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Hospitality: The Universal Language
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Junior
Major
Organizational Communication
Minor
Creative Writing
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Dr. Carrie Jerrell
Presentation Format
Oral Presentation
Abstract/Description
At its purest form, hospitality is meeting the needs of strangers and treating them as equals. It is a process of making someone who is in the outgroup feel like they are in the in group. Views on hospitality vary greatly between cultures. In west culture, it is more associated with entertainment while in east culture it is more associated with protection. Though it varies, hospitality is a way of communicating acceptance and safety with compassion and sacrifice. It is more than eating, drinking, and being merry. The giving and taking required with hospitality creates a sense of belonging, satisfying the needs of both guest and host. Natural needs become a gateway for spiritual experiences at the convergence between hospitality and religions. It heals wounds of the heart and flesh. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all branch from the same place: the garden of Eden. From that point, hospitality split with the faiths, but it is still the vein running through every person’s beliefs. These poems begin in the garden and end in the universal language of hospitality. The wet and cold Irish landscape is contrasted with the hot and dry desert places, showing the relationship between landscape, people, and hospitality.
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Hospitality: The Universal Language
At its purest form, hospitality is meeting the needs of strangers and treating them as equals. It is a process of making someone who is in the outgroup feel like they are in the in group. Views on hospitality vary greatly between cultures. In west culture, it is more associated with entertainment while in east culture it is more associated with protection. Though it varies, hospitality is a way of communicating acceptance and safety with compassion and sacrifice. It is more than eating, drinking, and being merry. The giving and taking required with hospitality creates a sense of belonging, satisfying the needs of both guest and host. Natural needs become a gateway for spiritual experiences at the convergence between hospitality and religions. It heals wounds of the heart and flesh. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all branch from the same place: the garden of Eden. From that point, hospitality split with the faiths, but it is still the vein running through every person’s beliefs. These poems begin in the garden and end in the universal language of hospitality. The wet and cold Irish landscape is contrasted with the hot and dry desert places, showing the relationship between landscape, people, and hospitality.