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. 2017
  2. Published

    Szenarien und Narrative: Soziologische Familienbilder zwischen individualisierter Vergangenheit und einer ungewissen Zukunft

    Burkart, G., 2017, Familienaufstellungen in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und Medien. Roeder, C. & Ritter, M. (eds.). München: Kopaed, p. 19-36 18 p. ( Kjl & m / extra; vol. 17).

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

  3. Published

    Temporality

    Förster-Beuthan, Y., 2017, Symptoms of the Planetary Condition: A Critical Vocabulary. Bunz, M., Kaiser, B. M. & Thiele, K. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 199-204 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Terra: Zur Differenzierung und Verdinglichung von Boden, Raum und Pflanzenernährung in der modernen Gesellschaft

    Henkel, A., 2017, In: Zeitschrift für Theoretische Soziologie. 4, Sonderband, p. 97-125 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The Hidden Space of Production: Virtuality in Henri Bergson and Gilbert Simondon

    Kasprowicz, D., 2017, You were not expected to do this : On the Dynamics of Production: Distraction/Interference - Resistence/Accident. Blanga-Gubbay, D. & Ruchaud, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Düsseldorf University Press, p. 111-126 16 p. (materialisierungen; vol. 5).

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

  6. Published

    The social productivity of anonymity: An introduction

    Bachmann, G., Knecht, M. & Wittel, A., 2017, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 17, 2, p. 241-258 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  7. Published

    The Social Productivity of Anonymity: Special Issue of Ephemera Journal

    Bachmann, G. (ed.), Knecht, M. (ed.) & Wittel, A. (ed.), 2017, 2 ed. Warwick Business School. (Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization; vol. 17, no. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  8. Published

    The terms of anonymity: An interview with Marit Hansen, German data protection expert

    Bachmann, G. & Bialski, P., 2017, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 17, 2, p. 421-430 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The Weird and the Eerie

    Woodard, B. G., 2017, In: Textual Practice. 31, 6, p. 1181-1183 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  10. Published

    "to expose, to show, to demonstrate, to inform, to offer. Artistic Practices around 1990"

    Kuhn, H., 2017, In: Provence : An Eight Issue Magazine Dedicated to Hobbies. C, Spring/Summer 2017, p. 63-66 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  11. Published

    Topografische Spurensuche in Köln entlang der Achse Berlin–Köln. Wiedergutmachung und Wiederaufbau (1945–1957): Leopold Reidemeister als Mittler und Streiter für die Moderne

    Severin, I. L., 2017, Leopold Reidemeister. Ein Deutscher Museumsmann. . Moeller, M. M. (ed.). München: Hirmer, p. 114-165 52 p.

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