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This essay explores an understudied aspect of print cultures in Africa and beyond. One affordance of print forms is their capacity to actively play host to a variety of ways of relating to the medium of print itself. This capacity is called here the hospitality of print--an affect of openness and invitation that suffuses certain print publics that solicit and accommodate disparate kinds of attention and use. This phenomenon is analyzed through a discussion of the early years of the glossy pan-African periodical Bingo. Launched in 1953 and published in Senegal and France under the editorial direction of Ousmane Soce, Bingo aimed for a mass audience across the Francophone world. Under Soce, Bingo made the printed page into a social space for its readers by opening itself up to multiple modes of engagement., What kinds of audiences can a printed page conjure? Readers of printed texts rarely find themselves all in the same place at once, so print audiences often acquire an abstracted, [...]

Abstract: Based on an analysis of ethnographic data collected in Apiao, Chiloe, this article offers a view of relations as inescapably fraught connections between different entities. These relations are articulated [...]

Derrida's work on hospitality presents particular local conventions of hospitality as in a necessary but impossible relationship with an absolute hospitality, the obligation to welcome the other without conditions. Although this absolute hospitality is commonly read as the aspiration to which all of our practices of hospitality should tend, Derrida proposes a series of examples that show the dangers implicit in an automatic or limitless welcoming. The most famous of these is that of the Old Testament patriarch, Lot. The aim of this paper is to show, however, that the Genesis story is not primarily a parable about correct and incorrect practices of hospitality. In fact, what is at stake in the visit of the angels to Lot is the covenant between Abraham's line and the divine and the coming into the world of God's absolute sovereign violence. Derrida's account of hospitality is thus part of his discussion of sovereignty, its limitlessness, force and danger. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay takes up Luke’s invitation to follow the roads Jesus walked and the roads his followers traveled by exploring the literary and theological functions of movement, travel, hospitality, and place in Luke-Acts. These texts can help shape an imagination and communal identity that sees other communities as partners in faithful discernment, not as foreign threats or strange folks one must merely tolerate. In this way, “a gospel on the move” shapes an imagination of welcome, wonder, and embrace when it comes to migrants, immigrants, and other “people on the move.” [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We can only begin to grasp hospitality as we enact it and yet, in the moment of enactment, hospitality eludes us. In this paper I look at the enactment of hospitality in the relationship between Iranian citizen-hosts and Afghan refugee-guests in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in order to reflect more broadly on questions of Derridean hospitality. Moving between the theoretical and the ethnographic, I forcefully bring to bear on a situation of protracted refugee displacement, a notion of hospitality that has, to a large extent, remained abstract and unanchored. The scalar shifts between the domestic and the national (so integral to Derrida's theorising of the hospitable), are here reproduced in an examination of Iranian hospitality that simultaneously considers the juridical framework of asylum in the Islamic Republic and the domestic or homely expression of welcome, that occurs in the ushering of the guest over the threshold and the sharing of food around the sofreh. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose This study aims to present a model drawn on both the extension of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) and the perceived value for explaining consumer behavior toward mobile hospitality services (MHS) from two perspectives: intention to use and recommendation.Design/methodology/approach The partial least square (PLS) was applied to data gathered from 348 validated responses to a survey to test a number of research hypotheses.Findings Results found that the proposed conceptual model explains 62 per cent of the intention to use of MHS and 51 per cent of the variation in the recommendation. Perceived value plays a role in explaining both the intention to use and recommend MHS, with both constructs also helping in explaining behavior intention, to which effort expectancy, facilitating conditions and performance expectancy also contribute.Originality/value This research goes beyond perceived value by combining it with a cornerstone model, UTAUT2, used in technology adoption studies. The paper addresses updated MHS that include but are not limited to mobile hotel reservations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In 1996, the inclusion of sexual orientation in the anti-discrimination clause of South Africa's post-apartheid constitution aligned LGBT+ rights with the larger struggle against oppression and inequality. In this paper we focus on a small, rural town in the Eastern Cape, a town we call Forestville. How are LGBT+ identities made visible in this town? How do residents respond to the diverse sexualities they encounter? How do they talk about diversity (sexual and otherwise)? The data was collected in the context of a long-term ethnographic project, which looks at responses to diversity in non-metropolitan settings. Reconstructing local philosophies of hospitality and looking at affective-discursive practice, we argue that social life in Forestville shows traces of what Derrida () calls 'absolute hospitality'. There is a sense of welcome and inclusivity, but, unlike in Derrida's conception, this hospitality is deeply embedded in the speech act of asking, indeed in curiosity. At the same time, hospitality remains fragile; it is always on the border of exclusion and judgment. The article explores Mignolo's () idea of 'critical border thinking' as a core episteme for Southern theory and puts academic philosophy and everyday knowledges into dialogue with one another. