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Department of Cultural Studies
AMERICAN STUDIES

Coffee & Cafés – A Beverage & Its Cultural Impact

Course Information

Nr. Name Type Time Room Lecturer
154645 Coffee & Cafés – A Beverage & Its Cultural Impact 2 PS BLOCKSEMINAR
01.06 - 13.07
Th 10:15 - 13:45
R. 0.420 Eßmann

Coffee is a ubiquitous beverage that we usually take for granted without reflecting on the impact it has on our culture(s). We will take a closer look at it, specifically the places that it is frequently – & publicly – consumed in, the cafes. Be those traditional cafes (the coffeehouses in Vienna come to mind) or rather recent developments such as Starbucks. In this course we will try to find out their function in our culture(s), to find out whether cafes are, as Ray Oldenburg puts it, "hangouts at the heart of a community". For this we will take a look at the US and Germany, but especially also the perspective of the International Summer Program participants will give us valuable insights.

This course is particularly recommended for students of the Angewandte Studiengänge.

Modules

Lehramtsstudiengänge

LABG G HRG/HRSGe GyGe/BK SP
2009 602 503 503  
2016   503 503  

Angewandte Sprachwissenschaften &
Angewandte Literatur-/Kulturwissenschaften:

PO B.A.ALK B.A.AS M.A.ALK M.A.AS
PO ab WS 16/17 Kern: 1c, 2abc, 3a
Komp: 1b, 2c
Kern: 
Komp: 2a
   
PO ab WS 21/22 Kern: 1b, 2abc, 3a
Komp: 1b, 2c
Kern: 
Komp: 2a