The project focuses on the broad cultural, social, and economic involvement of pastoral agents and laymen of the progressive Catholic church in urban and rural landscapes of Latin America during the 1960s and 1970s.
The project comparatively addresses local changes in the distribution and consumption of chicken meat. This includes critical debates on the consumption of industrially produced chicken, taking into account contemporary discourses on (good) nutrition, health and wealth.
The project compares the formation of agricultural credit institutions and the legal redefinition of land as a financial asset in the Brazilian Empire and the Empire of France in the second half of the 19th century.
