COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE OF HOSPITALITY

Fabrizio DENUNZIO COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE OF HOSPITALITY

0312900014
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES
EQF6
SCIENZE DEL SERVIZIO SOCIALE
2023/2024

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO FAMILIARIZE STUDENTS WITH CONTEMPORARY DEBATES ON HOSPITALITY. THROUGH THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE VARIOUS THEORIES AND CONCEPTS RELATED TO OTHERNESS, HOSPITALITY, DWELLING, INTEGRATION, LISTENING, EMPATHY AND SOLIDARITY. FURTHERMORE, NOTIONS SUCH AS IDENTITY, NATION, SECURITY AND ASSIMILATION WILL BE SCRUTINIZED THROUGH A CRITICAL LENS. STUDENTS WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED IDEAS OR CRITERIA INSPIRED BY THE ONGOING DEBATES. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ETHICAL COMMUNICATION, FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES, TRANSLATION AS A PRIMARY FORM OF HOSPITALITY WILL BE EMPHASIZED, AS COMPREHENDING OTHERS LARGELY DEPENDS ON UNDERSTANDING THEIR LANGUAGE.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THIS COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING AND CRITICAL INSIGHT INTO THE KEY TOPICS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE DISCOURSE ON HOSPITALITY FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT ERA OF GLOBALIZATION.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE INDEPENDENTLY. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY CREATING HOSPITALITY PROJECTS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE DIVERSE FORMS OF VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS, RANGING FROM THE IMPOVERISHED TO IMMIGRANTS.
Prerequisites
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Contents
THE COURSE AIMS TO UNDERTAKE A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE ETHICS OF HOSPITALITY, SITUATING IT WITHIN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM. IT SEEKS TO EXPLORE THE INTRICATE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE MARGINALIZED CONDITION OF SUBALTERN SOCIAL CLASSES AND THE VALUES THAT HAVE FORMED THE FOUNDATION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES. IN PARTICULAR, THE COURSE ENDEAVORS TO HIGHLIGHT HOW THE PRINCIPLES OF CONTEMPORARY NEOLIBERAL SOCIETY ARE IN TENSION WITH THE MORE HUMANE AND EMPATHETIC PRACTICES OF HOSPITALITY COMING FROM SOCIAL WORLDS MARKED BY POVERTY AND THE LABELING OF DIVERSITY (SUCH AS GENDER, RELIGION AND RACE).
IN THIS REGARD, HOSPITALITY WILL BE STUDIED AS A TOTAL SOCIAL PHENOMENON, I.E. IN ITS PHILOSOPHICAL, LEGAL, ECONOMIC AND LINGUISTIC DIMENSIONS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE A CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATIVE MODEL OF HOSPITALITY BASED ON THE INTEGRAL RESPECT FOR THE HUMANITY OF THE OTHERS.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF LECTURES THAT WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAIN SOCIAL, POLITICAL, LEGAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND LITERARY THEORIES OF HOSPITALITY.
Verification of learning
THE FINAL EXAMINATION IS AN ORAL TEST AIMED AT VERIFYING THE SUCCESSFUL UNDERSTANDING OF THEORIES, METHODS AND CASE STUDIES AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPER CRITICAL ATTITUDE.
Texts
F. DENUNZIO, OSPITALITÀ E SPIRITO DEL CAPITALISMO. TEORIE, STORIE, ISTITUZIONI, OMBRE CORTE, VERONA 2024.

RECOMMENDED READINGS:
M. ANGIER, LO STRANIERO CHE VIENE. RIPENSARE L’OSPITALITÀ, RAFFAELLO CORTINA EDITORE, MILANO 2019.
J. DERRIDA, SULL’OSPITALITÀ, BALDINI&CASTOLDI, MILANO 2000.
I. KANT, PER LA PACE PERPETUA, EDITORI RIUNITI, ROMA 1992 (O QUALSIASI ALTRA EDIZIONE).
P. RICOEUR, TRADURRE L’INTRADUCIBILE. SULLA TRADUZIONE, URBANIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, CITTÀ DEL VATICANO 2021.
J.-P. SARTRE, IL MURO, EINAUDI, TORINO 2015 (IN PARTICULAR THE FOLLOWING NOVELS: "LA STANZA" AND "INFANZIA DI UN CAPO").


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