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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    Organisation

    Beyes, T., 2018, Der Kreativitätskomplex: Ein Vademecum der Gegenwartsgesellschaft. Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 197-203 7 p.

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    Beyes, T., 2017, Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 128-137 10 p.

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    Ora et labora (et lege): Zur Politik postdigitaler Handlungsfelder

    Apprich, C., 2016, In: Kunstforum international. 242, p. 82 - 93 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Optimierung und Überbietung: ‚Leben’ in produktivistischer und in konsumistischer Perspektive

    Schrage, D., 2004, Vernunft – Entwicklung – Leben: Schlüsselbegriffe der Moderne. Festschrift für Wolfgang Eßbach. Bröckling, U., Paul, A. T. & Kaufmann, S. (eds.). Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 291-303 13 p.

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    Optical Diagrams as “Paper Tools”: Della Porta’s Analysis of Biconvex Lenses from De refractione to De telescopio

    Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615). Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature AG, p. 57-96 40 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    "Opponieren aus Einsicht und Gründen": Hermann Schweppenhäuser und die Kritische Theorie in Lüneburg

    Wessely, C., 09.2019, Im Vorraum. : Lebenswelten Kritischer Theorie um 1969. Göttel, D. & Wessely, C. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 99-112 13 p. (Kaleidogramme; vol. 181).

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    Operative communication: project Cybersyn and the intersection of information design, interface design, and interaction design

    Vehlken, S., 09.2022, In: AI and Society. 37, 3, p. 1131-1152 22 p.

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    Operational Images: Agent-Based Computer Simulation and the Epistemic Impact of Dynamic Vizualisation

    Vehlken, S., 07.2011, Proceedings IACAP 2011: The Computational Turn: Past, Presents, Futures ?. Ess, C. & Hagengruber, R. (eds.). MV Wissenschaft, p. 320-323 4 p.

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

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    Operaismo and The Wicked Problem of Organisation

    Trott, B., 09.2017, In: Journal of Labor and Society. 20, 3, p. 307-324 18 p.

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