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. 2015
  2. Published

    When Machines Speak to Each Other: Unpacking the “Social” in “Social Media”

    Shah, N., 29.04.2015, In: Social Media and Society. 1, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The selfie and the slut bodies, technology and public shame

    Shah, N., 25.04.2015, In: Economic and Political Weekly. 50, 17, p. 86-93 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Equivalence unbalanced-metaphor, case, and example-from Aristotle to Derrida

    Haverkamp, A., 17.04.2015, Exemplarity and Singularity: Thinking through Particulars in Philosophy, Literature, and Law. Lowrie, M. & Lüdemann, S. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 46-57 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Ghetto Blasts: Media Histories of Neighborhood Technologies between Segregation, Cooperation, and Craziness

    Vehlken, S., 15.04.2015, Neighborhood Technologies : Media and Mathematics of Dynamic Networks. Harks, T. & Vehlken, S. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 37-66 29 p.

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

  6. Published

    Neighborhood Technologies: Media and Mathematics of Dynamic Networks

    Vehlken, S. (ed.) & Harks, T. (ed.), 15.04.2015, Zürich/ Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag. 240 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Neighborhood Techologies: An Introduction

    Vehlken, S. & Harks, T., 15.04.2015, Neighborhood Technologies: Media and Mathematics of Dynamic Networks. Vehlken, S. & Harks, T. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 9-16 8 p.

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

  8. Published

    Sluts 'r' us: Intersections of gender, protocol and agency in the digital age

    Shah, N., 06.04.2015, In: First Monday. 20, 4, 5463.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The Museum Experience: Mapping the Experience of Fine Art

    Kirchberg, V. & Tröndle, M., 01.04.2015, In: Curator. 58, 2, p. 169-193 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Free Labour, Social Media, Management: Challenging Marxist Organization Studies

    Beverungen, A., Böhm, S. & Land, C., 04.2015, In: Organization Studies. 36, 4, p. 473-489 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Friedrich Kittler und der »Mißbrauch von Heeresgerät«: Zur Situation eines Denkbildes 1964 – 1984 – 2014

    Pias, C., 04.2015, In: Merkur. 69, 791, p. 31-34 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review