Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration - Persona grata: the human concept of hospitality for immigrants and refugees

ABSTRACT

This paper reflects the crisis of hospitality on the global scene through the exhibition Persona grata at the National Museum of the History of Immigration in Paris. The challenge in this research is to contribute to establish an interdisciplinary debate on hospitality in the light of French thinkers like Derrida, Gotman, Boudou, Brugère and Le Blanc. The methodological element used in this research was direct observation and photographic recording. The presentation of the museum proposal for the Persona Grata exhibition highlights criticisms of modern hospitality. The link between hospitality and immigration, inserted in the permanent and temporary exhibitions of the National Museum of the History of Immigration, served to reflect on the practices of those included and excluded of the immigrants and refugees from the social process.

KEYWORDS:
Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration; Persona grata; Immigration; Hospitality; Hostility