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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    Kultura, technika, kulturni technika: Proti diskursivizaci kultury

    Krämer, S. & Bredekamp, H., 2016, Medienwissenschaft : východiska a aktuální pozice německé filozofie a teorie médií. Krtilová, K. & Svatoňová, K. (eds.). Prag: Academia Verlag, p. 173-184 12 p. (Vizuální studia; vol. 5).

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    Je možná metafyzika mediality?

    Krämer, S., 2016, Medienwissenschaft: východiska a aktuální pozice německé filozofie a teorie médií. Krtilová, K. & Svatoňová, K. (eds.). Prag: Academia Verlag, p. 69-88 20 p. (Vizuální studia; vol. 5).

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    Spuren, Graphé, Wissenskünste. Zur Episteme der Spur

    Krämer, S., 10.03.2016, Der Spur auf der Spur : Sur les traces de la trace. Attia, S., Streble, I., Le Bouëdec, N. & Volkwein, A. (eds.). Heidelberg: Winter Universitätsverlag, p. 19-30 12 p. (Germanisch-romanische Monatsschrift/Beiheft; vol. 71).

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    The messenger as a model in Media Theory. Reflections on the philosophical di-mensions of theorizing Media

    Krämer, S., 01.01.2016, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. N. F. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 197-213 17 p.

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    Point, line, surface as plane. From notational iconicity to diagrammatology

    Krämer, S., 01.04.2016, Theorizing Images. Paic, Z. & Purgar, K. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 202-227 26 p.

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    Definitions and Measures of Party Institutionalization in New Personal Politics: The Case of the 5 Star Movement

    Musella, F. & Vercesi, M., 01.06.2019, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 13, 2, p. 225-247 23 p.

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    Watery Milieus: Marine biology, aquariums, and the limits of ecological knowledge circa 1900

    Wessely, C., 01.05.2019, In: Grey Room. 75, p. 36-59 24 p.

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    Leibniz on symbolism as a cognitive instrument

    Krämer, S., 2016, The Philosophy of Emerging Media: Understanding, Appreciation and Application. Floyd, J. & Katz, J. E. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 307-318 12 p.

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    Graphism and Flatness. The Line as Mediator between Time and Space, Intuition and Concept

    Krämer, S., 2008, The Power Of Line. Faietti, M. & Wolf, G. (eds.). München: Hirmer, p. 10-19 10 p.

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    Wieso gilt Ada Lovelace als die ‚erste Programmiererin‘ und was bedeutet überhaupt ‚programmieren‘?

    Krämer, S., 2015, Ada Lovelace. : Die Pionierin der Computertechnik und ihre Nachfolgerinnen. Krämer, S. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 75-90 16 p.

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