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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    John Stuart Mill: Über die Freiheit

    Schefczyk, M. (ed.) & Schramme, T. (ed.), 2015, 1 ed. Berlin [u.a.]: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 206 p. (Klassiker auslegen; vol. 47)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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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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    The Body as Medium: Fashion as Art

    Förster-Beuthan, Y., 18.12.2015, From Humanism to Meta-, Post and Transhumanism?. Deretic, I. & Sorgner, S. L. (eds.). Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag, Vol. 8. p. 321-332 12 p. (Beyond humanism; vol. 8).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Die vielfältige Bedeutung des Rohstoffs Ton für die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ein interdisziplinäres Projekt

    Grader, C., Ring, E. & Seidel, A., 02.03.2016, Lüneburg: Museum Lüneburg. 144 p. (Beiträge aus dem Museum Lüneburg; vol. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

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    Hacking Crowdfunding: Towards A New Commons

    Ridgway, R., 2016, Hacking Habitat: Art of Control. Art, technology and social change. Gevers, I. (ed.). Rotterdam: nai010 Publishers, p. 98 - 112 15 p. 9

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

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    Reviving wood-pastures for biodiversity and people: A case study from western Estonia

    Roellig, M., Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Sammul, M., von Wehrden, H., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.03.2016, In: Ambio. 45, 2, p. 185-195 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Nietzsche und das Politische: Zur Einführung

    Andermann, K., Große Wiesmann, H. & Saar, M., 2016, ..... der unmögliche Mönch“? : Nietzsches Luther- und Reformationskritik. Reschke, R. (ed.). Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 23. p. 133-139 7 p. ( Nietzscheforschung - Jahrbuch der Nietzschegesellschaft; vol. 23).

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

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    Das Band der Affekte: Relationalität in Spinozas immanenter Ontologie der Menge

    Andermann, K., 01.10.2016, Das soziale Band: Geschichte und Gegenwart eines sozialtheoretischen Grundbegriffs. Bedorf, T. & Herrmann, S. (eds.). Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, p. 311-332 22 p.

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

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    Other Beginnings of Participative Sense Culture: Wild Media, Speculative Ecologies, Transgressions of the Cybernetic Hypothesis

    Hörl, E. H., 2016, ReClaiming Participation: technology - mediation - collectivity. Denecke, M., Gatzert, A., Otto, I. & Stock, R. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 93-122 28 p. (Media studies).

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

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