Centre for Digital Cultures
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC) unites a large range of research and development activities dedicated to the digital shift. It engages in knowledge creation and transfer, experimental and interventionist media practices, and research in disciplines such as media, social and cultural studies. The CDC aims to both understand the epochal digital shift through excellent research, and to become one of the major European forces that shape digital cultures to come.
The CDC has seen a remarkable uptake of successful funding bids. The major projects are funded by the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRE) and the State of Lower Saxony, by the German Research Council (DFG) and the VW Foundation respectively. Additional smaller projects are supported by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Transmediale, and the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). The CDC has by now more than 80 researchers and cultural producers from all over the world. They work on questions such as:
- Transmedia: How can we understand and develop new formats for entertainment as well as culture and education, merging different forms of production, participation, distribution and aesthetics?
- User and Audience Research: What kind of methods enable us to understand new usage and consumption patterns, addressing digital cultures’ both global and local audiences?
- Gamification: Computer games have a growing relevance in contemporary life, not only due to the games themselves, but also through their metaphors and methods. What new opportunities arise?
- Common Media: Which new forms of citizenship and cultural/political engagement are developing in the digital age, and how can we understand, enact and strengthen them?
- Net based Public Broadcast: How can publicly funded provision of information, education, culture and entertainment adapt to the internet? How can new versions of basic provision be realized?
- Hybrid Publishing: Which avenues for the communication and dissemination of knowledge beyond classrooms and research articles can be constructed, adapting the cultural and economic logic of the digital age?
- Computer Simulation: From climate change to mass panics: Knowledge production based on computer simulation is shaping our worldview. How can we analyse and understand its effects?
Research and development at the CDC traverse boundaries between the academic sector, culture and the arts, industry, governmental bodies and civil society. It is a conducive, productive and experimental research environment, in which researchers and entrepreneurs, activists and artists, producers and hackers, thinkers and doers broker dynamic connections. Visions, blueprints and experimental findings get exposed to real-world conditions. The development of innovative teaching formats is a further crucial part of the mix: Leuphana Digital School is bringing knowledge and education online, and a new English-speaking Bachelor in Digital Media started in autumn 2013, developed in cooperation with Leuphana’s Institute for the Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media, Hamburg Media School and Hongkong City University. The result is a new, open and engaged form of research and development for Europe’s digital cultures.
Topics
- Transmedia
- User and Audience Research
- Gamification
- Common Media
- Net based Public Broadcast
- Hybrid Publishing
- Computer Simulation
- Artistic Research
- New Teaching Formats
- 2013
„Don't forget: the archive!“ – Collecting Non-Archives for the Post-Media Condition - 2013
Paolo Ruffino (Speaker)
25.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Rethinking Gamification Workshop- 2013
Mathias Fuchs (Speaker)
15.05.2013 → 17.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Post-Media Condition of Organization
Timon Beyes (Coauthor)
23.05.2013 → 24.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Post-Media Condition of Organization
Timon Beyes (Speaker)
23.05.2013 → 24.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Workshop on the Mediation of Business - 2013
Timon Beyes (Organiser) & Helge Peters (Participant)
23.05.2013 → 24.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Informatik-Spektrum (Journal)
Martin Warnke (Reviewer)
01.06.2013 → 30.06.2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Tausend Ökologien
Mercedes Bunz (Organiser)
04.06.2013 → 05.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop Humanities and Social Sciences in Management Education: Writing, Researching, Teaching
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
05.06.2013 → 07.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Internet-Theoretikerin Dr. Mercedes Bunz "Im Gespräch"
Mercedes Bunz (Speaker)
07.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Vortrag "Four Scenarios for Extended and Encapsulated Bodies"
Andreas Broeckmann (Speaker)
19.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Workshop Logistics of Soft Control - 2013
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
20.06.2013 → 21.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Whole Earth: California and the Disappearance of the Outside
Mercedes Bunz (Speaker)
21.06.2013 → 23.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Das Feld der zeitgenössischen visuellen Kunst: Strukturwandel und Reproduktion
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
28.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Technologies - Media - Hybrids / Toronto - Berlin - Paris
Lisa Conrad (Speaker)
04.07.2013 → 06.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Bit-Tiefe der Dekaden
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
06.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Das subversive Bild
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
22.07.2013 → 23.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Michel de Certeau as a Theorist of Hacking
Lisa Conrad (Oral presentation)
24.08.2013 → 25.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Indie Game Studies Year Eleven: panel at DiGRA - Defragging Game Studies - Atlanta, GA
Paolo Ruffino (Panel participant)
26.08.2013 → 29.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Ludic Overload - Ludic Overkill: Gamification in the age of Media Overload
Mathias Fuchs (Lecturer)
13.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Jury Wettbewerb VIDA LIFE 15: Kunstwettbewerb
Andreas Broeckmann (Reviewer)
25.09.2013 → 28.09.2013Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Rating–Agenturen als Mitverantwortliche der Finanzkrisen seit 1990?
