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.

  1. Published

    Diverse values and a common utopia: Insights from a participatory art-based plural valuation experience in Xalapa, Mexico

    Hensler, L., Merçon, J. & Vilsmaier, U., 24.02.2021, In: Case Studies in the Environment. 5, 1, 19 p., 1234747.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Diversität und Zugehörigkeit

    Karakayali, S., Foroutan, N., Goel, U., Topel, H. & El-Mafaalani, A., 2024, Einwanderungsdeutschland: 1945 bis 2023. Jamal, L. & Odabasi, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, p. 342 - 381 39 p. (Zeitbilder).

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

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    Diversity and Otherness: Transcultural Insights into Norms, Practices, Negotiations

    Gaupp, L. (ed.) & Pelillo-Hestermeyer, G. (ed.), 02.12.2021, De Gruyter Open Ltd. 377 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Diversity of Play

    Fuchs, M. (ed.), 01.06.2015, Lüneburg: meson press. 111 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Divide and Share: Taxonomies, Orders and Masses in Facebook's Open Graph

    Kaldrack, I. & Röhle, T., 09.11.2014, In: Computational Culture -a journal of software studies. 4, 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Divided we stand: Reasons for and against strike participation in Amazon's German distribution centres

    Apicella, S. & Hildebrandt, H., 01.01.2019, In: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation. 13, 1, p. 172-189 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Divisionen des Individuums: Selbstgespräche am Ende der Zeit

    Sprenger, F., 2013, Im Netz der Eindeutigkeiten: Unbestimmte Figuren und die Irritation von Identität. Andreas, M. & Frankenberg, N. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 291-313 23 p. (Kultur- und Medientheorie).

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

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    »Doch das Ding ignoriert uns und ruht in sich.«: Giorgio Morandis Stillleben – Eine Annäherung mit Maurice Merleau-Ponty

    Drechsler, K. T., 2016, Überwundene Metaphysik?: Beiträge zur Konstellation von Phänomenologie und Metaphysikkritik . Freiburg: Verlag Karl Alber, p. 145-155 11 p.

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

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    Documenting Artistic Networks: Anna Oppermann's Ensembles Are Complex Networks

    Warnke, M. & Wedemeyer, C., 2011, In: Leonardo. Journal of the International Society for the Art, Sciences and Technology. 44, 3, p. 258-259 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Does pictorial composition guide the eye? Investigating four centuries of last supper pictures

    Sancarlo, R., Arato, J., Dare, Z. & Rosenberg, R., 21.08.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 13 p., 7.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review