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

    Art and Sustainability: Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity

    Kagan, S., 29.06.2011, 2 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 514 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  2. Published

    Art and the Economy of Attention: On the 1% - the 100 Most Expensive Works of Art

    Rudolph, S., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 478 - 491 14 p.

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

  3. Published

    Art Déco in Deutschland: Zwischen Bauhaus und Historismus

    Berents-Kemp, C., 2019, ART DÉCO: Kunst des Historismus?. Juranek, C., Feldhahn, U. & Jonas, M. (eds.). Wettin-Löbejün: Verlag Janos Stekovics, p. 31-53 23 p. (Edition Schloß Wernigerode; vol. 22).

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

  4. Published

    Art, Ecology, and Sustainability - An Exchange between Christoph Behnke, Cornelia Kastelan, and Ulf Wuggenig

    Behnke, C., Kastelan, C. & Wuggenig, U., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., Knoll, V. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 280-301 22 p.

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

  5. Published

    Art effectuating social change: double entrepreneurship in conventions

    Kagan, S., 2008, Sustainability: a new frontier for the arts and cultures. Kagan, S. & Kirchberg, V. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 147-193 47 p. (Higher education for sustainability ; vol. 3).

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

  6. Published

    Artful Sustainability: Queer-Convivialist Life-Art and the Artistic Turn in Sustainability Research

    Kagan, S., 01.01.2017, In: Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science. 8, p. 151-168 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Art History Update

    Söntgen, B. (ed.), Graw, I. (ed.), Feldman, J. P. (ed.) & Magalhães, A. (ed.), 12.2022, Berlin: TEXTE ZUR KUNST Verlag. 240 p. (Texte zur Kunst; vol. 32, no. 128)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    Artificial intelligence: Invisible agencies in the folds of technological cultures

    Förster, Y., 01.10.2019, The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence: Net Politics in the Era of Learning Algorithms. Sudmann, A. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 175-188 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Artificial Intelligence as a cultural technique

    Krämer, S. & Schröter, J., 22.11.2023, Beyond Quantity: Research with Subsymbolic AI. Sudmann, A., Echterhölter, A., Ramsauer, M., Retkowski, F., Schröter, J. & Waibel, A. (eds.). transcript Verlag, p. 333-352 20 p. (KI-Kritik ; vol. 6).

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

  10. Published

    Art in the Periphery of the Center

    Behnke, C. (ed.), Kastelan, C. (ed.), Knoll, V. (ed.) & Wuggenig, U. (ed.), 2015, Berlin: Sternberg Press. 629 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer