information, and mapped the problems they faced.

The panel will focus on cheese production changes for mountain and lowland (artisanal) cheese makers over the years. Shepherds producing Sharri Mountains cheese, Jeton Jagxhiu, a cheese maker from the lowlands, and Fernando Garcia Dory will discuss how to protect local cheese-making traditions and the differences in production methods from global regulations. With Kosovo aiming to join the European Union, there are concerns about applying these regulations to mountain cheese-making without losing its unique characteristics. Fernando Garcia Dory will share his experiences and examples from different countries on how they handle these regulations and possible solutions.