StaffDr. Paul Buckermann
Postdoc at Thematic Research Network “Validity of Knowledge”
Contact
Dr. Paul Buckermann
Thematic Research Network „Wissensgeltung“
Universität Heidelberg
Hauptstraße 207-209
69117 Heidelberg
Deutschland
paul.buckermann@uni-heidelberg.de
Academic Appointments
Since 2020: Postdoc at Thematic Research Network “Validity of Knowledge”, Heidelberg University.
2018–2020: Senior assistant (Postdoc) at Department of Sociology (General Sociology), University of Lucerne.
2017–2018: Research assistant at Department of Sociology (General Sociology), University of Lucerne.
2016–2017: Research assistant at SNF-NCCR Iconic criticism (eikones), Module Visual Semantics and Visual Observations, University of Basel & University of Lucerne.
2014–2016: Research assistant at DFG-Research Training Group Automatisms: Cultural Techniques of Complexity Reduction, Paderborn University. Teaching assignments for sociological theory, sociology of the arts, organizational studies at Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University.
Education
2016–2018: Doctoral Student at Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Lucerne.
2014–2016: Doctoral Student at DFG-Research Training Group Automatisms: Cultural Techniques of Complexity Reduction, Paderborn University, Paderborn University (DEU)
2013–2014: Doctoral Student at Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology, Bielefeld University (DEU).
2006–2013: M.A. Sociology and B.A. Political Science at Bielefeld University.
Research interests
Sociology of the arts, Sociology of knowledge, Sociology of science. Sociological theory, quantification and evalutaion, cultural institutions. Paul’s current project researches epistemological foundations of Digital Art History in particular and Digital Humanities in general.
Recent Publications
Buckermann, Paul (2020): Ranking art: Paradigmatic worldviews in the quantification and evaluation of contemporary art. In: Theory, Culture & Society.
Buckermann, Paul (2020): Die Vermessung der Kunstwelt. Quantifizierende Beobachtungen und plurale Ordnungen der Kunst. Weilerswist: Velbrück.
Buckermann, Paul (2020): The ArtReview’s Power 100. On the concept and the constitution of power in contemporary art. In: Gaupp, Lisa, Volker Kirchberg & Alenka Barber-Kersovan (eds.): Arts and Power. Policies in and by the Arts. Wiesbaden: Springer, in print.
For full texts visit Paul’s ResearchGate Profile or contact Paul via email.