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.

 

  1. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    Mischverhältnisse: Zur Beziehung von Medien- und Organisationstheorie

    Conrad, L. & Beyes, T., 04.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 50-58 9 p.

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    Mobile kommunikation: Zur kulturbedeutung des "handy"

    Burkart, G., 2000, In: Soziale Welt. 51, 2, p. 209-231 23 p.

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    M. R. Kukrit Pramoj’s theory of good governance and political change: the dialectics of Farang Sakdina

    Waters, T., 05.05.2022, In: Humanities & social sciences communications. 9, 1, 11 p., 156.

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    Museum visitors and non-visitors in Germany: A representative survey

    Kirchberg, V., 01.11.1996, In: Poetics. 24, 2-4, p. 239-258 20 p.

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    Musical New Buildings of the 21st Century: Cultural, Economic and Symbolic Dimensions of Music-related Starchitecture

    Barber-Kersovan, A., 05.07.2021, In: Muzikoloski Zbornik. 57, 1, p. 201-227 27 p.

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    Music Venues in Transition: States of Autonomy, Dependence and Subcultural Institutionalization

    Kuchar, R., 2020, In: Todas as Artes. 3, 2, p. 25-41 17 p.

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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.

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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.

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    Novel Thought: Towards a Literary Study of Organization

    Beyes, T., Costas, J. & Ortmann, G., 01.12.2019, In: Organization Studies. 40, 12, p. 1787-1803 17 p.

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