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose This paper is a critical literature review of corporate social responsibility (CSR) research in both general management and hospitality management literature. This paper aims to discuss trends, commonalities and inconsistencies to better understand the state of contemporary scholarship, and it calls for a context-specific conceptual engagement with the phenomenon.Design/methodology/approach Systematic literature review, noting and critiquing a general tendency towards measurement of financial and other internal benefit impacts.Findings Hospitality management is well-positioned to evaluate the opportunities and challenges of CSR; yet, research has uncritically adopted the instrumental emphasis on assessing processes, perceptions and private profitability from the general management literature, without engaging on a contextually specific and/or theoretical level.Research limitations/implications CSR research is abundant and therefore difficult to summarise in one paper. The primarily Anglo-American and Asian contextual bias is reflected in this review.Practical implications Consistently inconsistent results challenge the portability of financial impact studies. Studies are needed to re-evaluate the concept of CSR, as it pertains to hospitality and measure the effectiveness of CSR activities relative to context and resource availability.Social implications Further research into the scope of CSR in hospitality management, with an emphasis on recuperating social value, would lead to widespread positive social implications.Originality/value This critical review offers a new perspective on CSR in the hospitality literature and industry, calling for a reconsideration of the concept in context, and formulates a working definition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on qualitative fieldwork in the Sunni village of Bebnine, located between Tripoli and the northern Syrian border, this paper explores how displaced Syrians adjust to life in Lebanon under the threat and actuality of violence. The marginalised refugees do not only appear as passive victims of crisis but draw on a diverse repertoire of coping strategies to deal with displacement and dispossession. Self-settled Syrians have exploited social networks, savings, aid, education and work opportunities to create a new livelihood system for themselves. Nevertheless, everyday life in Lebanon is not conceptualised as a safe zone. Syrian refugees are increasingly being used as scapegoats for the poor economy and political challenges in the country. While practices of hospitality towards the Syrian refugees were widespread, ambivalent feelings and prejudice frequently surfaced. Refugees expressed concern that the Syrian civil war would escalate into further sectarian violence in Lebanon, pushing the country closer to war. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organizational and sociological research dealing with network governance has mainly focused on network advantages rather than on their problems or dysfunctionalities. This focus has left the field of network failure partially unexplored. We argue that although there have been some attempts to explicitly theorize network failures, the existing explanations, which are based on structural or social conditions, are not exhaustive. In this article we report the results of our empirical investigation on an underperforming network formed by the world-famous Venice Film Festival and its local hospitality system. We inductively derive a dynamic theory of network failure premised on the interplay of the network’s static dimensions (opportunism and ignorance) and dynamic dimensions (framing and mobilizing), and the role of institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The present study is based on two samples from two occupational groups (one among medical representatives in pharmaceutical industry and other among frontline employees in hospitality industry). The study found support for the moderation effect of perceived organizational support (POS) on the emotional dissonance-emotional exhaustion as well as the emotional exhaustion-turnover intention relationships. In addition, the purpose of this paper is to examine the mediation of emotional exhaustion on the emotional dissonance-turnover intention relationship. The study concludes with the contributions to the literature and to the practice. Design/methodology/approach – Following the survey research method the study collected the data from two occupational groups. Findings – The study found support for the moderation effect of POS on the emotional dissonance-emotional exhaustion as well as the emotional exhaustion-turnover intention relationships. Originality/value – The study argued the negative effects of dissonance can be minimized if the organization can take actions to ensure employees perceive the organization as supportive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this research was to examine if differences between actual experiences of hospitality graduates and the perceived importance they placed on career factors can lead to turnover intent. The researchers surveyed hospitality graduates from the last 10 years about what they find important in selecting a career and what they are experiencing, or have experienced, in their career. Findings indicate as hospitality graduates rate certain factors more important, or experience factors less in their career, the differences become larger and their turnover intentions rise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – This paper aims to reflect on issues concerning online and social media recruitment in hospitality organisations. It considers the implications for employers and prospective employees, discussing areas of mutual relevance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on existing research to examine the subject of online and social media recruitment. Secondary sources are used to provide a framework for the consideration of online and social media recruitment for hospitality organisations. A model for understanding online- and social media-empowered hospitality recruitment is proposed. Findings – Considerations for employers include website attributes, issues of fairness in the recruitments process and brand reputation. For prospective employees, the considerations centre on public and private online profiles. Considerations