CODE | TTC0409 | ||||||||||||
TITLE | Introduction to Maltese Society, Tourism and Hospitality | ||||||||||||
UM LEVEL | 00 - Mod Pre-Tert, Foundation, Proficiency & DegreePlus | ||||||||||||
MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||||||||
ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||
DEPARTMENT | Tourism Management | ||||||||||||
DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will consist of lectures to introduce Erasmus students to Maltese society and its culture, and how it arrived at its modern form. This include the multi nationality of hospitality environments and how to use a variation of skills to navigate this environment. Introductory lectures will be given about the major transitions in Maltese society throughout the ages, in context of hospitality. The study-unit can be offered all year round. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to provide international students studying at the FHS to gain an insight of Maltese history and culture. -To provide students with a cultural, sectoral, pedagogical & linguistic experience which may enhance their educational experiences for growth and development. - To raise intercultural awareness. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: in the context of the Maltese hospitality industry to: - demonstrate an introductory knowledge of the Maltese people, food and culture; - synthesis the importance of Malta’s geographical position in relation to its history; - identify the various aspects of the main Maltese historical periods and their role in tourism; - broadly describe the mayor influences left behind by the various powers on the Maltese Islands. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - compare in a general manner Malta's past with Malta's present; - distinguish between the main historical architectural features of Malta; - appraise the value of cross-cultural skills in a multi-cultural society; - rate to pros and cons of cultural diversity in hospitality-based environments. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Buttigieg, Noel (2010) Bread in early modern Malta : the voice within. Welcome : Journal of the Institute of Tourism Studies, 23-29. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/95046 - Cassar, Carmel (2001) Malta: Language, Literacy and Identity in a Mediterranean Island Society, National Identities, 3:3, 257-275, DOI: 10.1080/14608940120086902 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14608940120086902?needAccess=true&role=button - Duca, Edward(2015) Malta Stockholm Syndrome (or why we love the British), in THINK magazine, 13, p.48-55. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/11916/1/Stockholm%20Syndrome.pdf - Frendo Henri.(1998). The French in Malta 1798 - 1800 : reflections on an insurrection. In: Cahiers de la Méditerranée, n°57, 1. Bonaparte, les îles méditerranéennes et l'appel de l'Orient [Actes du Colloque d'Ajaccio 29-30 Mai 1998] pp. 143-151; doi : https://doi.org/10.3406/camed.1998.1231 https://www.persee.fr/doc/camed_0395-9317_1998_num_57_1_1231 - Munro, D. (2019). Memoria as mirror: the shifting self image of the Hospitallers Order of Malta over the ages. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.100474105 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/memoria-as-mirror-the-shifting-self-image-of-the-hospitallers-ord - Rountree, Kathryn (2002) Re-inventing Malta's neolithic temples: Contemporary interpretations and agendas, History and Anthropology, 13:1, 31-51, DOI: 10.1080/02757200290002879 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02757200290002879?needAccess=true&role=button |
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STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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LECTURER/S | Marie Avellino Dane Munro |
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