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The cultural sciences research training group “Cultures of Criticism” undertakes a productive revision of the preconditions, roles and validity claims of critique. On the one hand, new technologies and distribution channels have given rise to a welter of unexpected critical and quasi-critical practices. On the other hand, the very theoretical foundations of critique have come under massive pressure – and so, it seems, has the modern project of critique as a whole. What may be regarded as an act of critique and which agents, expectations and criteria take part, is currently subject to basal negotiation.

The research training group conceives critique as a praxis that is always already culturally situated, while its efficacy rides on comprehensive claims to validity and authority. The phenomena under critique are inseparably interwoven with the forms and media used to represent them. Representation thus appears as the focal point in which widely divergent forms of critique and their heterogeneous cultures lend themselves to comparative discussion. Building on studies of diverse concrete critical practices, the Research Training Group seeks to remap the interaction between critique and culture in the history of modernity up to the present and employ the tools of cultural studies to frame a well founded and timely conception of critique.

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Beate Söntgen

Deputy spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Erich Hörl

  1. Published

    Editors’ Conversation with German Art Historians Oona Lochner and Isabel Mehl: Writing Like a Feminist—In Dialogue with Carla Lonzi

    Lochner, O. & Mehl, I., 15.04.2023, Female Cultural Production in Modern Italy: Literature, Art and Intellectual History. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 383-395 13 p. (Italian and Italian American Studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  2. Published

    Ein Buch über Steine: Einführung

    Berents-Kemp, C. & Kemp, W. K., 2016, Die Steine von Venedig : Neu komponiert von Catharina Berents und Wolfgang Kemp. Berents, C. & Kemp, W. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Corso Verlag, p. 9-14 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

  3. Published

    Eine Frage von Genauigkeit? Die gesellschaftspolitische Ausrichtung visueller Statistik bei William Playfair

    Sieber, J., 08.12.2021, Imagination und Genauigkeit: Verschränkungen in Künsten und Wissenschaften. Dätwyler, L., Klarskov, A. & Knierzinger, L. (eds.). Berlin: Neofelis Verlag, p. 25-42 18 p.

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

  4. Published

    Eine Revolution des Begehrens? Guy Hocquenghem und der Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire

    Betzler, L. (ed.) & Branding, J-H. (ed.), 08.12.2021, Hamburg : Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Ein vielfältiges Bild von Stadt vermitteln

    Kriszio, J. & Ruhkopf, M., 01.2022, City, not sorry: 10 Jahre Kultur der Metropole. Kriszio, J., Niemann, K. & Ruhkopf, M. (eds.). Hamburg: HafenCity Universität Hamburg, p. 38-39 2 p.

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

  6. Published

    Emanzipation und Gewalt: Feministische Rechtskritik mit Karl Marx, Jacques Derrida und Gilles Deleuze

    Mattutat, L., 2022, Berlin: J.B. Metzler. 222 p. (Philosophie & Kritik. Neue Beiträge zur politischen Philosophie und Kritischen Theorie)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  7. Published

    Ente gut, alles gut

    Schneider, T., 06.2019, Duck Soup: Ausstellungskatalog / Kunstverein Recklinghausen, 11.05.2019-30.06.2019, Bildband.. Recklinghausen: Kettler Druckverlag, p. 4-7 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

  8. Published

    Erinnern Vergessen.

    Pinkrah, N. Y. & Warnsholdt, C. L., 03.01.2017, Tagungsband der studentischen Konferenz für interdisziplinäre Forschung ZUfo: Pfadabhängigkeit 2013, Speicher 2014. Jandeisek, I. & Mallwitz, M. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 409-425 17 p.

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

  9. Published

    Europa dezentrieren: Globale Verflechtungen neu denken

    Adam, J. (ed.), Römhild, R. (ed.), Bojadžijev, M. (ed.), Lewicki, P. (ed.), Polat, N. (ed.), Knecht, M. (ed.) & Spiekermann, R. (ed.), 09.10.2019, Frankfurt am Main : Campus Verlag. 300 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Exceeding Work: Performing Conceptual Art

    Vogman, E. & Rauch, M. F., 06.2019, Mundo diffuso: Jean-Christophe Norman. Joly, P. (ed.). Dijon: Les Presses du Réel, p. 175–182 8 p.

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

  11. Published

    Feedback Systems: Artwriting as Critique?

    Mehl, I., 28.07.2020, Critique: The Stakes of Form. Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 175-184 10 p.

