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.

  1. Published

    Denk mal! 2016

    Pfaller, R., Horn, E., Klein, S., Bernard, A. & Rammler, S., 2015, Frankfurt am Mainz: S. Fischer Verlag. 268 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

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    Das Wissen des Profils: Über das Selbstdesign in der digitalen Kultur

    Bernard, A., 2017, Profile: Interdisziplinäre Beiträge. Degeling, M., Othmer, J., Weich, A. & Westermann, B. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 27-36 10 p.

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

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    Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator

    Bernard, A., 01.01.2014, New York: NYU Press. 309 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Stadtentwicklung und Migration

    Münch, S., 09.01.2017, Gutes Leben vor Ort. Heinrichs, H., Kirst, E. & Plawitzki, J. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 221-228 8 p. (Initiativen zum Umweltschutz; vol. 90).

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

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    Values and Corruption: Do Postmaterialists Justify Bribery?

    Kravtsova, M., Oshchepkov, A. & Welzel, C., 01.02.2017, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 48, 2, p. 225-242 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Home for Hire: How the sharing economy commoditises our private sphere

    Bialski, P., 01.01.2017, Sharing Economies in Times of Crisis: Practices, Politics and Possibilities. Ince, A. & Hall, S. M. (eds.). Oxford: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 83-95 13 p. (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association: DiGRA

    Björk, S. (ed.) & Fuchs, M. (ed.), 01.11.2016, Pittsburgh: ETC Press. 261 p. (ToDiGRA; vol. 2, no. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

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    Gamification: Geheimwaffe oder Bullshit?

    Fuchs, M., 01.01.2017, In: form Design Magazine. 269, p. 57-60 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Phantasmen. Quelques fleurs

    Schwarzhans, W. & Bösenberg, E. S., 10.07.2017, (Mit) Pflanzen kartographieren. Loreck, H., Klier, A. & Lindeborg, S. (eds.). Hamburg: Materialverlag-HFBK Hamburg, p. 84-87 4 p.

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

  10. Published

    Der "fachdidaktische Code" der Lebenswelt- und/oder (?) Situationsorientierung: Fachdidaktische Zugänge zu sozialwissenschaftlichen Unterrichtsfächern sowie zum Lernfeldkonzept

    Oeftering, T. (ed.), Oppermann, J. (ed.) & Fischer, A. (ed.), 01.2017, Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren. 227 p. (Leuphana Schriften zur Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogikg; vol. 8)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch