We approach culture as living processes of continuity and discontinuity that are entangled with material, economic, affective and political processes at different scales and aspects of life. We study power and resistance in everyday life, as well as how institutions and spaces foster democracy and humanitarian values. Research is directed towards shifting material and environmental conditions for media, heritage, knowledge and cultural production.
Our expertise derives from a range of fields including media and communication studies, heritage studies, visual culture, anthropology, literature, history, intellectual property, peace and development studies, landscape architecture and science and technology studies. We embrace inter- and multidisciplinary approaches to research in conversation with other disciplines, fields and practices, and share an interest in innovative and visual methods, global and intersectional perspectives, as well as collaborations with artists, media producers and cultural institutions.
The environment also houses two bachelor’s programmes in Communication, Society, and Media Production, and Global Studies.
