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. 2012
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    Die stille Revolution: Wie Algorithmen Wissen, Arbeit, Öffentlichkeit und Politik verändern, ohne dabei viel Lärm zu machen

    Bunz, M., 10.2012, Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag. 171 p. (edition unseld; no. 43)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Experiencing Exhibitions: A review of studies on visitor experiences in museums

    Kirchberg, V. & Tröndle, M., 10.2012, In: Curator. 55, 4, p. 435-452 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Hannah Arendt

    Schües, C., 10.2012, Die deutschen Philosophie im 20. Jahrhundert. Bedorf, T. & Gelhard, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Darmstadt : Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft - WBG, p. 31-37 7 p.

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

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    Party Systems and Government Stability in Central and Eastern Europe

    Grotz, F. & Weber, T., 10.2012, In: World Politics. 64, 4, p. 699-740 42 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Social Games: Privacy and Security

    Fuchs, M., 10.2012, ICT Critical Infrastructure and Society: 10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 27-28, 2012. Proceedings. Magda D., H., Whitehouse, D., McIver Jr., W. & Phahlamohlaka, J. (eds.). Amsterdam: Springer, p. 330-337 8 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; vol. 386 AICT).

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

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    The Myth of Asian Exceptionalism: Response to Bomhoff and Gu

    Welzel, C., 10.2012, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 43, 7, p. 1039-1054 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  9. Published

    Is Privacy Dead? An inquiry into GPS-based geolocation and facial recognition systems

    Loebel, J-M., 26.09.2012, ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society: 10th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC10 2012, Proceedings. Hercheui, M. D., Whitehouse, D., McIver, W. & Phahlamohlaka, J. (eds.). Springer, Vol. IFIP AICT 386. p. 338-348 11 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; vol. 386 AICT).

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

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    Rezension: Krieg und Frieden im globalen Dorf, oder: Eine Faszinationsgeschichte des Schmerzes

    Leeker, M., 16.09.2012, 10 p.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearch

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    Doppelte Asymmetrie und Probleme des Machtwechsels

    Tils, R. & Raschke, J., 01.09.2012, In: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen. 25, 3, p. 83-87 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch