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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    Charity and finance in the university

    Beverungen, A., Hoedemaekers, C. & Veldman, J., 01.02.2014, In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 25, 1, p. 58-66 9 p.

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    The communism of capital?

    Beverungen, A., Murtola, A-M. & Schwartz, G., 25.08.2013, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 13, 3, p. 483-495 13 p.

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    Photojournalisme en Allemagne à l’ère de la révolution numérique

    Grittmann, E., 2013, L’œil itinérant: La photographie allemande contemporaine à l’heure du web 2.0. Robin, G. (ed.). Paris: Septentrion, p. 120-133 14 p. (Allemagne d’aujourd’hui; vol. 203).

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    Verhüllt – unverhüllt: Bild und Verschleierung in der Afghanistanberichterstattung

    Grittmann, E., 2003, Bilder des Terrors - Terror der Bilder? : Krisenberichterstattung am und nach dem 11. September. Beuthner, M., Buttler, J., Fröhlich, S., Neverla, I. & Weichert, S. A. (eds.). Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, p. 268-284 17 p.

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    Der Präsident und die Herausforderin: Geschlechterkonstruktionen von Spitzenkräften in der Politik aus medienethischer Perspektive

    Grittmann, E. & Maier, T., 2014, Gender im medienethischen Diskurs. Grimm, P. & Zöllner, O. (eds.). 1 ed. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, p. 153-169 17 p. (Medienethik; vol. 12).

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    Between Risk, Beauty and the Sublime: The Visualization of Climate Change in Media Coverage during COP 15 in Copenhagen 2009

    Grittmann, E., 03.2014, Image politics of climate change: visualizations, imaginations, documentations. Schneider, B. & Noske, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 127-153 27 p. ( Image; vol. 55).

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    Visual Frames – Framing Visuals: Zum Zusammenhang von Diskurs, Frame und Bild in den Medien am Beispiel des Klimawandeldiskurses

    Grittmann, E., 2013, Visual Framing: Perspektiven und Herausforderungen der visuellen Kommunikationsforschung. Geise, S. & Lobinger, K. (eds.). Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, p. 95-117 23 p.

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    "And in the end my street will not be the same": The art project 2-3 Streets and its link to (un)sustainability, creative urban development and modernization

    Grigoleit, A., Hahn, J. & Brocchi, D., 01.09.2013, In: City, Culture, and Society. 4, 3, p. 173-185 13 p.

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    After Affects: Zealous Zombies, Panic Prevention, Crowd Simulation

    Vehlken, S., 01.10.2014, Timing of Affect: epistemologies, aesthetics, politics. Angerer, M-L., Bösel, B. & Ott, M. (eds.). Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 303-320 18 p.

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