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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    Jugendhilfe, Jugendpflege (Jugendarbeit) und Jugendfürsorge

    Wuggenig, U., 1989, Handbuch der Familien- und Jugendforschung.: Band 2: Jugendforschung. Markefka, M. & Nave-Herz, R. (eds.). Neuwied: Luchterhand Verlag, p. 821-838 18 p.

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    Jenseits von Ressourcen: Natur als wesentlicher Terminus für Unternehmenstheorie

    Hochmann, L. & Pfriem, R., 2017, Unternehmen der Gesellschaft: Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zu einer kritischen Theorie des Unternehmens. Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 161-186 26 p. (Theorie der Unternehmung; vol. 65).

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    Jahrbuch StadtRegion 209/2010: Schwerpunkt: Stadtkultur und Kreativität

    Hannemann, C. (Editor), Kirchberg, V. (Editor), Glasauer, H. (Editor), Pohlan, J. (Editor) & Pott, A. (Editor), 2010, Opladen & Farmington Hills: Verlag Babara Budrich. 256 p. (Jahrbuch StadtRegion; vol. 2009, no. 10)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    It’s All Method: Schmitz and Neo- Phenomenology

    Jørgensen, L., 26.01.2023, The Oxford Handbook of Phenomenologies and Organization Studies. de Vaujany, F.-X., Aroles, J. & Pérezts, M. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 602-621 20 p.

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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.

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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.

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    Inwändig, unsichtbar, liminal. Ambivalenzen pränataler Verluste

    Böcker, J., 2017, Zur Soziologie des Sterbens: Aktuelle theoretische und empirische Beiträge. Jakoby, N. & Thönnes, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 135-156 22 p.

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    Introduction: On the Strange Case of 'Creativity' and its Troubled Resurrection

    Wuggenig, U., Raunig, G. & Ray, G., 2011, Critique of Creativity: Precarity, Subjectivity and Resistance in the `Creative Industries´. Raunig, G., Ray, G. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). London: MayflyBooks, p. 1-5 5 p.

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    Introduction: Why does management education need reinventing?

    Beyes, T., Parker, M. & Steyaert, C., 2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Steyaert, C., Beyes, T. & Parker, M. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 1-20 20 p.

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    Introduction: The Creativity Complex

    Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 9-18 10 p.

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