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
1. A Secular Age? The ‘Modern World’ and the Beginnings of the Sociology of Religion
Knöbl, W., 2019, Negotiating the Secular and the Religious in the German Empire: Transnational Approaches. Habermas, R. (ed.). Berghahn Books Inc., p. 31-55 25 p. (New German Historical Perspectives; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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
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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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/works › Chapter
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 anthologies › Book
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/works › Chapter
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/works › Chapter › peer-review
Noticing Colour: Shades of a Chromatic Empiricism
Beyes, T., 22.09.2022, Doing Process Research in Organizations: Noticing Differently. Simpson , B. & Revsbæk, L. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 127-152 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
»Was wäre, wenn?« Zum Nutzen kontrafaktischer Analyse in der (historischen) Soziologie am Beispiel 1989
Böcker, J. & Leistner, A., 04.10.2022, Verstehen als Zugang zur Welt: Soziologische Perspektiven . Karstein, U., Burchart, M. & Schmidt-Lux, T. (eds.). Campus Verlag, p. 277-298 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
4/ Queering Death in the Medical and Health Humanities
Böcker, J., Kirey-Sitnikova, Y., Werner, A., Tzouva, P. & Clay, S., 30.06.2021, In: Whatever. 4, p. 653–682 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
