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
- E-pub ahead of print
Smartphones and ‘doing community’ in Bangkok’s platform economy: A Weberian analysis
McFarlane, D., Mieruch, Y. & Waters, T., 19.02.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Media and Society. 20 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
- Published
Ne Win's Burmanization Narratives and Prospects for Peace in Today's Myanmar
Waters, T. & Eh Htoo, S., 15.01.2025, Youth, Community, and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 329-350 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
- Published
Automatisiertes Verhalten? Regierungskünste bei Amazon
Beverungen, A., 13.01.2025, Wissensgeschichte des Verhaltens.: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Toepfer, G. & Gräfe, S. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, p. 557-577 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- Published
Ne Win’s Burmanization Narratives and the Prospects for Peace in Today’s Myanmar
Htoo, S. E. & Waters, T., 01.01.2025, Youth, Community, and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 329-350 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › 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
- Published
The Social Organization of Arts: A Theoretical Compendium
Kirchberg, V. & Zembylas, T., 01.2025, Wien: mdwPress. 271 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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What Does it Mean when Burma is a Sideshow in World Politics
Waters, T., 01.2025, Youth, Community and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 287-303 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Between morality and the law: negotiating protection for queer asylum seekers in Niger’s asylum administration
Lambert, L., 2025, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51, 10, p. 2529-2546 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Accepted/In press
“Come on, we’ll look at it now”: professionals’ work on fetal viewability following spontaneous and induced loss.
Böcker, J. & Siegl, V., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Feminist Studies.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review