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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Tourismus auf den Spuren der Schatten des Windes: Vom Zusammenspiel medialer Bedeutungskonstruktion und performativer touristischer Praxen
Saretzki, A., 03.2016, Websites & Sightseeing: Tourismus in Medienkulturen. Hahn, K. & Schmidl, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 205-253 49 p. (Medienkulturen im digitalen Zeitalter).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Tourism management in a global and transnational perspective
Wöhler, K., 2006, New perspectives and values in world tourism & tourism management in the future. Aktas, A., Kesgin, M., Cengiz, E. & Yenialp, E. (eds.). Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Alanya Faculty of Business, Vol. 1. p. 32-43 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Topophilie: Affektive Raumbindung und raumbezogene Identitätsbildung
Wöhler, K., 2002, Liebe als Kulturmedium. Faulstich, W. & Glasenapp, J. (eds.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 151-169 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Topographie des Erlebens: Zur Verortung touristischer Erlebniswelten
Wöhler, K., 2005, Erlebniswelten: Herstellung und Nutzung touristischer Welten. Wöhler, K. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 17-28 12 p. (Tourismus. Beiträge zu Wissenschaft und Praxis; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Use of Media in Intercultural Dialogue "dialogo_dialog"! Investigation of a Research Event in Terms of Communication without Language
Kirschner, U., 2013, Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering - 10th International Conference, CDVE 2013, Proceedings: 10th Internation Conference, CDVE 2013, Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain, September 2013, Proceedings. Luo, Y. (ed.). Springer, p. 35-42 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 8091 LNCS).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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The rediscovery of slowness, or leisure time as one's own and as self-aggrandizement?
Wöhler, K., 2004, The tourism and leisure industry: Shaping the future. Weiermair, K. & Mathies, C. (eds.). Binghamton, NY [u.a.]: Haworth Hospitality Press, p. 83-92 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Contestation of Culture: The Possibilities of Using Cultural Heritage as a Resource in Times of Crisis
Saretzki, A. & Furnell, J., 06.2013, Cultural Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Strategies. Pechlaner, H., Abfalter, D. & Dal Bò, G. (eds.). EURAC Research , p. 63-78 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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The Bologna Reform: Experiences with the transition to Bachelor's and Master's Programs in Germany and at the Leuphana University
Pez, P. & Reuther, H., 2013, Didaktik Aspekte interkultureller Kommunikation in der Bildung: Theorie und Praxis. Udmurtskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet, Vol. 1. p. 48-58 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Sustainabilisierung des Tourismus: Zur Logik einer postmodernen Wachstumsstrategie
Wöhler, K., 1999, Grenzenlose Gesellschaft – grenzenloser Tourismus?. Bachleitner, R. & Schimany, P. (eds.). München/Wien: Profil Verlag, p. 38-54 17 p. (Tourismuswissenschaftliche Manuskripte; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Study of digital morphing tools in the architectural design process
Kirschner, U., 2008, Memorias de la 14 Convención Científica de Ingeniería y Arquitectura. Primer Congreso Medio Ambiente Construido y Desarrollo Sustentable MACDES: Conference proceedings. La Havana: Ministerio de Educación Superior, p. 236-240 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review