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

  12. Accepted/In press

    Feministische Kritik des Strafrechts: Unrechtsanerkennung ohne Strafe? (Schwerpunkt)

    Mattutat, L. (ed.), Burghardt, B. (ed.), Steinl, L. (ed.) & Bayer, D. (ed.), 01.2024, (Accepted/In press) Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. (Kritische Justiz. Vierteljahresschrift für Recht und Politik; vol. 2024/1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueTransfer

  13. Published

    Femizide. Versuch einer hegemonietheoretischen Deutung der Rechtsprechung

    Mattutat, L., 2022, In: Kritische Justiz. 55, 4, p. 453-466 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  14. Published

    Fictions of the Possible: Art, the City and Public Entrepreneurship

    Beyes, T., 27.10.2015, In: Journal of Management Inquiry. 24, 4, p. 445-449 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Formen der Kunstrezeption in der Moderne: Übertragung (Diderot) und Reflexion (Greenberg)

    Söntgen, B. E., 03.2016, Handbuch Sprache in der Kunstkommunikation. Hausendorf, H. & Müller, M. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 135-152 18 p. (Handbücher Sprachwissen; vol. 16).

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

  16. Published

    Formen des Kontakts: Auguste Renoirs Nach dem Mittagessen

    Söntgen, B. E., 2015, Monet und die Geburt des Impressionsmus. Krämer, F. (ed.). München: Prestel Verlag, p. 183-193 11 p.

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

  17. Published

    Fragmentarisches Schreiben: ein Gespräch

    Hanft, M., Sieber, J. & Warnsholdt, C. L., 2020, Weiterschreiben : Anschlüsse an Rebecca Ardners »Affirmation und Negation als Figuren der Kritik«. Hanft, M., Sieber, J. & Warnsholdt, L. (eds.). Hamburg: Katzenberg Verlag, p. 15-26 12 p. (K; vol. 15).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  18. Published

    Freie Rede

    Schneider, T., 2022, In: 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur. 3, 2, p. 511-527 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  19. Published

    Front, Field, Line, Plane: Researching the Militant Image

    Wuggenig, U. (ed.), Loichinger, H. C. (ed.), Kastelan, C., Derksen, J., Milevska, S., Bitter, S. & Weber, H., 06.2016, Hamburg: adocs. 120 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesExhibition cataloguesResearch

  20. Published

    Für's Arrangement sorgen

    Lochner, O. & Schoen, K., 03.2024, PERMEATIONEN. : Durchdringungen von ästhetischer Theorie und künstlerischer Forschung . Brunner, C., Busch, K. & Ebeling, K. (eds.). Leipzig: Spector Books

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

  21. Published

    Gathering Voices, Feeling Relations: Arlene Raven

    Lochner, O., 04.2022, Why Art Criticism? : A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 249-250 2 p.

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

  22. Published

    Geist heute: Annäherungen an Traditionen der deutschen Philosophie

    Rózsa, E. (ed.), Cobben, P. (ed.) & Jamme, C. (ed.), 2018, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 147 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  23. Published

    General Ecology

    Hörl, E. H., 2018, Posthuman Glossary. Braidotti, R. & Hlavajova, M. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 172-175 4 p.

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

  24. Published

    General Ecology: The New Ecological Paradigm

    Hörl, E. H. (ed.), 05.2017, 1 ed. London/New York: Bloomsbury Academic. 384 p. (Theory)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  25. Published

    General Intellect

    Nigro, R., 2018, In: Krisis. Journal for Contemporary Philosophy. 2/2018, p. 67-70 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Giving a voice to gaps and cracks. Archival critique in Jumana Manna's A Magical Substance Flows Into Me

    John, R., 15.07.2020, In: Roots Routes. 33

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  27. Accepted/In press

    Herbert Marcuse and the West German Student Movement

    Volz, J., Gerber, M. & Kapfinger, E., 2024, (Accepted/In press) The Marcusean Mind. Altheman C. Santos, E., Fast, J., Mayberry, N. K. & Simpson, S. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

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

  28. Published

    Holding the Blanks in Place: Knowledge and Its Loss in the Works of Lizza May David

    Lochner, O., 2016, Liza May David: The canvas and the monkey: Ausstellungskatalog mit Texts von Oona Lochner, Ma. Victoria T. Herrera, Anna-Lena Wenzel . Berlin: Kerber Verlag

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

  29. Published

    Hommage an die unbekannten Betrachter*innen

    Schneider, T., 12.2022, Christoph John - Parallaxis. John, C. & Schneider, T. (eds.). Hannover: Palm Press Publishing, p. 30-31 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesTransfer

  30. Published

    Hommage to the unknown viewers

    Schneider, T., 12.2022, Christoph John - Parallaxis. John, C. & Schneider, T. (eds.). Hannover: Palm Press Publishing, p. 44-45 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesTransfer

  31. Published

    How to Do Materialistic Dialectics with Words? Adorno and the Resistance of Presentation

    Stubenrauch, H., 28.07.2020, Critique: The Stakes of Form. Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 37 - 52 16 p.

