Neighbor as Verb: Practicing the Politics of Hospitality
Location
Janet Ayers Academic Center, Room 4094
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
26-9-2025 4:00 PM
Description
In a world increasingly marked by isolation and division, what does it mean to neighbor one another well? Drawing from the daily work of The Nashville Food Project, this talk explores hospitality not as nicety but necessity—a daily, embodied practice that resists exclusion and cultivates community. Through stories of shared meals, gardens tended, and lives intertwined, we’ll consider how food becomes a medium for justice, and hospitality a form of political practice. To neighbor, in this sense, is to open doors—of homes, of tables, of hearts.
Recommended Citation
Sentell, C. J., "Neighbor as Verb: Practicing the Politics of Hospitality" (2025). Humanities Symposium. 2.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2025/2025/2
Neighbor as Verb: Practicing the Politics of Hospitality
Janet Ayers Academic Center, Room 4094
In a world increasingly marked by isolation and division, what does it mean to neighbor one another well? Drawing from the daily work of The Nashville Food Project, this talk explores hospitality not as nicety but necessity—a daily, embodied practice that resists exclusion and cultivates community. Through stories of shared meals, gardens tended, and lives intertwined, we’ll consider how food becomes a medium for justice, and hospitality a form of political practice. To neighbor, in this sense, is to open doors—of homes, of tables, of hearts.
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