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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
The Politics and Diplomacy of Cooking and Hospitality
Grenoble Ecole de Management and École Hôtelière de Lausanne
This course linked cooking and hospitality to gastrodiplomacy and soft power, since cuisine and receptions are markers of humanity and civility. Learners studied the intercultural and political implications of the culinary arts and increased their knowledge of hospitality issues.
6 weeks, 4 hours per week
Yves Schemeil
Professor of Political Science
Grenoble Ecole de Management
Fabien Fresnel
Chief Academic Officer
École Hôtelière de Lausanne
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Apply hospitality knowledge to the realm of social sciences
- Assess your ability to be a good host and a good diplomat
- Compare different lifestyles and traditions
- Experiment counterfactual reasoning
Syllabus
Week 1: Is there a Politics to Eating and Drinking?
- How to make the best use of this course?
- Is every meal political?
- The importance of being human
- There is no such a thing as a free lunch
Week 2: Is the diplomatic use of gastronomy leading to a World Order?
- National uses of gastronomy
- Diplomatic uses of hospitality
Week 3: Is private sociability conducive to appropriate behaviour as a citizen?
- Meeting foreigners
- Accommodating guests
Week 4: Are public banquets different from family dinners?
- No, there is some formalism in informal meetings
- Yes, public banquets are even more formal
Week 5: A philosophy of food and mood
- Culinary and cosmic orders
- Social orders
Week 6: Gastronomy, Hospitality and cultural orders
- Is cooking and hosting possible without organization?
- How does differentiation impact cooking and hospitality?
- Conclusion
Issued on 7th March 2017
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