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

  32. Published

    "Ich leide, also bin ich": Selbstverfügter Schmerz als äußerstes Mittel politischer Kunst

    Söntgen, B. E., 2016, Ulay: Life-Sized. Ulrich, M. (ed.). Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 111-117 6 p.

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

  33. Published

    Idioms: The Minor ‘A’s of Art

    Leeb, S., 12.2017, In: Texte zur Kunst. 27, 108, p. 32-56 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  34. Published

    Im Vorraum: Lebenswelten kritischer Theorie um 1969

    Göttel, D. (ed.) & Wessely, C. (ed.), 2019, Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos . 200 p. (Kaleidogramme; vol. 181)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  35. Published

    Im Zeichen des Zweifel(n)s. Madame Realism: oder: Die Funktion der Fiktion in der Kunstkritik

    Mehl, I., 2022, München: edition metzel. 360 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  36. Published

    Innen und Außen: Interieurvorhänge in der Malerei um 1900

    Söntgen, B. E., 2016, Hinter dem Vorhang: Verhüllung und Enthüllung seit der Renaissance – von Tizian bis Christo. Blümle, C. & Wismer, B. (eds.). München: Hirmer, p. 226-236 10 p.

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

  37. Published

    Interieur

    Söntgen, B. E., 2017, Matisse - Bonnard: Es lebe die Malerei! . Krämer, F. & Museum, S. (eds.). München: Prestel Verlag, p. 81-87 7 p.

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

  38. Published

    Introduction

    Hörl, E., Pinkrah, N. Y. & Warnsholdt, L., 2021, Critique and the Digital . Hörl, E., Pinkrah, N. Y. & Warnsholdt, L. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 7 - 24 18 p. (Critical Stances).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  39. Published

    Introduction to General Ecology: The Ecologization of Thinking

    Hörl, E. H. & Schott, N. F. (Translator), 05.2017, General Ecology: The New Ecological Paradigm. Hörl, E. & Burton, J. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 1 – 75 75 p. (Theory).

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

  40. Published

    Is Code Law? Kritik in Zeiten algorithmischer Gouvernementalität

    Mattutat, L., Stubenrauch, H. & Warnsholdt, C. L., 2023, Kritik postdigital. Hille, L. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 21-42 22 p. (Digital Cultures Series).

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

  41. Published

    Isolation Playground

    Stolz, L., Diaz, A. & Scherrieble, L., 08.2021, In: A Peer-reviewed Journal About --. 10, 1, p. 6 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Is there a post-racism? On David Theo Goldberg's conjunctural analysis of the post-racial

    Bojadžijev, M., 20.10.2016, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 39, 13, p. 2235-2240 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Jenseits von Identität und Arbeit. Impulse der Kampagne Lohn für Hausarbeit für eine politische Theorie und Praxis der Sorge

    Mattutat, L., 23.11.2021, Hannover : Institut für Politische Wissenschaft - Leibniz Universität Hannover.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsTransfer

  44. Published

    Juan E. De Castro. Bread and Beauty - The Cultural Politics of José Carlos Mariátegui

    Hahn, T., 14.03.2022, Canterbury : Marx and Philosophy Society.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsTransfer

  45. Published

    Jungfräuliche Membranen: Vom Pergament zum iPad

    Kuhn, H., 2021, Hautlichkeit : Oberflächen in Wissenschaft und Design. Schnödl, G. & Windgätter, C. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 161-180 20 p. (DesignWissen; vol. 3).

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

  46. Published

    »keep the contemporaryartmuseum groovy – keep the home fires burning«. Zum Verhältnis von feministischer Kritik und Kunstinstitutionen

    Wulff, N., 01.11.2020, In: Feministische Studien. 38, 2, p. 256-272 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  47. Published

    Kinder, Küche, Krise der Reproduktion. Ein Mailwechsel über Konstellationen von Sorge-, Lohn- und Schreibarbeit in Romanen von Caroline Muhr bis Anke Stelling

    Mattutat, L. & Niehaus, J., 29.10.2023, In: Undercurrents - Forum für linke Literaturwissenschaft. 2023, Literatur und Care, p. 61-80 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  48. Published

    Komplizen des Erkennungsdienstes: Das Selbst in der digitalen Kultur

    Bernard, A., 2017, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag. 236 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  49. Published

    Kritik, partiale Perspektive und kapitalistische Totalität: Fredric Jameson - Donna Haraway

    Kuhn, H., 2020, Weiterschreiben.: Anschlüsse an Rebecca Ardners »Affirmation und Negation als Figuren der Kritik«. Hanft, M., Sieber, J. & Warnsholdt, L. (eds.). Hamburg: Katzenberg Verlag, p. 235-250 16 p.

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

  50. Published

    Kritische Kunstgeschichte als produktiver Streit

    Schneider, T., 01.2020, In: Kritische Berichte. 48, 1, p. 19-26 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review