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. 2022
  2. 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

  4. 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

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    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

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    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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    Imagination and imaginaries of sustainability in cultural and artistic practices

    Kagan, S., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 24-48 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Networks in Sustainable Urban Development: An Empirical Study

    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. 193-208 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

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    Spaces for challenging experiences, indeterminacy, and experimentation

    Kagan, S., 05.08.2022, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. Kagan, S. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 99-114 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  10. Published

    Environmental governance of a Belt and Road project in Montenegro – National agency and external influences

    Coenen, J., Newig, J. & Meyfroidt, P., 01.08.2022, In: Land Use Policy. 119, 14 p., 106136.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Staging Arts in the Historic City: Development Funding, Social Media Images, and Tunisia's Contemporary Public Art Scene

    Malachowski, J., 01.08.2022, In: City and Society. 34, 2-3, p. 197-225 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review