Berli, Oliver and Alberth, Lars (2022). Mediation work and evaluative knowledge On taste, distinction, and the discipline of capable bodies in coffee tastings. Osterr. Z. Soziol., 47 (3). S. 291 - 304. WIESBADEN: SPRINGER VIEWEG-SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN WIESBADEN GMBH. ISSN 1862-2585

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Abstract

The sociological analysis of luxury foods is primarily based on three research programs that so far have been theoretically unconnected: From the perspective of economic sociology, the value of luxury foods is inferred from the structural framework, conventions, and practices of the worlds of consumption and production. In contrast, cultural sociology examines luxury foods as objects of status-related consumption, which indicates the social position and thus the social value of the consumer. Finally, from an ethnomethodological perspective, the elaboration and application of vocabularies of valuation, connoisseurship, and taste are highlighted. We try to bring these three approaches together using the example of coffee tasting with a special accent on the body. Empirical starting points are field observations of tastings. This form of mediation is based on the explicit linking of sensual experience (tasting the coffee) and discursive communication of evaluation categories. This not only socializes bodies capable of taste and distinction, but also produces the clientele necessary for the continued existence of the roasteries.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Berli, OliverUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Alberth, LarsUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-664606
DOI: 10.1007/s11614-022-00495-y
Journal or Publication Title: Osterr. Z. Soziol.
Volume: 47
Number: 3
Page Range: S. 291 - 304
Date: 2022
Publisher: SPRINGER VIEWEG-SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN WIESBADEN GMBH
Place of Publication: WIESBADEN
ISSN: 1862-2585
Language: German
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66460

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