Professur für Soziologie der Organisation und der Kultur

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

The research field Sociology of Organization and Culture is dedicated to the interdependency of organization and culture. Organization is conditioned by culture. Forms and processes of organizing are based on cultural dispositions of experiencing, feeling, thinking and acting, and therefore on material, media-technological, spatial, and affective ordering modes and power relations. At the same time, the study of cultural practices and orders requires an organizational perspective. Culture is made manifest and changes on the level of organized and organizing interaction, cooperation and struggle.

Understanding organization through cultural theory (and culture through organization theory) thus denotes a broad approach to the ordering and disordering of the social. This approach is positioned in and at the margins of organizational and cultural sociology and the field of Organization Studies; and at the intersections with cultural theory, literary and media studies, art theory, human geography, and cultural anthropology.

The main research areas include:

  • old and new forms and processes of organizing art and culture
  • artistic engagements with, and reflections of, modes of organization (in literature, theatre, and the visual arts)
  • urban culture and organization: the spatial and urban constitution and contestation of organizational processes
  • the affective and atmospheric constitution of organization
  • colour as force and medium of organizing
  • the interdependency of organization and technology in and before the age of "digital cultures"
  • publics, counterpublics and politics of organizing
  • ethnographic, experimental and performative approaches to social and cultural research
  • the reorganization of university teaching and learning

Main research areas

Die kulturwissenschaftlich verstandene Organisationsforschung (bzw. die organisationstheoretisch verstandene Kulturwissenschaft) bezeichnet damit eine breit gefasste Herangehensweise an die Ordnung und Unordnung und an das alltägliche Geordnet-Werden des Sozialen. Sie arbeitet in und an den Rändern der Organisations- und Kultursoziologie sowie der internationalen Organization Studies; und an den Schnittstellen zu Kulturtheorie, Literatur- und Medienwissenschaft, Kunsttheorie, Humangeographie und Kulturanthropologie.

Die Schwerpunkte des Forschungsbereichs Soziologie der Organisation und der Kultur umfassen:

  • das Wechselverhältnis von Organisation und Medientechnik in und vor der Epoche „digitaler Kulturen“ und ihre gesellschaftlichen und politischen Konsequenzen
  • alte und neue Formen und Prozesse der Kunst- und Kulturorganisation sowie die künstlerische Bearbeitung und Reflexion von Organisationsweisen und Organisationskomplexen insb. in Literatur, Theater und bildender Kunst
  • die räumliche und städtische Konstitution und Umkämpftheit von Organisationsprozessen
  • die affektive und atmosphärische Konstitution und Kraft von Organisationsweisen
  • die Farbe als Kraft und Medium des Organisierens
  • alte und neue Ansätze ethnographischer, experimenteller und performativer Sozial- und Kulturforschung
  • die Reorganisation universitären Lehrens und Lernens, insb. hinsichtlich der Erkundung von Räumen und Atmosphären der Lehre
  1. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Media Review: Contemporary Art as Collective Organizing (and its Contradictions)

    Beyes, T. & Holm, D. V., 06.06.2023, In: Organization Studies. 44, 9, p. 1551-1554 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  4. Published

    Media Organize: A Companion to Technological Objects

    Conrad, L. (Editor), Beyes, T. (Editor), Beverungen, A. (Editor), Pias, C. (Editor), Denny, S. (Editor) & Steinbrügge, B. (Editor), 2021, Hamburg: Kunstverein in Hamburg. 196 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsTransfer

  5. Published

    Luftrummets organisering - på arbejde med Sloterdijk

    Jorgensen, L., 07.11.2024, Perspektiver på Sloterdijk: en antologi. Sporen Fiedler, E. & Rasmussen, U. H. (eds.). Copenhagen: Eksistensen, p. 23-48 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Kuratieren

    Beyes, T., 2018, Der Kreativitätskomplex: Ein Vademecum der Gegenwartsgesellschaft. Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 173-178 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Kritik postdigital

    Hille, L. (Editor) & Wentz, D. (Editor), 2023, Lüneburg: meson press. 140 p. (Digital Cultures Series)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Klingen des W. Gelächter

    Beyes, T., 2020, WH - Stimmen hören. Klaut, M., Pias, C. & Schnödl, G. (eds.). Berlin: ciconia ciconia Verlag, p. 25-29 5 p. (Ciconia ciconia; vol. 34).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  11. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  12. Published

    Individual motivation among entrepreneurs in the creative and cultural industries: A self-determination perspective

    Cnossen, B., Loots, E. & van Witteloostuijn, A., 09.2019, In: Creativity and Innovation Management. 28, 3, p. 389-402 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    How art becomes organization: Reimagining aesthetics, sites and politics of entrepreneurship

    Holm, D. V. & Beyes, T., 01.02.2022, In: Organization Studies. 43, 2, p. 227-245 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Geheimnistheater

    Beyes, T., 2018, Rimini Protokoll: Staat 1-4. Phänomene der Postdemokratie. Schipper, I. (ed.). Berlin: Theater der Zeit, p. 59-67 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Für ein Bestiarium der Organisation – Kafkas Grenzwesen

