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.

 

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    Corporate art collecting: A survey of German-speaking companies

    Behnke, C., 01.09.2007, In: The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society. 37, 3, p. 225-244 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Museums and merchandising

    Toepler, S. & Kirchberg, V., 03.07.2007, Museum marketing: Competing in the Global Marketplace. Rentschler, R. & Hede, A.-M. (eds.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier Scientific Publishing, p. 160-168 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Thinking about "scenes": a new view of visitors' influence on museums

    Kirchberg, V., 01.04.2007, In: Curator. 50, 2, p. 239-254 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Cultural Consumption Analysis: Beyond Structure and Agency

    Kirchberg, V., 01.03.2007, In: Cultural Sociology. 1, 1, p. 115-135 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Bereichsrezensionen: Familiensoziologie

    Burkart, G., 01.01.2007, In: Soziologische Revue. 30, 4, p. 450-464 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Art Schools, Universities and the Bologna Process

    Wuggenig, U., 2007, In: Andere Sinema. 29, 179, p. 142-148 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Corporate Design/Corporate Aesthetics

    Behnke, C., 2007, Skulptur-Projekte Münster 07. Franzen, B., König, K. & Plath, C. (eds.). Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, p. 344-345 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch