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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    Seeanemonenmodelle der Werkstatt Blaschka

    Huber, F., 2014, Das materielle Modell: Objektgeschichten aus der wissenschaftlichen Praxis. Ludwig, D., Weber, C. & Zauzig, O. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 299–304 6 p.

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

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    Sensory Engineering: Affects and the Mechanics of Musical Time

    Großmann, R., 2014, Timing of Affect: Epistemologies, Aesthetics, Politics. Angerer, M-L., Bösel, B. & Ott, M. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 191-205 15 p.

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

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    Simulation wilder Spekulationen. Oder: Wie einmal Paul Baran mit einem falschen Modell das Internet erfand

    Warnke, M., 2014, Modelle und Modellierung. Balke, F., Siegert, B. & Vogl, J. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 23-32 10 p. (Archiv für Mediengeschichte; vol. 14).

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

  5. Published

    The City is our Anthropo-Scene! Art as a Verb and Urban Sustainability Transformation

    Kagan, S., 2014, Lighting People's Cities. Gay, J., Ong, S. H. & Tan, J. (eds.). Singapore: Oro Editions, p. 97-109 13 p.

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

  6. Published

    The Network Dynamics of Movements

    Apprich, C., 2014, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 1, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    The revolution will not be televised: Youtube auf dem Weg zum Nachrichtenmedium?

    Novy, L., 2014, Medienwandel kompakt 2011 - 2013: Netzveröffentlichungen zu Medienökonomie, Medienpolitik & Journalismus. Kappes, C., Krone, J. & Novy, L. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 233-234 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    To See and to Be (With) - Reflections on the Ecology of Web Videos

    Simons, S., 2014, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 1, 1, 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  10. Published

    Totgesagte leben länger

    Burkart, G., 2014, In: Gesundheit und Gesellschaft (G+G). 17, Spezial 6, p. 18 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearch

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    Transformation der Gewalt im Film: über Riefenstahl, Améry, Cronenberg, Egoyan, Marker, Kluge, Farocki

    Kramer, S., 2014, Berlin: Bertz+Fischer Verlag. 183 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review