Ulf Wuggenig (Panel participant)
26.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Rating und Ranking im Feld der Bildenden Kunst: "Von Roger de Piles zu Artfacts.Net"
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
26.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
After Kittler: Neue deutsche Medientheorien
Mercedes Bunz (Organiser)
02.10.2013 → 03.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Globalization of Contemporary Art Markets
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
03.10.2013 → 05.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft - GfM 2013
Mercedes Bunz (Organiser), Jan Müggenburg (Organiser), Nelly Yaa Pinkrah (Organiser) & Timon Beyes (Organiser)
04.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Mental representations of art field globalization
Ulf Wuggenig (Lecturer)
04.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Welt spielen. SimEarth als Grenzfall zwischen wissenschaftlicher Simulation und Computerspiel
Niklas Schrape (Speaker)
05.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Institutionelle Machtverteilung im globalen Feld und die Konsekrationsmacht von Institutionen
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
09.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Beyond Gamification: From Problem-solving to Problem-making
Paolo Ruffino (Speaker)
10.10.2013 → 12.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Das Kunstfeld. Eine Studie über Akteure und Institutionen der zeitgenössischen Kunst
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
04.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
The secret in Digital Culture
Timon Beyes (Speaker)
06.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
rePLAYCE: theCITY - 2013
Mathias Fuchs (Speaker)
07.11.2013 → 09.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Orientation workshop on "historical research projects using geographical data and GIS technology" - 2013
Martin Warnke (Opponent)
15.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Berliner Gespräche zur Digitalen Kunstgeschichte - 2013
Martin Warnke (presenter)
18.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Simulation statt Lyrik: Computerspiele als Ausdrucksmittel
Niklas Schrape (Lecturer)
19.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Simulation
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
23.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
3. Internationales Fast-Forward Theaterfestival - 2013
Ulf Wuggenig (Participant)
24.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit - FSCONS 2013
Paula Bialski (Speaker)
30.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Mute Books (Publisher)
Clemens Apprich (Editor)
01.12.2013 → 01.12.2014Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
The Rise and Fall of 'Measurement'
Ulf Wuggenig (Speaker)
04.12.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
What’s next? Kunst nach der Krise (Art after the crisis)
Timon Beyes (Speaker)
14.12.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2014
New Sites in Organization Studies: A Seminar Series
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
2014 → 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Rethinking Management Education: A Colloquia Series on Humanities and Social Sciences at the Business University - 2014
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
2014 → 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Kamion (Journal)
Clemens Apprich (Editor)
01.01.2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Transfer
Involuntary Servitude
Mathias Fuchs (Lecturer)
19.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Computersimulation als Erkenntnismethode
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
30.01.2014 → 31.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Oberflächen// Interfaces
Irina Kaldrack (Organiser)
21.03.2014 → 23.03.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Aesthetic Turn - SoSe 2014
Timon Beyes (Organiser)
01.04.2014 → 15.07.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Facing the camp: Refugee settlements and the spatial politics of organizing
Timon Beyes (Coauthor)
02.04.2014 → 05.04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
9th Conference of the Foundations of Digital Games - FDG 2014
Paolo Ruffino (Speaker)
03.04.2014 → 06.04.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research