by Cornelia Reiher

For the tenth time, the methods course „Berlin’s Japanese Foodscapes“ will take place this summer semester at Freie Universität Berlin. Students from the new Global East Asia Master’s program will also participate this year. Thus, we will continue to explore East Asian cuisines in Berlin beyond the city’s Japanese foodscape. As always, the course includes hands-on activities such as interviews with guests from East Asian restaurants, restaurant excursions, and student research projects. Once again, we have partnered with Yoko Kawamura and her students from Seikei University in Tokyo to provide our students with the opportunity to experiment with the online interview format. The students have already conducted their interviews, successfully tested their Japanese language skills, and gained interesting insights into the eating habits of Japanese students. They have formed groups and begun developing their own research projects on culinary globalization and East Asian cuisine in Berlin. As always, we will document the projects‘ results, as well as our impressions from the excursions and interviews, on this blog. Stay tuned for updates!