120158 PS Interdisciplinary Course (501) = Proseminar Cultural Studies (2009S)
"CSI Vienna"? U.S. Cultural Exchanges in Austria since the 1980s
Continuous assessment of course work
Labels
Diese LVA gilt für das Bachelorstudium nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 16.02.2009 14:00 to Mo 23.02.2009 09:00
- Registration is open from We 25.02.2009 14:00 to We 04.03.2009 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2009 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
11.03.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
18.03.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
25.03.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
01.04.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
22.04.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
29.04.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
06.05.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
13.05.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
20.05.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
27.05.
18:00 - 21:00
Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Wednesday
03.06.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
10.06.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
17.06.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Wednesday
24.06.
18:00 - 20:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
In this class we will engage a selected variety of theoretical concepts that can help us understand the processes in which American popular culture crosses cultural borders and boundaries: recent work on globalization; cultural history; cultural studies; visual culture theory; and the performative turn in cultural theory at large can further our understanding of the journey of U.S. American cultural production to its appropriations in Austria-of how the blues and Bob Dylan crossed the Atlantic to be taken up and reworked in "Austropop"; how TV shows like CSI New York have become so popular that Austrian TV producers consider making a series called "CSI Vienna"; how the road movie genre found itself reworked in Austrian films such as Indien in the 1990s; or how CocaCola, McDonald's, and Starbucks have become ambivalent symbols of "America" in everyday life in contemporary Austria.
Assessment and permitted materials
class participation; participation in two-week student exchange with Bradley University students in which students attend classes offered by BU faculty in Vienna, poster presentation of collaborative work with BU students, and written assignments.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
On the one hand, this course aims to increase and deepen students' prior knowledge of significant concepts in contemporary cultural theories, esp. regarding popular and mass culture. On the other, this class will enable students to use concepts in critically reflected ways to engage effectively in contemporary cultural discourses and debates, especially with regard to "Americanization" and anti-Americanisms (as dimensions of or in relation to globalization), the "clash of civilizations" and cultures, cultural transfer and cultural change.
Examination topics
Small-group and all-class discussions of texts from the reader, group presentations and collaborative work with students from Bradley University. In the first third of this class, students will share readings with BU students on the history and different cultures of Vienna. The second part of this class consists of meetings with BU students and their professors (May 20 to June 5.) Based on their preparatory theoretical work and their practical investigations with Bradley students, Vienna students will then investigate selected topics in more detail.
Reading list
A course reader will be available at CopyStudio Schwarzspanierstraße. For further information, see http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Klaus.Heissenberger or the course website at http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/TransatlanticDialogues (available from February).
Association in the course directory
501, 701, 1131
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