Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organisation (ISCO) is part of the Faculty of Cultural Studies. The research at ISCO is focused on topics of sociology and on issues of cultural organisation(s) in society. Mostly in the degree programs of the Faculty of Cultural Studies we teach general sociological and cultural theoretical courses and interdisciplinary courses of organisational theory with respect to arts and culture. At the following Websites you will find more detailed information about our areas of research and teaching in sociology and cultural organisation.
Main research areas
- 2012
- Interdisziplinäre Forschungstagung 2012- Henkel, A. (Speaker) 10.2012- Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research 
- Sideways Symposium: Moving On 2012- Kagan, S. (Speaker) 15.09.2012- Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research 
- ESF Exploratory Workshop on Re-inventions of Early-European Performing Arts and the Creative City, Civic Regeneration and Cultural Tourism - REPACC 2012- Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) 11.09.2012- Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research 
- The Functions of Museums in the Creative City- Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) 11.09.2012- Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research 
- 7th Mid-Term Conference of the European Sociological Association - Sociology of the Arts Research Network 2012- Kirchberg, V. (Organiser) 08.09.2012- Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research 
- Governing Communities through Music?: Governmentality Insights and Illustrations from Baltimore- Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) 08.09.2012- Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research 
- Evaluating conditions of musical production in urban areas: Musicians´ needs, neoliberal city management and cultural policy concepts.- Kuchar, R. (Speaker) 05.09.2012 → 08.09.2012- Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research 
- The practice of ecological art- Kagan, S. (presenter) 05.09.2012 → 08.09.2012- Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research 
- Cultivating Commons versus Consuming Spaces: The Spatial Economy of Artists’ Quarters- Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) 16.08.2012- Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research 
- Serendipitous learning of NatureCulture's Complexity: What can embodied knowing mean for Sustainability?- Kagan, S. (Speaker) 19.07.2012 → 21.07.2012- Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research 
