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. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Das Phänomen Trump als Effekt von Microtargeting und Psychometrie

    Leistert, O., 29.09.2021, Data Politics: Zum Umgang mit Daten im digitalen Zeitalter. Bachor, M., Hug, T. & Pallaver, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, p. 19 - 33 15 p. (Edited Volumes).

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

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    Soziale Medien als Technologien der Überwachung und Kontrolle

    Leistert, O., 24.12.2021, Handbuch Soziale Medien. Schmidt, J-H. & Taddicken, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1 - 19 19 p. (Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften).

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

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    The Lawless Vitality of Sculpture, c. 1960-80. Formalism’s Monsters, Cybernetic Breakdowns and the Joys of Deviation

    Nachtigall, J., 01.01.2022, Future Bodies from a Recent Past: Sculpture, Technology, and the Body since the 1950s. Dander, P. & Linhardt, F. (eds.). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, p. 113-123 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesResearch

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    Organisation

    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.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Für ein Bestiarium der Organisation - Kafkas Grenzwesen

    Beyes, T. & Holt, R., 01.05.2019, Kafka: Organisation, Recht, Schrift. Ortmann, G. & Schuller, M. (eds.). Weilerswist: Velbrück-Verlag, p. 103-124 22 p.

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

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    Klingen des W. Gelächter

    Beyes, T., 2020, WH - Stimmen hören. Klaut, M., Pias, C. & Schnödl, G. (eds.). Berlin: ciconia ciconia Verlag, p. 25-29 5 p. (Ciconia ciconia; vol. 34).

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

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    Legislative Democracy in the Bundestag After Reunification

    Koß, M., 01.2023, In: German Politics. 32, 1, p. 107-126 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Staying with the Secret: The Public Sphere in Platform Society

    Beyes, T., 01.07.2022, In: Theory, Culture & Society. 39, 4, p. 111-127 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Taking Care of History: Toward a Politics of Provenance Linked Open Data in Museums

    Rother, L., Koss, M. & Mariani, F., 19.12.2022, Perspectives on Data. Lew Fry, E. & Canning, E. (eds.). Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 31 p.

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