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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    DIN

    Berz, P., 2004, von a bis z : 26 Essays zu Grundbegriffen der Architektur. Hohmann, M. & Rettich, S. (eds.). Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, p. 30-37 8 p.

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    Dimensions and Dynamics of National Culture: Synthesizing Hofstede With Inglehart

    Beugelsdijk, S. & Welzel, C., 01.11.2018, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 49, 10, p. 1469-1505 37 p.

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    Dimensionen von Zeit in der Popmusik

    Faulstich, W., 2002, Zeit in den Medien - Medien in der Zeit. Faulstich, W. & Steininger, C. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 85-93 9 p.

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    Digitized planning processes in the revitalization of buildings by an interdisciplinary project study empirical work with students in argentina

    Kirschner, U. & Ohler, A., 2007, Predicting the Future. Kieferle, J. & Ehlers, K. (eds.). Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, p. 717-723 7 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).

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    Digitized planning processes in the revitalization of buildings by a inderdisciplinary project study: empirical work with students from Argentina

    Kirschner, U. & Ohler, A., 2007, Predicting the future: Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. Kieferle, J. B. & Ehlers, K. (eds.). p. 717-723 7 p.

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

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    Digital Seriality as Structure and Process

    Maeder, D. & Wentz, D., 2014, In: Eludamos - Journal for Computer Game Culture. Vol 8 (1), p. 129-149 21 p.

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    Digital Natives - eine Generation des Übergangs: Zur Gestaltungsmacht digitaler Kultur

    Großmann, R., 01.08.2018, In: Positionen. 116, p. 4-8 5 p.

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    Digital Media Facades for Lively Public Spaces: Promoting Dialogue, Participation and Social Innovation in Urban Environments

    Albrecht, A., 2015, Making Cities Liveable Conference 2015: Pullman Melbourne on the Park, Melbourne; Conference Proceedings, Peer Reviewed . Association for Sustainability in Business Inc. , p. 4-19 16 p.

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    Digital game culture(s) as prototype(s) of mediatization and commercialization of society: The World Cyber Games 2008 in Cologne as an Example

    Wimmer, J., 01.01.2012, Computer games and new media cultures: A Handbook of Digital Games Studies. Fromme, J. & Unger, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 525-540 16 p.

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    Digitalfotografie und Entropie

    Hagen, W., 2014, Bild: Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch. Günzel, S. & Mersch, D. (eds.). 1 ed. Weimar: J.B. Metzler, p. 267-272 6 p.

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