PHASE 1: IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS
March 11
Introduction: The Politics of Culture
•
•
essentialist vs. contextualist understandings of “culture”
importance of power
 Look at Bradley U activities/classes and think about in which group you
would like to participate.
Assignment #1: a) Write an ethnographic essay (in your Folder)
b) questions concerning the politics of culture/identity
(take notes in your Folder)
Readings for April 1:

Familiarize yourself with CS terms (glossary)

From: Paul duGay and Stuart Hall, Doing Cultural Studies

Judy Giles and Tim Middleton “Identity and Difference”
April 1
The Politics of Culture ctd.
•
•
•
From the “Circuit of Culture” model to the Location model
Eurocentrism
self/other
Group Work: students get together and provide answers to the questions above
(assignment #1); discussion in class
Assignment #2: Write up group responses in your folder; send group
responses to BU students
Readings for April 8:

Excerpt from Johnson The Practice of Cultural Studies, “Method and
the Researching Self”
April 8
In pursuit of prejudice? Mutual perceptions of cultural identity
•
Identify stereotypes and clichés
Movie Night: The Third Man and The Sound of Music
Readings for April 15:

April 15
Prof. Conley’s notes on the history of Austria and Vienna (in Reader)
“Location, Location, Location and once more Location”:
A Historical Consideration of Vienna
•
Identify your location; subject positions
Assignment #3: Critical Reflection on previous questions (write in your
folder)
Readings for April 22:


April 22
James E. Young’s “The Texture of Memory”
Erika Bourguignon’s “Vienna and Memory: Anthropology”
Location, Location, Location and once more Location:
Personal Identity
•
How is history remembered? (Mauthausen)
Assignment # 4: Questions concerning “American” culture in Vienna
(in your Folder; to be discussed in class on April 29)
Readings for April 29:

Linda Flower, “Intercultural Rhetoric”

Chris Barker “Issues of Subjectivity and Identity”
April 29
Thinking Cultural Translation: Appropriations of “American culture”
in Austria
•
•
“America” in Austria
Situated knowledge
Group work: Discuss questions and answers concerning “American” culture
in Vienna
Assignment #5:
Find examples (e.g. brochures, flyers, newspaper clippings, etc) that deal with
the meeting of “Austrian” and “American” cultures (Collect and write about in
your Folder). To be shared with BU students.
Readings for May 6:

Wagnleitner: excerpts from Coca-Colonization

Wagnleitner and Tyler May: from: Here, There and Everywhere

Günter Bischof: “Introduction: Austria in McWorld”
May 6
Thinking Cultural Translation ctd.
•
‘cultural transfer’ and cultural exchanges
Assignment # 6: Come up with questions of topics of discussions with BU
students; develop a plan for group explorations and presentations (to be shared
with BU students).
PHASE 2: TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUES
May 20
Lecture by Prof. Tim Conley
May 22 – June 7:
BU-Vienna encounters
•
meetings with BU students (see “Menu for options for collaborative
explorations of Vienna)
May 27
BU-Vienna class meeting
•
discussion of the nature, terms, and methods of collaboration
June 2 (6.30, Room 5)
(Monday!!)
June 3
Compile poster presentation together with BU students
U.S Embassy Reception; Unterrichtsraum 6.30
PHASE 3: ANALYSIS OF PROCESSES OF CULTURAL TRANSFER
In this phase you should reflect upon the terms of this class: how has the dialogue with BU
students affected you; how and why would you answer the questions posed during the
semester differently? How has the encounter with BU students shaped your project?
June 10
Presentations of Final Projects
•
critical reflection on how transatlantic dialogue has affected the
terms of discussion and analysis of topic
Group presentations or several brief (5 min max) presentations of
projects
June 17
Presentations of Final Projects
Group presentations or several brief (5 min max) presentations of
projects
June 24
Final Wrap-Up Discussion