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. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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    The Game Player's Duty: The User as the Gestalt of Ports

    Pias, C., 2011, Media Archaeology: approaches, applications, and implications. Huhtamo, E. & Parikka, J. (eds.). Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 164-183 20 p.

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    The Grime of Critique

    Warnsholdt, C. L., 2021, Critique and the Digital. Hörl, E., Pinkrah, N. Y. & Warnsholdt, L. (eds.). Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 205-228 24 p.

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    The Island of the Day After. The Television Series Lost and the Post-9/11-Era

    Niemeyer, K. & Wentz, D., 2018, Lost In Media. Wentz, D., Beil, B. & Schwaab, H. (eds.). Wien: LIT Verlag, p. 137-154 18 p.

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    The Karamoja Syndrome: transdisciplinary systems research informing policy and advocacy

    Kagan, S., Pedersen, L. & Ollech, S., 2009, Sustainability in Karamoja?: rethinking the terms of global sustainability in a crisis region of Africa. Knaute, D. & Kagan, S. (eds.). Köln: Köppe Verlag, p. 143-211 69 p. (Topics in African studies; vol. 12).

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    The Mobile Phone: From an Instrument of Microcoordination to a Universal Control Device

    Burkart, G., 2010, The World in your Hand: On the everyday global culture of the mobile phone. Yoshida, M., Mennicke-Schwarz, C., Feigelfeld, P. & Wenzel, J. (eds.). 1. ed. Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 498-517 20 p.

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    The Nature of Political Participation

    Albrecht, H., 2008, Political Participation in the Middle East. Lust-Okar, E. & Zerhouni, S. (eds.). Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, p. 15-32 18 p.

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    Theorie des Buches

    Faulstich, W., 2010, Vom Eigensinn des Buches. Huffmann, J-F. & Röper, A. (eds.). Berlin: alertverlag, p. 70-78 8 p.

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    The policy turn in German political science

    Saretzki, T., 2007, Handbook of public policy analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods. Fischer, F., Miller, G. J. & Sidney, M. S. (eds.). Boca Raton, Fla.: Taylor & Francis, p. 587-602 16 p. (Public Administration and Public Policy; vol. 125).

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    The Publics Behind Political Web Campaigning: The Digital Transformation of 'Classic' Counter-Public Spheres

    Wimmer, J., 2009, Political Campaigning on the Web. Bahringhorst, S., Kneip, V. & Niesyto, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 31-51 21 p. (Medienumbrüche; no. 37).

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    The rediscovery of slowness, or leisure time as one's own and as self-aggrandizement?

    Wöhler, K., 2004, The tourism and leisure industry: Shaping the future. Weiermair, K. & Mathies, C. (eds.). Binghamton, NY [u.a.]: Haworth Hospitality Press, p. 83-92 10 p.

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