Fabrizio DENUNZIO | COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE OF HOSPITALITY
Fabrizio DENUNZIO COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE OF HOSPITALITY
cod. 0312900014
COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE OF HOSPITALITY
| 0312900014 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES | |
| EQF6 | |
| SOCIAL SERVICE SCIENCES | |
| 2025/2026 |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPS/08 | 6 | 40 | LESSONS |
| 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. 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. 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. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AN INDEPENDENT REFLECTION ON HOW TODAY'S SOCIETY EXTENDS HOSPITALITY TO VARIOUS FORMS OF DIVERSITY, THEREBY FORMING PERSONAL ASSESSMENTS ON THESE METHODS OF HOSPITALITY. STUDENTS WILL BE EMPOWERED TO ENGAGE IN CONTINUAL DIALOGUES WITH THE PROFESSOR AND PEERS THROUGH DIALECTICAL DISCUSSIONS AND VERIFIABLE REASONING. THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS WILL BE STIMULATED THROUGH INTERVENTIONS ON KEY CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES AND THROUGH IN-CLASS COMMENTARY ON NARRATIVES, NOVELS, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, FILMS, AND TV SERIES RELEVANT TO THE COURSE TOPICS. STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP LEARNING CAPABILITIES THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONFIDENTLY USE THE RESOURCES PROVIDED BY TRADITIONAL LIBRARIES AND ONLINE DATABASES, AS WELL AS ALL MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVES. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ANALYZE TEXTS OF VARIOUS KINDS, RANGING FROM MORE TRADITIONAL WRITTEN FORMS, SUCH AS NOVELS AND NEWSPAPERS, TO CONTEMPORARY ONES PREDOMINANTLY ASSOCIATED WITH IMAGES SUCH AS COMICS, CINEMA, AND SOCIAL MEDIA. NAVIGATING THROUGH DIFFERENT SOURCES AND ANALYZING TEXTS WILL ENABLE THEM TO CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THEIR LEARNING PROCESSES. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| NONE |
| Contents | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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. STUDENTS WILL REACH THE HIGHEST SCORE BY DEMONSTRATING HIGH ACCURACY, APPROPRIATE HISTORICAL-CONCEPTUAL ARTICULATION, AND FULL MASTERY OF DISCIPLINARY LANGUAGE |
| Texts | |
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| F. DENUNZIO, OSPITALITÀ E SPIRITO DEL CAPITALISMO. TEORIE, STORIE, ISTITUZIONI, OMBRE CORTE, VERONA 2024. ESCHILO, LE SUPPLICI (ANY EDITION). 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"). |
| More Information | |
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| NONE |
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