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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    The tip of the iceberg: laptop music and the information-technological transformation of music

    Großmann, R., 01.04.2008, In: Organised Sound. 13, 1, p. 5-11 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The topographical imagination: space and organization theory

    Beyes, T. & Holt, R., 01.04.2020, In: Organization Theory. 1, 2, 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    The total Archive On the Function of Not-Knowing in digital Culture

    Bernard, A., 02.2016, In: Merkur. 70, 801, p. 5-17 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The transcultural and artscience: The 'Karamoja Campaign' as an attempt at transdisciplinary action research

    Kagan, S., 2012, Von der Internationalisierung der Hochschule zur transkulturellen Wissenschaft: wissenschaftliche Konferenz 2010 an der Leuphana-Universität Lüneburg. Cremer-Renz, C. & Jansen-Schulz, B. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 309-322 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    The Trans-human Paradigm and the Meaning of Life

    Schües, C., 10.05.2017, Future Directions in Feminist Phenomenology. Fielding, H. A. & Olkowski, D. E. (eds.). Bloomington: Indiana University Press, p. 218-241 24 p.

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

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    The Triple Transformation: The Emergence of Philosophy in Deleuze and Guattari

    Schönher, M., 2019, In: Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 33, 4, p. 610-627 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Truth Games of Radical Net Cultures

    Apprich, C., 2013, Idea of Radical Media: Ideja radikalnih medija. Medak, T. & Milat, P. (eds.). Multimedijalni institut, p. 15-39 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    The urban space

    Wuggenig, U., 2003, Sight.Seeing: 4. Österreichische Triennale zur Fotografie. Fenz, W. (ed.). Fotohof Verlag, p. 122-133 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    The Use of Media in Intercultural Dialogue "dialogo_dialog"! Investigation of a Research Event in Terms of Communication without Language

    Kirschner, U., 2013, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering - 10th International Conference, CDVE 2013, Proceedings: 10th Internation Conference, CDVE 2013, Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain, September 2013, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer, p. 35-42 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 8091 LNCS).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    The uses of isospin in early nuclear and particle physics

    Borrelli, A., 11.2017, In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 60, p. 81-94 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review