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. 2022
  2. 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

  3. Published

    History of Embryology: Visualizations Through Series and Animation

    Wellmann, J., 27.08.2022, The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Human Sciences. McCallum, D. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 259-290 32 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  4. Published

    PDC Place Germany: Participatory Design in Cities

    Hilmer, L., 19.08.2022, PDC 2022 Embracing Cosmologies: Expanding Worlds of Participatory Design - Proceedings of the 17th Participatory Design Conference: Volime 2: Exploratory Papers, Workshops, Places, Situated Actions and Doctoral Colloquium. Vlachokyriakos, V., Yee, J., Frauenberger, C., Hurtado, M. D., Hansen, N., Strohmayer, A., Van Zyl, I., Dearden, A., Talhouk, R., Gatehouse, C., Leishman, D., Agid, S., Sciannamblo, M., Taylor, J., Botero, A., Del Gaudio, C., Akama, Y., Clarke, R. & Vines, J. (eds.). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 267-268 2 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; vol. 2).

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

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    What Is Popular Art?

    Benezra, K., 19.08.2022, The Routledge Companion to Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Latin American Literary and Cultural Forms. De Ferrari, G. & Siskind, M. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 69-76 8 p. (Routledge companions to Hispanic and Latin American studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Promoting Sustainability within the Nordic-Arctic Region's Food System: Challenges and Trends

    Raheem, D., Holopainen, A., Koegst, J., Tulimaa, M. & Benkherouf, M., 07.08.2022, In: Sustainability. 14, 15, 14 p., 9716.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Chicago's embedded artist as double agent: An interview with Frances Whitehead

    Whitehead, F. & Kagan, S., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 89-98 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Conclusion: The City as Space of Possibilities

    Kagan, S. & Kirchberg, V., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 222-234 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Culture and sustainable development in the city: Urban spaces of possibilities

    Kagan, S. (ed.), 05.08.2022, Taylor and Francis Inc. 268 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  10. Published

    Entrepreneurship in conventions, place-making, and spaces of creativity

    Kagan, S., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 65-88 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  11. Published

    Farewell to the White Space? Overcoming Racism in Baltimore's Artistic Fields

    Kirchberg, V., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 115-129 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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