Lavarroz. Ordinary kitchen utility as a design object

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dc.abstract.enIn this article, we will look closer at the kitchen ‘backend’, which contains the tools necessary for practical food preparation. These objects are usually invisible to guests–but also, as we will prove, to the design discourse. An object that illustrates the function of cookware is a tool for washing rice before cooking: Lavarroz (Washrice) by Brazilian dentist Therezinha Beatriz Alves de Andrade Zorowich. This tool has been part of the standard equipment of a Brazilian (and not only) kitchen since 1959.We will look at the importance of Lavarroz and similar tools in a social context, including culture and history. We will show the differences in social communication using tableware and kitchenware by comparing the features of objects and the media communication accompanying them. We will consider how deep the roots of disregard for kitchen tools are in culture. There were also periods and places in history where tools from the back of the kitchen were displayed in the limelight. What conditions must be met for the kitchen utensils to appear in the museum? We will also try to answer why, in the public discourse, Lavarroz is called an ‘invention’ and not a ‘project’.
dc.abstract.otherEn este artículo, analizaremos más de cerca el objeto ‘trastienda’ de la cocina, que contiene las herramientas necesarias para una preparación eficaz de los alimentos. Se trata de objetos que normalmente son invisibles para los invitados, pero también, como demostraremos, para el discurso del diseño. Un objeto que ilustra la función de los utensilios de cocina es una herramienta para lavar el arroz antes de cocinarlo: Lavarroz de la dentista brasileña Therezinha Beatriz Alves de Andrade Zorowich. Esta herramienta forma parte del equipamiento estándar de las cocinas brasileñas (y no sólo) desde 1959.Analizaremos la importancia de Lavarroz y herramientas similares en un contexto social, incluso en el contexto de la cultura y la historia. Mostraremos las diferencias en la comunicación social utilizando vajillas y utensilios de cocina comparando las características de los objetos y la comunicación mediática que los acompaña. Consideraremos cuán profundas están en la cultura las raíces del desprecio por los platos y los utensilios de cocina. También hubo períodos y lugares en la historia donde las herramientas de la parte trasera de la cocina fueron el centro de atención. ¿Qué condiciones debían cumplirse para que los utensilios de cocina aparecieran en el museo? También intentaremos responder a la pregunta de por qué en el discurso público se llama a Lavarroz un ‘invento’ y no un ‘proyecto’.
dc.affiliationWydział Interdyscyplinarny
dc.contributor.authorTreska-Siwoń, Anna
dc.date.access2024-01-01
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-05T10:25:57Z
dc.date.available2025-11-05T10:25:57Z
dc.date.created2023-12-03
dc.date.issued2024-01-01
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>In this article, we will look closer at the kitchen ‘backend’, which contains the tools necessary for practical food preparation. These objects are usually invisible to guests–but also, as we will prove, to the design discourse. An object that illustrates the function of cookware is a tool for washing rice before cooking: Lavarroz (Washrice) by Brazilian dentist Therezinha Beatriz Alves de Andrade Zorowich. This tool has been part of the standard equipment of a Brazilian (and not only) kitchen since 1959. We will look at the importance of Lavarroz and similar tools in a social context, including culture and history. We will show the differences in social communication using tableware and kitchenware by comparing the features of objects and the media communication accompanying them. We will consider how deep the roots of disregard for kitchen tools are in culture. There were also periods and places in history where tools from the back of the kitchen were displayed in the limelight. What conditions must be met for the kitchen utensils to appear in the museum? We will also try to answer why, in the public discourse, Lavarroz is called an ‘invention’ and not a ‘project’.</jats:p>
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.issue29
dc.description.physical39-63
dc.description.sdgGenderEquality
dc.description.sdgReducedInequalities
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume21
dc.identifier.doi10.17151/kepes.2024.21.29.3
dc.identifier.eissn2462-8115
dc.identifier.issn1794-7111
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1956
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://revistasojs.ucaldas.edu.co/index.php/kepes/article/view/9044
dc.languageen
dc.language.abstractes
dc.language.otheres
dc.language.subjectes
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki o kulturze i religii
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enTools
dc.subject.enkitchen
dc.subject.enlavarroz
dc.subject.enBrazil
dc.subject.enplastic
dc.subject.otherHerramientas
dc.subject.othercocina
dc.subject.otherlavarroz
dc.subject.otherBrasil
dc.subject.otherplástico
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dc.titleLavarroz. Ordinary kitchen utility as a design object
dc.title.alternativeLavarroz. Un utensilio de cocina común y corriente como objeto de diseño
dc.title.journalKepes
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle