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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    Sustainabilisierung des Tourismus: Zur Logik einer postmodernen Wachstumsstrategie

    Wöhler, K., 1999, Grenzenlose Gesellschaft – grenzenloser Tourismus?. Bachleitner, R. & Schimany, P. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 38-54 17 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 5).

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    Sustainability: a new frontier for the arts and cultures

    Kagan, S. (ed.) & Kirchberg, V. (ed.), 2008, Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 570 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Sustainability Communication

    Fischer, D., Lüdecke, G., Godemann, J., Michelsen, G., Newig, J., Rieckmann, M. & Schulz, D., 2016, Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 139-148 10 p.

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

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    Sustainability Ethics

    Oermann, N. O. & Weinert, A., 2016, Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 175-192 18 p.

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    Sustainability in Karamoja? rethinking the terms of global sustainability in a crisis region of Africa

    Knaute, D. (ed.) & Kagan, S. (ed.), 2009, Köln: Köppe Verlag. 526 p.

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    Sustainability through institutional failure and decline? Archetypes of productive pathways

    Newig, J., Derwort, P. & Jager, N. W., 03.2019, In: Ecology and Society. 24, 1, 14 p., 18.

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    Sustainable Creative Cities: the role of the arts in globalised urban contexts: An extended report from workshop 3 at the ASEF CCS4 Conference

    Kagan, S. & Verstraete, K., 02.2011, Asia Europe Foundation, 59 p.

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    Sustensive Intercultural Chronotopes

    Koefoed, O., Kagan, S. & Dieleman, H., 2011, Learning from the Other: Intercultural Metalogues. Paulsen, M., Koefoed, O., Ydesen, C. & Kromann, J. (eds.). Malmö: NSU Press, p. 43-73 31 p.

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