Course Schedule

Course Schedule

Veranstaltungen von Ph. D. Maximilian Schellmann

Lehrveranstaltungen

Theories, sites and practices of organizing culture (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Timon Beyes, Maximilian Schellmann

Inhalt: The seminar is dedicated to forms and processes of cultural organization. The seminar is structured into three parts, echoed in the course schedule. In Part I (Sociological Background, organized into weekly sessions), we draw upon sociological and organization-theoretical writings to relate core questions of organization and organizing to changes in the sphere of art and cultural production. In Part II (Sites, organized into thematically blocked sessions), we engage with key fields and sites of cultural organizing. These entail, for instance, a) so-called ‘creative cities’ as sites of cultural organizing; b) the (related) rise of ‘culturepreneurship’ as a kind of entrepreneurial turn in cultural production; c) platform-based organization and its technologies of cultural production and circulation; d) (art) museums as paradigmatic cultural institutions and the demands to reorganize how they operate; e) contemporary art’s 'organizational turn' or 'organizational aesthetics' and its collective experiments in alternative organizing. In Part III (Fieldwork, organized into group-led empirical research and concluding research conference), the students conduct their own empirical investigations of contemporary forms and processes of organizing culture. The participants are asked to identify and form groups around specific cases, sites, initiatives or platforms (not limited to the fields and sites listed above). Feldwork can take the form of, for instance, on-site visits, interviews, participant observation, and other fieldwork techniques. The groups present their findings in a concluding research conference (in the form of a mini-exhibition) in a local art space.

Masterprogramm Cultural Studies: Culture and Organization - Kernbereich - Organization in Arts and Culture

Approaching museums as sites of culture and organization (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Duygu Örs-Ildiz, Maximilian Schellmann

Inhalt: This course will approach museums as sites of organizational practices and struggles around the (re)presentation, negotiation and reflection of culture. The first session will be held online and will familiarise students with the structure of the course. PART I The following four distinct themes, which are fundamental to understanding museums as sites of culture and organization, will form the focus of each session: A) Audience development and heterogeneous communities (Max) B) Space and atmospheres (Duygu) C) Politics of curatorial practices (Duygu) D) Digitalisation and digital cultures (Max) PART II Parallel to the lectures, students will form research groups to conduct their own empirical investigations of museums as sites of culture and organization. Groups may focus on specific museums, cases, sites, initiatives, or exhibitions. Fieldwork may include on-site visits, interviews, participant observation, or other qualitative methods. The aim is to explore how the four themes manifest in the everyday practices of museums. The groups will present their findings at a concluding research conference, in the form of a mini-exhibition.

Leuphana Bachelor - Minor Museum Studies - The Museum as Organization and Institution