School of Culture and Society

Organisational unit: Faculty

Organisation profile

The School of Culture and Society continues an almost thirty-year tradition of teaching and research in cultural studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg.  At the faculty, more than one hundred scholars from disciplines such as art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography and history teach and conduct research in a total of five institutes. The faculty currently offers three majors ("Cultural Studies," "Studium Individuale", and "Digital Media") and four minors ("Philosophy," "Digital Media / Information Technology and Culture", and "Studium Individuale") at Leuphana College and four master's degrees ("Critical Studies - Arts - Theory - History", "Media and Digital Cultures", "Culture and Organization" and "Theory and History of Modernity").

Topics

Die Wissenschaftsinitiative Kulturforschung fragt nach den historischen und kulturellen Grundlagen, Praktiken und Werten der Zivilgesellschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Aus der Perspektive der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften verbindet die Initiative zwei anwendungsorientierte Forschungsschwerpunkte (Kunst & visuelle Kultur, Medienkultur & Kommunikation) mit einem starken Kernbereich Integrativer Kulturforschung. Beteiligt sind derzeit etwa 20 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Kunst, Medien, Philosophie, Geschichte, Literatur, Soziologie, Politik, Informatik und Geographie/Raumwissenschaft.

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    Misconceptions of Measurement Equivalence: Time for a Paradigm Shift

    Welzel, C. & Inglehart, R. F., 01.07.2016, In: Comparative Political Studies. 49, 8, p. 1068-1094 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Kybernetische Biopolitik: (Im)materielle Arbeit am Selbst

    Hille, L., 04.07.2016, In: Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialtheorie und Philosophie. 3, 1, p. 94-107 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Is there a diagrammatic impulse with Plato? ‘Quasi-diagrammatic-scenes’ in Plato’s philosophy

    Krämer, S., 11.07.2016, Thinking with Diagrams: The Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition. Krämer, S. & Ljungberg, C. (eds.). Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 163-177 15 p. (Semiotics, communication and cognition ; vol. 17).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Thinking and Diagrams - An Introduction

    Krämer, S. & Ljungberg, C., 11.07.2016, Thinking with Diagrams : The Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition. Krämer, S. & Ljungberg, C. (eds.). Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 1-19 19 p. (Semiotics, communication and cognition; vol. 17).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Thinking with Diagrams: The Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition

    Krämer, S. (ed.) & Ljungberg, C. (ed.), 11.07.2016, Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 247 p. (Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC]; vol. 17)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    De-Anonymizing Anonymous: Review of: Gabriella Coleman, Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy. The Many Faces of Anonymous, London/New York, Verso, 2014.

    Heinrichs, R., 08.2016, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 2, Ecologies of Change, 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, History, and Strategies of World Missions

    Statham, T., 08.2016, In: Expository Times. 127, 11, p. 570-570 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Political Culture Paradigm

    Welzel, C. P., 08.2016, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. R. Thompson, W. (ed.). 1 ed. New York / USA: Oxford University Press, Vol. 1. 26 p. (Oxford Research Encyclopedias).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Stadt, lokale Politik, Variation. Annäherung an eine Forschungsagenda

    Barbehön, M. & Münch, S., 08.2016, Variationen des Städtischen – Variationen lokaler Politik. Barbehön, M. & Münch, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1-21 22 p. (Stadtforschung aktuell).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch