Institute of Urban and Cultural Area Research
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The Institute for Urban and Cultural Area Research is part of the School of Culture and Society at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. It is divided into the departments of Building Culture, Cultural Geography and Tourism Studies.
Main research areas
Department Cultural Geography
In the Department of Cultural Geography, the question of the relation to space plays a major role. From this geographical perspective, cultural landscape research is conducted, also in the historical-geographical sense. Not only from a historical perspective urban spaces are examined in urban-geographical contexts. Further focal points are geographic transport research and economic-geographic issues.
An overview of the fields of research:
- Transport Geography
- Economic Geography
- City Geography
- (Historical) Cultural Landscape Research
Department of Building Culture
Overview of the research fields:
- Digital and haptic architecture models
- Computer integration in the creative planning process
- Revitalization - Cultural heritage
- Perception of city and space
Department of Tourism Studies
The research of the Department of Tourism Studies covers the following areas:
- Travel/holidays as leisure activity and appropriation of space
- Leisure as a late-modern phenomenon
- Touristification of rooms
- Control of destination tourism areas
- Travel behavior and security
- Tourism marketing/-management
- Room consumption
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Das Gedächtnis eines Ortes: Das Kommunizieren, Speichern und Vergessen von Kulturerbe in Elx
Saretzki, A., 2010, Kulturelles Erbe und Tourismus: Rituale, Traditionen, Inszenierungen. Luger, K. & Wöhler, K. (eds.). Innsbruck/Wien/Bozen: Österreichischer Studien Verlag, p. 237-249 13 p. (Tourismus: transkulturell & transdisziplinär; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das Forschungsprojekt "Die wirtschaftlich-kulturelle Bedeutung des Rohstoffs Ton für die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg": Eine Förderinitiative der VolkswagenStiftung
Herdeg, U., Grader, C., Ring, E. & Seidel, A., 2010, Denkmalpflege in Lüneburg 2010. Ring, E. (ed.). Lüneburg: Lüneburger Stadtarchäologie, p. 79-86 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das Alte Werk Melbeck/Embsen: 55 Jahre Industriegeschichte im Süden Lüneburgs
Arendt, S. & Seidel, A., 2010, Melbeck: Samtgemeinde Ilmenau. 156 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Transfer
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Culture as Value Added Industry and as Embedded Life: Culture as Part of Touristic Products
Wöhler, K., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 25-41 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Conrad Wilhelm Hase und seine Bedeutung für das Bauen im ländlichen Raum
Pries, M., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge − Entwicklungslinien − Technikgeschichte . Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 95-108 14 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Collaborative Filmmaking: Extending the Modes of Working Together by a Digital Platform
Kirschner, U. & Kohler, M., 28.10.2021, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering: 18th International Conference, CDVE 2021, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 160-171 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 12983 LNCS).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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"Buten un binnen - wagen un winnen": Geographie erleben in Bremen und umzu ; Exkursionsführer zum 30. Schulgeographentag in Bremen 2006
Pries, M. (Editor), 2006, 1. ed. Bremen: Universität Bremen. 170 p. (Bremer Beiträge zur Geographie und Raumplanung; vol. 43)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Billig-standardisiert und hochwertig spezialisiert: Tourismusangebote als Widerspiegelung des veränderten Verbraucherverhaltens
Wöhler, K.-H., 2004, Tourismuspolitik im neuen Jahrtausend: Strukturwandel, neue Trends und Strategie. Atabay, S. (ed.). Istanbul: Technische Universität Yildiz, p. 2-18 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Beziehungen zu Orten und Nicht-Orten
Wöhler, K., 2007, Beziehungskulturen. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 46-57 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Beyond Urban Challenges-Virtual Reality Tools in Participatory Design Processes: How Information and Communication Technologies are Used within Participatory Design Processes to Shape Urban Space
Hilmer, L., 11.08.2024, Exploratory Papers and Workshops. D'Andrea, V., de Paula, R. A., Rodil, K., Lamas, D., Goagoses, N., Kambunga, A. P., Tan Yong Wen, D., Del Gaudio, C., Jensen, M. Y., Winschiers-Theophilus, H. & Zaman, T. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, p. 81-86 6 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review