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
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Gründungsmythen und andere Mechanismen der Institutionalisierung von Einheit in Paarbeziehungen
Burkart, G., 2009, In: Sozialer Sinn. 10, 2, p. 249-264 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Hidden Value: Provenance as a Source for Economic and Social History
Rother, L., Mariani, F. & Koss, M., 25.05.2023, In: Jahrbuch fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte. 64, 1, p. 111-142 32 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How art becomes organization: Reimagining aesthetics, sites and politics of entrepreneurship
Holm, D. V. & Beyes, T., 01.02.2022, In: Organization Studies. 43, 2, p. 227-245 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Humans, Materiality and Society: The Contemporary Sociological Relevance of Helmuth Plessner
Henkel, A., 15.03.2019, In: Human Studies . 42, 1, p. 123-145 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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IM OSTEN GEHT DIE SONNE AUF: Nostalgie als soziologische Erklärung derGegenwart von Vergangenheit in Ostdeutschland?
Leistner, A. & Böcker, J., 2021, In: Zeithistorische Forschungen. 18, 1, p. 133-139 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Individual motivation among entrepreneurs in the creative and cultural industries: A self-determination perspective
Cnossen, B., Loots, E. & van Witteloostuijn, A., 09.2019, In: Creativity and Innovation Management. 28, 3, p. 389-402 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Instroduction: "Arts Management: A Sociological Inquiry"
Kirchberg, V. & Zembylas, T., 01.03.2010, In: The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society. 40, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Integration durch Vertrauen? Hauptergebnisse einer explorativen Mixed Methods-Studie zum Vertrauensaufbau geflüchteter Eltern gegenüber frühpädagogischen Angeboten
Sandermann, P., Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H., Henkel, A., Husen, O., Kakar, H., Münch, S., Schwenker, V. S., Siede, A., Wenzel, L. & Winkel, M., 07.08.2023, In: Migration und soziale Arbeit. 45, 2, p. 166-172Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Introducing ‘cultures of rejection’: an investigation of the conditions of acceptability of right-wing politics in Europe
Bojadžijev, M. & Opratko, B., 20.10.2022, In: Patterns of Prejudice. 56, 4-5, p. 205-218 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Is this Art? An Experimental Study on Visitors' Judgement of Contemporary Art
Tröndle, M., Kirchberg, V. & Tschacher, W., 01.09.2014, In: Cultural Sociology. 8, 3, p. 310-332 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Kleiner Versuch über das Selfie und sein Subjekt
von Xylander, C., 12.2022, In: Argument. 63, 4, p. 569-572 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Künstlerförderung als Aufgabe des Kulturmanagements? feldtheoretische Überlegungen am Beispiel von Artist-in-Residence Institutionen
Behnke, C., 2009, In: Jahrbuch für Kulturmanagement. 1, p. 65-96 32 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Legal Compliance: Founding Elements of a Conception Based on Cultural Theory
Kretschmann, A., 08.04.2021, In: European Journal of Sociology. 62, 1, p. 105-139 35 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Les villes artificielles comme espaces de formation de l’ordre politique: l’entrainement aux scénarios apocalyptiques des polices européennes
Kretschmann, A., 08.11.2021, In: Carnets de Geographes. 2021, 15, p. 0-21 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Liebe im Kapitalismus zwischen Geschlechtergleichheit und Marktorientierung
Burkart, G., 2014, In: Gender. 6, 2, p. 85-101 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Listening to the Street: Urban Sounds in Hamburg-Altona between the „Right to the City“ and the „Creativity Dispositif“
Gaupp, L., Bielefeldt, N., Giesel, R., Göttsche, K., Hasse, Z., Laumeyer, S., Lenßen, L., Mai, J., Rüpcke, A., Rummler, L. & Dill, J., 22.12.2020, In: AVANT: Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies. 11, 3, p. 1-24 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Logistical Borderscapes: Politics and Mediation of Mobile Labor in Germany after the "Summer of Migration"
Altenried, M., Bojadžijev, M., Höfler, L., Mezzadra, S. & Wallis, M., 01.04.2018, In: South Atlantic Quarterly. 117, 2, p. 291-312 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Materialities of the Performative: A Sociology of the Police Uniform
Kretschmann, A. & Legnaro, A., 2023, In: Behemoth : a Journal on Civilization. 16, 1, p. 41-56 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Migrant struggles and moral economies of subversion: mimicry and opacity
Scheel, S., 05.2025, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51, 10, p. 2648-2667 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Migration as Social Seismograph: an Analysis of Germany’s ‘Refugee Crisis’ Controversy
Bojadžijev, M., 01.12.2018, In: International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society. 31, 4, p. 335-356 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mischverhältnisse: Zur Beziehung von Medien- und Organisationstheorie
Conrad, L. & Beyes, T., 04.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 50-58 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mobile kommunikation: Zur kulturbedeutung des "handy"
Burkart, G., 2000, In: Soziale Welt. 51, 2, p. 209-231 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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M. R. Kukrit Pramoj’s theory of good governance and political change: the dialectics of Farang Sakdina
Waters, T., 05.05.2022, In: Humanities & social sciences communications. 9, 1, 11 p., 156.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Museum visitors and non-visitors in Germany: A representative survey
