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
- 2025
Auswirkungen, Herausforderungen und Chancen von KI im Kontext von Rassismus und Antisemitismus
Karakayali, S. (Speaker)
03.06.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Innovationswerkstatt "Rassismus theoretisieren und beforschen"
Karakayali, S. (Organiser), Mecheril, P. (Organiser) & Rühlmann, L. (Organiser)
22.05.2025 → 23.05.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Social Organization of Arts — Reflections on the Sociology of Art Theory
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Fang, H. (Lecturer)
13.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zugangsbarrieren zum Engagement: Erkenntnisse aus dem Vierten Engagementbericht der Bundesregierung
Karakayali, S. (Speaker)
05.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Vis-à-Vis
Scheel, S. (Speaker)
31.03.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Research
Researching around the Brown Box - Notes from a Critical Ethnography of Amazon’s Urbanism
Beverungen, A. (presenter) & Voigt, M.-L. (presenter)
14.03.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
RCH Researchers Seminars.
Kuchar, R. (Opponent)
26.02.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Social Organization of Arts – A Theoretical Compendium (Introduction)
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
17.01.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Memes aus dem Reich: Rechte Rechtskämpfe im Verschwörungsdenken
Hundertmark, B. (Speaker) & Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
14.01.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
- 2024
Input und Podiumsdiskussion zur "Reichsbürger:innen-Bewegung"
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
12.12.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Luftrummets organisering
Jorgensen, L. (Speaker)
08.11.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Erlösendes Lachen in der empirischen Feldforschung
Hundertmark, B. (Speaker)
03.11.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Obsolenz der zeitgenössischen Oper? „Pink Mouse“ in der Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie der Gegenwart
Wuggenig, U. (Speaker) & von Xylander, C. (Speaker)
25.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Repositioning critical border and migrationstudies in the face of authoritarian turns
Karakayali, S. (Speaker)
25.10.2024 → 26.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
“Behind the data: quantitative approaches to interdisciplinary racism research”
Karakayali, S. (Speaker)
23.10.2024 → 25.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Recht als Ressource im Verschwörungsdenken
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
15.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Social Work (Journal)
Karakayali, S. (Editorial Board)
02.10.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Management Communication Quarterly (Journal)
Jorgensen, L. (Editorial Board)
01.10.2024 → 07.11.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Club, Szene und Stadt. Eine Langzeitbetrachtung von Selbstverständnissen und sozialen Umfeldern von Musikclubs
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
27.09.2024 → 28.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Die Beziehung von 'Club, Szene und Stadt'
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
27.09.2024 → 28.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Self-Organization for Resilience in Russian Anti-War Networks
Kalinina, A. (Speaker)
27.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Prototyping sustainable futures
Jorgensen, L. (Speaker)
23.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
„Solidarität“ – 5. Tagung des Netzwerks Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft
Karakayali, S. (Speaker), Sandoval, M. (Speaker), Eckert, S. (Speaker) & Dioh, Y. (Moderator)
19.09.2024 → 21.09.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Comparing Various Theories on the Social Organization of Arts
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Zembylas, T. (Speaker)
30.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Alternative Perspectives On The Social Organization Of Art
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Zembylas, T. (Speaker)
28.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Towards an Emotional Geography of Urban Policing: Exploring the Materialization of Police Territoriality with Emotional Mapping Interviews
Hundertmark, B. (Speaker)
28.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
‘Cultural Ecosystem’ as tool for researching alternative cultures – potentials, limits and the question of ‘another black box’.
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
27.08.2024 → 30.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Deferred Citizenship: obligatory passage points, disrupted infrastructures, surrogate papers and cruel optimism in digitized birth registration in Sierra Leone
Scheel, S. (Speaker)
11.07.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
DIY Culture vs. Cultural Ecosystem – The 'Official' Discovery of Alternative Practices in Cultural Policy?
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
10.07.2024 → 13.07.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Music Eco-Systems
Kuchar, R. (Speaker)
10.07.2024 → 13.07.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Shifting Regimes of Proof: On the Contested Politics of Identification in Border and Migration Management
Scheel, S. (Speaker) & Bescherer, K. (Speaker)
09.07.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Shifting Regimes of Proof: On the Contested Politics of Identification in Border and Migration Management
Bescherer, K. (Speaker) & Scheel, S. (Coauthor)
02.07.2024 → 05.07.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transparenz und Selbstschutz in konfliktiven Forschungsfeldern – Reflektionen aus dem Forschungsprojekt „Alltag im Dissens“
Hundertmark, B. (Speaker) & Rowitz, L. (Speaker)
02.07.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Kämpfe um Recht im verschwörungsideologischen Souveränismus am Beispiel der "Reichsbürger"
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
27.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Kultur ist ein Kampfsport
Karakayali, S. (Organiser), Opratko, B. (Organiser), Kretschmann, A. (Speaker), Wuggenig, U. (Speaker) & Jung, S. (Speaker)
27.06.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Memes from the Reich: The Legal Aesthetics of Sovereign Citizens in the Virtual
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker) & Hundertmark, B. (Speaker)
10.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
lunatic Festival
Kuchar, R. (Moderator)
01.06.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
Ordnungsbildung qua enactment: Die Simulation von Protesten und protest policing durch die Polizei
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Recht als Ressource im Verschwörungsdenken
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Simulative Souveränität
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Racism and Common Public Spaces in the Arts – A Case Study of Hamburg
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
30.05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reichsbürger:innen: Eine Einführung
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
27.05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Journal for Migration Research (Journal)
Karakayali, S. (Editorial Board)
13.05.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
"Reichsbürger:innen": Eine Einführung
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Reichsbürger:innen: Eine Einführung
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
What's it good for? : Functions of arts and culture for Hamburg's urban development
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
25.04.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Roadsides: Infrastructural Anxieties publication workshop
Hargyono, S. (Speaker)
22.04.2024 → 24.04.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Was bringt Akteure zum verschwörungsideologischen Souveränismus?
Kretschmann, A. (Speaker)
11.04.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer