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

In der Forschung ist das Institut an den Schwerpunkten „Kulturen des Konflikts“ und „Digitale Kulturen“ beteiligt. Hier bringt es Analysen im Bereich der soziologischen Theorie, der politischen Soziologie, der Migrationsforschung, der Rechts- und Kriminalsoziologie, der Arbeitssoziologie, der Soziologie der Kultur sowie der Technik- und Medienforschung, aber auch Analysen von Geschlechterverhältnissen ein. Mit seinen Arbeiten leistet das Institut einen Beitrag zum Erkenntnisfortschritt auf unterschiedlichen Feldern des Soziokulturellen und seines Wandels.

 

  1. 2022
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    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. (Editor), 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

  8. Published

    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

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    Participation as a Mode of Conflict

    Karakayali, S., 01.09.2022, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften. 17, 1, p. 144-147 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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    Who’s afraid of the senses? Organization, management and the return of the sensorium

    Beyes, T., Cnossen, B., Ashcraft, K. & Bencherki, N., 01.09.2022, In: Management Learning. 53, 4, p. 625-639 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review