common to both include the value of an online presence, the blurring of boundaries in online information and legal implications. Research limitations/implications – This is a discussion paper drawing on evidence from previous research to explore recruitment issues in the hospitality industry. It raises the profile of recruitment issues, mapping the field and providing the basis for further exploration. Practical implications – The paper provides a basis for understanding the impact of online and social media recruitment trends and issues and considers the implications for hospitality employers and prospective employees. Originality/value – The paper’s contribution is its reflection on debates from different disciplines and in offering the dual perspective of employers and potential employees from which to consider emerging themes as they relate to online- and social media-empowered recruitment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Kuryla proposes rethinking the Civil Rights Movement through a consideration of travel narratives. This requires recasting the movement as it is ‘imagined’, recognizing its contemporary function as an ultimate good in modern moral discourse, in which it works to legitimize most any political position. With this in mind, travel narratives reveal this imagined movement at work as travellers, either explicitly or implicitly, considered their place within or outside the movement, particularly in their encounters with white and black Southerners in southern spaces during and after its classic phase (roughly 1955–65). As a thought experiment, Kuryla offers two readings of V. S. Naipaul'sA Turn in the South(1989), moving from considerations of post-civil rights era black leadership to an account of the role that southern hospitality and violence played in Mississippi in the middle of the 1960s, respectively. Viewing the movement through the lens of a travel writer like Naipaul draws attention to a constantly changing southern society amidst a life and death struggle over intimate questions having to do with naming practices and hospitality. Naipaul's status as a postcolonial outsider sets these questions against a backdrop of global assumptions about postcolonial development and historical consciousness. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper explores the idea that there is a new form of restaurant that requires definition recognition that it fulfils a significant role in contemporary tourism. The adoption of foraged foods frequently reflects the historical and cultural foundations of place; in this respect, it is possible to adopt the French notion of ‘Terroir’ to conceptualize this new hospitality movement. The paper utilizes Noma in Denmark as a case study of this new gustatory movement and provides an exemplar of the terroir restaurant. The terroir restaurant provides a space in which the diner can consume tangible elements of both culture and landscape; often, this involves entry into a constructed visceral ‘sensescape’ where the dining experience becomes elevated to a higher level. The terroir restaurant provides the tourist with a gustatory concept and philosophy that move far beyond the notion of food as fuel, to one that is underpinned by a geographical and cultural aesthetic that reinforces the consumers ‘being in the world’ and their individual identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article I present a political analysis of hospitality, underlining the power relations that are involved with its practice. Because hospitality is consubstantial with boundaries, it is an apparatus both to welcome and control, which allows the passage of outsiders while legitimating the separation between inside and outside. Thus, the philosophical debate surrounding hospitality appears less relevant than the evaluation of the reasons why it matters to choose policies that involve hospitality. This wager maintains that inclusion - and participation of those included - is the bedrock of both hospitality and democracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores two main philosophical approaches to the relationship between hospitality and hostility. First, the hermeneutic approach, inspired by Paul Ricoeur, committed to a paradigm of reciprocal exchange between host and guest. Second, the deconstructive approach following Derrida, which endorses an asymmetrical rupture between host and guest. In the second part of the article the author applies these respective models to critical readings of hospitality in the Greek and Biblical traditions and in some contemporary political examples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article argues for the importance of hospitality in discussions of international ethics, suggesting that, while Jacques Derrida's thought on the concept ought to be central, we also need to go beyond it. In particular, Derrida's focus on the threshold moment of sovereign decision has the effect of reinforcing International Relations' focus on the state as the only ethical actor and space. In contrast, this article suggests that we think of hospitality as a spatial relation with affective dimensions and a practice that continues once the guest crosses the threshold of the home. Conceived as such, hospitality reveals a constitutive relation between ethics, power and space, which directs us to the way hospitality produces international spaces and manages them through various tactics seeking to contain the resistant guest. This argument is illustrated through an examination of perhaps the most urgent of contemporary international ethical spaces: the refugee camp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article I analyse the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) social movement in Spain through the concept of hospitality. In doing so, I develop a double hypothesis concerning the PAH. First, I consider the possibility of the PAH social movement as a public outcry of the ethics and politics of hospitality. Second, I identify a type of disobedient hospitality, practised by the PAH, which defies the legality enforced by dominant discourse. As a hospitality movement, the PAH promotes illegal hospitality based on civil disobedience and exploits the unconditional and conditional tensions within the idea of hospitality. I conclude that the activism of this social movement creates the possibility of