School of Culture and Society

Organisational unit: Research School

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. 2014
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    Local Scenes, Conditions of Music Making and Neoliberal City Management - A Case Study of Hamburg, Germany

    Kuchar, R., 08.07.2014, Keep it simple, make it fast!: Underground music scenes and DIY cultures. Guerra, P. & Moreira, T. (eds.). Porto: Universidade Porto, p. 551-562 12 p.

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

  3. Published

    Gamification and Governmentality

    Schrape, N., 23.06.2014, Rethinking Gamification. Mathias, F., Fizek, S., Ruffino, P. & Schrape, N. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 21-46 26 p.

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

  4. Published

    Loopdiver: Getaktetes Bewegungsstottern als entautomatisierende Automatismen?

    Kaldrack, I., 18.06.2014, Entautomatisierung. Brauerhoch, A., Zechner, A., Eke, N. O. & Wieser, R. (eds.). 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 281-289 9 p. (Automatismen).

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

  5. Published

    Rethinking Gamification

    Fuchs, M. (ed.), Fizek, S. (ed.), Ruffino, P. (ed.) & Schrape, N. (ed.), 16.06.2014, Lüneburg: meson press. 344 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    America's army and the military recruitment and management of 'talent': An interview with Colonel Casey Wardynski

    Allen, R., 01.06.2014, In: Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds. 6, 2, p. 179-191 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Vom Versuch, Kreativität in der Stadt zu planen: die Internationale Bauausstellung IBA Hamburg

    Klotz, C., 01.06.2014, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 362 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    The Democratization of the European Union: an empirical assessment

    Friedrich, D., 16.05.2014, The Democratization of International Organizations. : First International Democracy Report 2014. Finizio, G., Levi, L. & Vallinoto, N. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 168-176 9 p. 12

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

  10. Published

    The Bigger Picture of Corruption: Europe in Comparative Perspective

    Kubbe, I., 15.05.2014, Irvine: Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, 26 p. (CSD Working Papers).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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