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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    Los medios de comunicación en Europa: Transformación de estructuras de un contexto cambiante

    Pohoryles, R. J., Schlesinger, P. & Wuggenig, U., 04.1991, In: Telos: Cuadernos de Comunicación, Tecnología y Sociedad. 25, p. 54-59 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Explorations in social spaces: Gender, age, class fractions and photographical choices of objects

    Wuggenig, U. & Mnich, P., 10.04.2006, Visual research methods: SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods. Hamilton, P. (ed.). London: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. IV. p. 339-364 26 p.

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

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    Culture as Value Added Industry and as Embedded Life: Culture as Part of Touristic Products

    Wöhler, K., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 25-41 17 p.

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

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    Unplanned, Unanticipated and Unsupported? E-Mail als sozio-technisches Hybrid

    Siegert, P. F., 04.07.2013, Computer als Medium »HyperKult XXII« : Standards, Normen, Protokolle. Cent­re for Di­gi­tal Cul­tu­res Lüneburg, p. 14-20 7 p.

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

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    The Domestication of Luxury in Social Theory

    Schrage, D., 01.12.2012, In: Social Change Review. 10, 2, p. 177-193 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Für das Politische in der politischen Ökonomie: Einleitung

    Freudenschuß, M. & Scheele, A., 2013, In: Femina Politica. 1, p. 9-20 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Die Macht der Verletzbarkeiten

    Freudenschuß, M., 2013, In: Südlink. 164, p. 20-21 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

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    Precarity, Vulnerability and the Commons: Feminist Reflections on the Politics of Commons

    Freudenschuß, M., 2013, Democracy in Crisis: The Dynamics of Civil Protest and Civil Resistance: Peace Report 2012. Preiss, B. & Brunner, C. (eds.). Wien & Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 135-152 18 p.

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

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    Prekär ist wer? Der Prekarisierungsdiskurs als Arena sozialer Kämpfe

    Freudenschuß, M., 2013, Münster: Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot. 333 p. (Arbeit - Demokratie - Geschlecht; no. 18)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    The Contestation of Culture: The Possibilities of Using Cultural Heritage as a Resource in Times of Crisis

    Saretzki, A. & Furnell, J., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 63-78 16 p.

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