a socialized and politicized hospitality that expands beyond its traditional private interpersonal sphere. I claim that in the future these concepts (basically hospitality as a movement) can be explored in other domains and political practices of social movements claiming rights and empowerment such as workers, immigration, gender or LGTB groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The phenomenon of hospitality is difficult to understand and define, perhaps because of the transactional nature that pervades what is essentially a moral duty, but also, because of the multifaceted nature of commercial hospitality. While it is useful to separate the philosophical and functional aspects of hospitality, this study explores the potential for these to coexist in the feelings of hospitality providers about their work. Experiences of hospitality service are recorded and the motives and rewards for hospitality work explored using a phenomenological approach. Paid hospitality work is portrayed as distinct from normal reality, and experienced as a love-hate relationship with an addictive quality. The study finds that motives for providing both commercial and private hospitality are primarily intrinsic, as server-hosts seek pleasure by providing pleasure to others. The article concludes by proposing that providers of hospitality experience their roles as a form of self-expression, which motivates them to persevere, often enduring difficult working conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present an analysis of the visions of hospitality of the operators involved in Emergency North Africa (ENA), a welcoming project enacted in response to a higher than usual afflux of refugees in Italy in 2011, which exceeded the capacity of ordinary refugee housing structures. We do so thanks to three focus groups involving twelve operators who have worked on ENA in the Bologna area. We show the presence of a number of tensions existing between definitions of hospitality proposed by the different professions involved, between the rapidity required by the emergency organization and the ordinary pace of other bureaucratic processes, and between the visions of hospitality in terms of either aiming to integrate refugees within the territory or simply providing initial help prior to potential secondary migrations. We conclude by analysing the notions of hospitality expressed in terms of competing governmentalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses aspects of hospitality and violence which have been used in the book series "A Song of Ice and Fire," by George R. R. Martin. Topics discussed include the attitudes portrayed by the characters in the television series "Game of Thrones," the insights of philosopher Alain Badiou about ethics and hospitality, and the social life in the continent of Westeros, the main setting of the television series.

Building on the work of lifestyle migrant researchers where hospitality and tourism are key drivers for migrants' location decisions, this article considers the complexities of work choices made by lifestyle migrants. Discussion leads to the proposition of linking lifestyle migration, work-life balance and work choices to provide a basis upon which to explore this group of workers and their relationship with work postmigration. To do this the study reflects on semi-structured interviews with 33 UK lifestyle migrants living in the Chamonix Valley, France and working in hospitality and tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the conventional linguistic practices involved in everyday hospitality situations. We compare offers in Arabic and English and, rather than focusing on the differences between the ways interactants in these two cultures make offers, we challenge the notion that offering is in essence differently handled in the two languages. We argue instead that we should focus just as much on the similarities between the ways offers are made, since no two cultural/linguistic groups are diametrically opposed. Furthermore, no cultural or linguistic group can be argued to be homogeneous. Through a detailed analysis of four naturally occurring hospitality encounters, we explore the nature and sequencing of offering and receiving hospitality in each cultural community and discuss the extent to which offers and refusals are conventionalized in each language. In this way we hope to develop a more contextual discursive approach to cross-cultural politeness research. Drawing on Spencer-Oatey's notion of sociality face, we examine the conventions for being hospitable in order to appear sincere. A qualitative analysis of the data reveals that, while there are similarities in offering behaviour in both English and Arabic, in Arabic, the interactional moves of insisting and refusing are slightly more conventionalized. This however does not constitute a radical difference between the offering norms of these two cultural groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to analyse the perception of operators on the impact they experienced as a result of their involvement in the development of homestay. The impacts encompass the economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects. This study employed face to face survey, and a total of 333 respondents who are Peninsular Malaysia's homestay operators participated in this study. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis utilizing simple statistical analysis software with the aid of Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) and Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) were employed. Study results indicated that the economic and cultural aspects are significant contributors to the impact experienced by the operators in Malaysia at (0.29, t = 2.78, p < 0.00) and (0.86, t = 6.34, p < 0.00), respectively. Generally, the overall impact has positive relationship and affects the development of homestay tourism (0.30, t = 4.45 p < 0.00). In order to further improve the demand for homestay, there is a need for a strong co-operation between the operators, government and marketing agencies in sustaining Malaysia's homestay industry development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Phenomenology is the science of appearances. (1) The appearance, however, of what? On the one hand, phenomenology attends to how the world of things manifests itself in a single flow [...]

