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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    Ortsumfahrungen Patent- oder Scheinlösung? Entwicklung eines neuen Beurteilungsansatzes

    Pez, P., 2005, In: Raumplanung. 119, p. 87-92 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Orte Schaffen

    Söntgen, B., 2012, Gehen: Festschrift für Hannes Böhringer. Vahrson, V., Märtens, S. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Köln: Salon Verlag , p. 35-38 4 p.

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

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    Orte der Nicht-Orte

    Schües, C., 15.02.2019, 10 Minuten Philosophie. Jamme, C. & Drechsler, K. (eds.). Parderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 89-93 5 p.

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

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    Ornament der Mass Customization: Zum Kollektivbewusstsein verstreuter Examinatoren

    Simons, S., 2014, Soziale Medien - Neue Massen. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 237-259 23 p. (Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG).

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

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    Origins and practices of genetic risk and responsibility: Is it irresponsible not to test?

    Schües, C., 18.11.2022, Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel: Practices of Prenatal Diagnosis. Schües, C. (ed.). transcript Verlag, p. 57-91 35 p. (Bioethik / Medizinethik; vol. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Orientierung des gerechten Friedens? Ein Ausblick

    Schües, C., 2018, Gerechter Frieden als Orientierungswissen: Grundsatzfragen . Werkner, I-J. & Schües, C. (eds.). Springer VS, Vol. 1. p. 73-81 9 p.

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

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    Organizing the entrepreneurial city

    Beyes, T., 2012, Handbook on Organisational Entrepreneurship. Hjorth, D. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 320-337 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Organizing Media: Security and Entertainment

    Beyes, T., 10.2019, Organize. Beyes, T., Conrad, L. & Martin, R. (eds.). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, p. 29-62 34 p. (In Search of Media).

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

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    Organizing Half-Things: Knowing, Theorizing and Studying Atmospheres

    Jorgensen, L. & Beyes, T., 12.2023, In: Organization Theory. 4, 4, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Organizing Colour: Toward a Chromatics of the Social

    Beyes, T., 01.03.2024, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 292 p. (Sensing Media: Aesthetics, Philosophy, and Cultures of Media)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review