    Beyes, T. & Holt, R. D., 2019, Kafka: Organisation, Recht und Schrift. Ortmann, G. & Schuller, M. (eds.). Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft, p. 103-124 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Für ein Bestiarium der Organisation - Kafkas Grenzwesen

    Beyes, T. & Holt, R., 01.05.2019, Kafka: Organisation, Recht, Schrift. Ortmann, G. & Schuller, M. (eds.). Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft, p. 103-124 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Farbe

    Beyes, T., 2018, Der Kreativitätskomplex: Ein Vademecum der Gegenwartsgesellschaft. Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 95-100 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  18. Published

    Exposing the machinic present: Rimini Protokoll’s theatre of operations

    Beyes, T., 2019, The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics. Eckersall, P. & Grehan, H. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 219-223 5 p. (Routledge theatre and performance companions).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Einleitung: Im Kreativitätskomplex

    Beyes, T., 2018, Der Kreativitätskomplex: Ein Vademecum der Gegenwartsgesellschaft. Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 9-18 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  20. Published

    Editorial: #5 Spectres of Artificial Intelligence

    spheres Editorial Collective, Apprich, C., Beverungen, A. & Hille, L., 01.11.2019, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 5, p. 1-4 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  21. Published

    Digitale Kulturen und Kritik nach ihrem Ende

    Hille, L. & Wentz, D., 2023, Kritik postdigital. Hille, L. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 9-20 12 p. (Digital Cultures Series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  22. Published

    Digitale Kulturen

    Bernard, A., Beyes, T. & Pias, C., 2018, Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel. Henkel, A., Hobuß, S., Jamme, C. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Pro BUSINESS Verlag, p. 167-170 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Die nächste Wirtschaftsuniversität

    Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J., 2018, Welzers Welt. Störungen im Betriebsablauf. Giesecke, D., Soeffner, H.-G. & Wiegandt, K. (eds.). 1 ed. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag, p. 151-156 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Die Maschine auf der Couch. Oder: Was ist schon 'künstlich' an Künstlicher Intelligenz?

    Apprich, C., 09.2019, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 11, 2, p. 20-28 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Die Maker*innen Bewegung: Was die Mikroökonomie, die Feldtheorie und die Praxistheorie über sie zu sagen haben

    Conrad, L. & Maier, M., 18.01.2021, DIY, Subkulturen und Feminismen. Czerney, S., Eckert, L. & Martin, S. (eds.). Hamburg: Alma Marta Verlag, p. 196-232 37 p. (Aspekte).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  26. Published

    Determinismus und Immanenz: Zur Kritik der Organisation in digitalen Kulturen

    Beyes, T., 2023, Kritik postdigital. Hille, L. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 62-80 19 p. (Digital Cultures Series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  27. Published

    Der Kreativitätskomplex: Ein Vademecum der Gegenwartsgesellschaft

    Beyes, T. (Editor) & Metelmann, J. (Editor), 09.10.2018, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 278 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  28. Published

    Currating

    Beyes, T., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 109-113 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  29. Published

    Creative Work, Self-Organizing, and Autonomist Potentiality: Snapshots taken from Amsterdam's art factories

    Cnossen, B., 01.04.2021, In: European Journal of Cultural Studies. 24, 2, p. 394-410 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Colour Chart

    Beyes, T., 12.12.2019, The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Holt, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 125-135 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  31. Published

    Colour and Organization Studies

    Beyes, T., 01.10.2017, In: Organization Studies. 38, 10, p. 1467 - 1482 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Color

    Beyes, T., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 70-75 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  33. Published

    “Circuits of Commons”: Exploring the Connections Between Economic Lives and the Commons

    Dalla Chiesa, C., Morea, V. & Sabatini, F., 2023, Living Better Together: Social Relations and Economic Governance in the Work of Ostrom and Zelizer. Haefele, S. & Storr, V. H. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 51-76 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  34. Published

    By Means of Which: Media, Technology, Organisation

    Beyes, T., Holt, R. & Pias, C., 12.12.2019, The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Holt, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 498-514 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  35. Published

    Book Review: Giuliana Bruno "Surface: Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality, and Media" Chicago University Press, Chicago, 2014, 277 pages

    Beyes, T., 06.2018, In: Organization Studies. 39, 5-6, p. 836-839 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  36. Published

    Art, Aesthetics and Organization

    Beyes, T., 26.08.2016, A Research Agenda for Management and Organization Studies. Czarniawska, B. (ed.). 1 ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 115-125 11 p. (Elgar research agendas).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Analogue Nostalgia: Examining Critiques of Social Media

    Wieghorst, C., 16.11.2021, Reckoning with Social Media. Chia, A., Jorge, A. & Karppi, T. (eds.). Lanham ua.: Rowmann & Littlefield , p. 207-225 19 p. 10

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  38. Published

    Adorno’s Grey, Taussig’s Blue: Colour, organization and critical affect

    Beyes, T. & De Cock, C., 01.01.2017, In: Organization. 24, 1, p. 59-78 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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