One of the common denominators of childhood and youth, at least in more economically developed countries, is schooling. Therefore, if we want to analyze the contemporary conditions of childhood and [...]

This article uses the travel accounts of Recollet missionary Gabriel Sagard, and the Jesuit Paul Le Jeune in New France to explore food as a powerful means of communication and exchange, particularly during first contact between European travelers and indigenous peoples, in the absence of a linguistic community. The meal appears as a central and decisive scene in travel accounts, a crucial place for creating, reinforcing or contesting alliances, a (dis)placement from conversation to conversion, and a theatrical location for rites of passage. Acceptance or refusal of food, meals and table manners determined the relationships between European travelers and Indians, serving as a space between reinforcing one party's identity and appropriating the other's culture. Keywords: meal, hospitality, travel writing, Amerindians, New France, Introduction Food has the power to act upon a wide array of human behaviors through the theatricalization and amplification of emotions. As a scene of identity, politics and performance of [...]

A SHADOW WAR APPEARS TO BE TAKING PLACE IN SYRIA, WITH AL-QAIDA-ALIGNED GROUPS (OR NOT SO MUCH ALIGNED!) PLAYING AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE FORCES LOYAL TO BASHAR AL-ASSAD'S REGIME. SYRIANREBELS WOULD BE POORLY ORGANIZED IF THEY WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED BY AL-QAIDA OR BY THE INFLUX OF JIHADISTS WHICH ENFORCE DISCIPLINE AMONGST REBELS BY RELIGIOUS FER VOR AND BY THE COMBA T EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE ACQUIRED IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, LIBYA AND EGYPT. WESTERN COUNTRIES COULD BE FACED WITH A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN THOSE WHO SURVIVE THE CONFLICT IN SYRIA COME IN WESTERN COUNTRIES WITH A JIHADIST EXPERIENCE. IN THIS RESPECT, EUROPEAN STATES MUST DEVELOP A VIABLE STRATEGY ON IMMIGRATION CONTROL, MAINLY FOR ITS MEMBERS STATES WHICH HAVE A MUSLIM POPULATION IN THEIR MIDST. ROMANIA, AS OTHER EUROPEAN STATES, HAS A MUSLIM COMMUNITY COMING FROM SYRIA AND FROM ITS NEIGHBORING STATES. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THESE MUSLIMS ARE KNOWN AS BEING SYMPATHIZERS OF AL-QAIDA-ALIGNED GROUPS ACTING IN SYRIA, WHO CONTINUE TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES ON THEIR BEHALF AFTER THEIR MOVE TO ROMANIA. FOR INSTANCE, IN DECEMBER 2013, AN AL-QAIDA SITE ANNOUNCED THE DEATH OF ABU MOHAMMAD AL R UMANI (FROMROMANIA) ON THE BA TTLEFIELD IN SYRIA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Byline: Benoit Rapoport (1) Keywords: family transfers; family composition; redistribution Abstract: This empirical article describes a widespread African phenomenon--hospitality given to relatives--and explains why African households often provide long-term hospitality. A budget and consumption survey carried out in Gabon in 1994 is used to compare the characteristics of households that provide hospitality and the characteristics of guests and the members of nuclear households. A two-step procedure is proposed to determine whether hospitality decisions are made mainly by heads of household or by the extended family. The data suggest that hospitality decisions are made partly by the extended family. Author Affiliation: (1) Theory and Applications in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics (TEAM) Laboratory, University of Paris, France Article History: Registration Date: 18/10/2004

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This article discusses late 18th-century methods of dealing with the increasingly large population of vagrants and mobile poor in England. The emergence of friendly societies and the government's regulation of and resistance to them, particularily through the creation of insurance societies, is examined.

During 1974 and 1975, Atlanta was one of the top convention cities in the United States, but the city was also known as the nation's 'murder capital.' The contradiction in the discourse on hospitality and violence is the focus of this research. The discussion of hospitality by business leaders and elected officials was used to unify support for growth, but a separate discourse on violence had unfortunate ethical consequences. This discourse tended to divide whites from blacks and suburban dwellers from central-city residents. Little effort was made to seek common ground in the discourse on hospitality and violence.