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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    Mobilität

    Pez, P. (ed.) & Liefner-Thiem, M. (ed.), 2010, Seelze: Friedrich Verlag GmbH. (Geographie heute; vol. 279)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    Mobility, Media, and the Experiences of Airbnb’s Aesthetic Regime

    Bialski, P., 19.12.2017, Experiencing Networked Urban Mobilities: Practices, Flows, Methods. Freundendal-Pedersen, M., Hartmann-Petersen, K. & Perez Fjalland, E. L. (eds.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 5 p.

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

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    Mobilizing Memes: The Contagious Socio-Aesthetics of Participation

    Simons, S., 2016, ReClaiming Participation: Technology – Mediation – Collectivity. Mathias, D., Anne, G., Otto, I. & Stock, R. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 231–245 15 p. (Media Studies).

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

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    Mobilkommunikation in Japan: Zur kulturellen Infrastruktur der Handy-Aneignung

    Peil, C., 07.2011, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 390 p. (Cultural Studies; no. 38)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Mockular

    Kaldrack, I. & Schmitt, T., 18.11.2013, Das Medium meiner Träume: Hartmut Winkler zum 60. Geburtstag. Adelmann, R. & Bergermann, U. (eds.). Berlin: Verbrecher Verlag, p. 283-303 21 p.

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

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    Model and Movement: Studying Cell Movement in Early Morphogenesis, 1900 to the Present.

    Wellmann, J., 11.09.2018, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 40, 3, p. 59-84 25 p., 59.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Modeling the Pacific Ocean

    Vehlken, S. (ed.), Vagt, C. (ed.) & Kittler, W. (ed.), 2021, Oakland: University of California Press. (Media and Environment; vol. 3, no. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

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    Models of transdisciplinary knowledge production at universities: a Romanian case study

    Vienni Baptista, B. & Vilsmaier, U., 2022, In: Higher Education Research and Development. 41, 5, p. 1757-1772 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review