Volume 12 (2018), Issue 2

The Journal of Cultural Sciences serves as a critical medium for debates about »culture«, cultural sciences and their methodical processes. Based on the international state of research, cultural phenomena are explored empirically concisely as well as theoretically advanced. The latest reciprocal effects of human and natural sciences are reflected as well. This issue is dedicated to the debate about the social part of the human being, who creates himself/herself and reflects in his/her extensions: the homo faber. It was mainly held in French archaeology and historical anthropology in the 20th Century and then reflected in the anthropology of technology and the media. The contributions deepen and update the topic in view of the recent issues of science and technology studies.