TY - MGZN KW - Food (THE\_3078) KW - Italy (IT) KW - Social practices KW - rituals and festive events (ICH\_1229) AU - Pier Petrillo AU - Giovanni Scepi AB - The contribution aims to analyse the importance of the Mediterranean Diet iscription in ICH List in 2010. This element has a great value for the communities who share this practice, since it is more than just a food practice, but it is a true lifestyle modelthat has remained constant over time. Unesco recognition, therefore, becomes a useful tool for protecting the expression of this cultural tradition from the homologating risk of globalisation, making the communities themselves and the States Parties more aware of the value of this practice C2 - Patrimonio culturale e creazione di valore. Verso nuovi percorsi N2 - The contribution aims to analyse the importance of the Mediterranean Diet iscription in ICH List in 2010. This element has a great value for the communities who share this practice, since it is more than just a food practice, but it is a true lifestyle modelthat has remained constant over time. Unesco recognition, therefore, becomes a useful tool for protecting the expression of this cultural tradition from the homologating risk of globalisation, making the communities themselves and the States Parties more aware of the value of this practice SP - 247 EP - 270 TI - La dimensione culturale della dieta mediterranea patrimonio immateriale dell’umanità ER -