Kirchberg, V., 01.11.1996, In: Poetics. 24, 2-4, p. 239-258 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Musical New Buildings of the 21st Century: Cultural, Economic and Symbolic Dimensions of Music-related Starchitecture
Barber-Kersovan, A., 05.07.2021, In: Muzikoloski Zbornik. 57, 1, p. 201-227 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Music Venues in Transition: States of Autonomy, Dependence and Subcultural Institutionalization
Kuchar, R., 2020, In: Todas as Artes. 3, 2, p. 25-41 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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My Cigarette Wife and Other Queer Tales of Kinship from Tunisia’s Contemporary Public Art Scene
Malachowski, J., 02.2025, In: Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 54, 1, p. 30-59 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachwirkender Kolonialismus und intersektorale Verknüpfung im Spektrum von Markt und Hierarchie: Austauschbeziehungen zwischen Industrie- und Entwicklungsländern in der Weltwirtschaft des Tabaks
Zündorf, L., 01.08.2001, In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 30, 4, p. 247-266 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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New frontiers in arts sociology: Art support and artist support
Kirchberg, V., 01.09.2007, In: The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society. 37, 3, p. 179-184 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Novel Thought: Towards a Literary Study of Organization
Beyes, T., Costas, J. & Ortmann, G., 01.12.2019, In: Organization Studies. 40, 12, p. 1787-1803 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Novel thought: Towards a literary study of organization
Beyes, T., Costas, J. & Ortmann, G., 01.12.2019, In: Organization Studies. 40, 12, p. 1787-1803 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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On Gender Statistics in the Art Field and Leading Positions in the International Sphere
Hassler, K., 01.2017, In: n.paradoxa. 39, p. 48-55 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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On the last mile: Logistical urbanism and the transformation of labour
Altenried, M., 01.01.2019, In: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation. 13, 1, p. 114-129 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organizing Counterpublics: Scenes from Contemporary Russia
Kalinina, A. & Beyes, T., 12.2024, In: Theory, Culture & Society. 41, 7-8, p. 57-71 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organizing Half-Things: Knowing, Theorizing and Studying Atmospheres
Jorgensen, L. & Beyes, T., 12.2023, In: Organization Theory. 4, 4, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Physiological correlates of aesthetic perception of artworks in a museum
Tschacher, W., Greenwood, S., Kirchberg, V., Wintzerith, S., van den Berg, K. & Tröndle, M., 02.2012, In: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 6, 1, p. 96-103 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pierre Bourdieus Rechtsdenken: Die Integration von sozialstruktureller und kulturtheoretischer Perspektive
Kretschmann, A., 30.09.2023, In: Zeitschrift fur Soziologie. 52, 3, p. 247-261 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plattform-Urbanismus. Arbeit, Migration und die Transformation des urbanen Raums
Altenried, M., Animento, S. & Bojadžijev, M., 23.04.2021, In: sub\urban. 9, 1/2, p. 73-92 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Playing dirty: The shady governance and reproduction of migrant illegality
Scheel, S., 2025, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51, 2, p. 464-482 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Populäre Musik und Kulturmanagement : Komplexität des Punktuellen – oder schlicht Nadeln im Heuhaufen?
Barber-Kersovan, A. & Kuchar, R., 2019, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturmanagement: Kunst, Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Vol. 4 (2018), Heft 2, p. 197-220 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Premiering a Mediaopera. On-Site. Online.
von Xylander, C., 2025, In: Technology and Language. 6, 1, p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Printing Utopia: The Domain of the 3D Printer in the Making of Commons-Based Futures
Ibach, M. K., 2023, In: Design and Culture. 15, 3, p. 323-344 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Proving the world more imaginary? Four approaches to imagining sustainability in sustainability research
Kagan, S., 01.11.2019, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 44, SUPPL 2, p. 157-178 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Public boards: Questions of representation on supervisory boards of german, austrian and swiss theatres
Heskia, T., 01.09.2021, In: International Journal of Arts Management. 24, 1, p. 32-47 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Recombinant Agency. Divine Comedy Meets Upcycled Comics Art in Pink Mouse, a Meta-Mediaopera
von Xylander, C., 01.2025, In: Technology and Language. 6, 1, p. 82-128 47 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Resettlement as a temporal border: infrastructural promises and future-making among migrants and officials in Niger
Lambert, L., 12.2025, In: Comparative Migration Studies. 13, 1, 17 p., 14.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Retracing My Steps: A 10-YEAR Journey To Walking-Based Transdisciplinary Research
Kagan, S., 19.05.2019, In: World Futures. 75, 4, p. 242-259 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sexual behavior and attitudes toward AIDS in germany
Runkel, G., 01.06.1992, In: Journal of sex education and therapy. 18, 2, p. 77-92 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sexual morality of Christianity
Runkel, G., 01.04.1998, In: Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 24, 2, p. 103-122 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review