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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    Das Protokoll ermöglicht eine Bruderschaft: Zu Offenheit, dem Sozialen und der Dekolonisierung von Protokollen

    Leistert, O., Kyong Chun, W. H. & Shnayien, M., 2023, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 15, 1, p. 86-94 9 p.

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    Einleitung in den Schwerpunkt "Protokolle"

    Leistert, O. & Shnayien, M., 2023, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 15, 1, p. 10-17 8 p.

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    We build this city on rocks and (feminist) code: hacking corporate computational designs of cities to come

    Voigt, M-L., 24.07.2023, In: Digital Creativity. 34, 2, p. 162-177 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    "How Bad Was He? Let Me Count the Ways": Auguste Renoir and His Critics of the 1980s

    Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B., 2023, Judgement Practices in the Artistic Field. Söntgen, B., Heymer, E., Locher, H., Marchal, S. & Sachs-Resch, M. (eds.). München: edition metzel, p. 226-250 25 p. (Praktiken der Kritik; vol. 3).

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

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    Practical Formalist: Roger Fry

    Söntgen, B., 2022, Why Art Criticism? : A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 62-63

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

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    Passion, Performance and Soberness: Denis Diderot

    Söntgen, B., 2022, Why Art Criticism?: A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 24-25

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

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    Judgement Practices in the Artistic Field

    Heymer, E. (ed.), Locher, H. (ed.), Marchal, S. (ed.), Sachs-Resch, M. (ed.) & Söntgen, B. (ed.), 2023, München: edition metzel. 504 p. (Praktiken der Kritik; vol. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    “Circuits of Commons”: Exploring the Connections Between Economic Lives and the Commons

    Dalla Chiesa, C., Morea, V. & Sabatini, F., 2023, Living Better Together: Social Relations and Economic Governance in the Work of Ostrom and Zelizer. Haefele, S. & Storr, V. H. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 51-76 26 p.

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    Singing, Playing and Performing in Popular Music in the Age of Liquid Modernity

    Barber-Kersovan, A., 07.03.2023, Word Art + Gesture Art = Tone Art. Heister, H-W., Polk, H. & Rusam, B. (eds.). Springer, p. 223-240 18 p.

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