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
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 anthologies › Conference proceedings › Transfer
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kritik postdigital
Hille, L. (Editor) & Wentz, D. (Editor), 2023, Lüneburg: meson press. 140 p. (Digital Cultures Series)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Other › Research
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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 contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der Kreativitätskomplex: Ein Vademecum der Gegenwartsgesellschaft
Beyes, T. (Editor) & Metelmann, J. (Editor), 09.10.2018, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 278 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Colour and Organization Studies
Beyes, T., 01.10.2017, In: Organization Studies. 38, 10, p. 1467 - 1482 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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“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/works › Chapter
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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. 10Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review