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
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Die Kontingenz des Gegebenen: Zur Zeit der Datenkritik
Sprenger, F., 2014, In: Mediale Kontrolle unter Beobachtung. 3, 1, 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plants, Androids and Operators: A Post-Media Handbook
Apprich, C. (ed.), Berry Slater, J. (ed.), Iles, A. (ed.) & Schultz, O. L. (ed.), 2014, London: Mute Books. 188 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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The Network Dynamics of Movements
Apprich, C., 2014, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 1, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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The Clock of the Long-Now: Die Uhr, die Langeweile und der Beobachter
Sprenger, F., 2008, Paradoxien der Langeweile. Heller, F. (ed.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 104–116 13 p. (AugenBlick : Konstanzer Hefte zur Medienwissenschaft; no. 41).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Atomare Hinterlassenschaften: Die strahlende Zukunft des kalten Krieges
Sprenger, F., 2014, Den Kalten Krieg denken.: Beiträge zur sozialen Ideengeschichte seit 1945.. Bernhard, P. & Nehring, H. (eds.). Essen: Klartext Verlag, p. 337-358 22 p. (Frieden und Krieg; vol. 19).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Massenträgheit: Medien/theorie und Beschleunigung
Sprenger, F., 2014, Soziale Medien, Neue Massen. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 55-74 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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"Introduction," communication +1
Vagt, C. & Sprenger, F., 2014, In: Communication +1. 3, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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50 Jahre Understanding Media
Mangold, J. (ed.) & Sprenger, F. (ed.), 2014, Siegen: Universität-Gesamthhochschule Siegen. 124 p. (Navigationen : Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften; vol. 14, no. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Bühne: Raumbildende Prozesse im Theater
Eke, N. O., Haß, U. & Kaldrack, I., 2014, Bühne : raumbildende Prozesse im Theater. Haß, U., Eke, N. O., Kaldrack, I., Keil, R., Winkler, H. & Ecker, G. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 9 - 12 4 p. (Schriftenreihe des Graduiertenkollegs "Automatismen").Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Faszinosum Maschine: Die Roboterperformances von Louis Philipp Demers & Bill Vorn
Kaldrack, I. & Leeker, M., 2003, Es - das Wesen der Maschine. Demers, L. P. (ed.). Osnabrück: Europ. Media Art Festival, p. 10-33 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Einleitung
Bublitz, H., Kaldrack, I., Röhle, T. & Zeman, M., 2013, Automatismen - Selbst-Technologien. Bublitz, H., Kaldrack, I., Röhle, T. & Zeman, M. (eds.). 1. ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 9-41 33 p. (Schriftenreihe des Graduiertenkollegs "Automatismen").Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Mockular
Kaldrack, I. & Schmitt, T., 18.11.2013, Das Medium meiner Träume: Hartmut Winkler zum 60. Geburtstag. Adelmann, R. & Bergermann, U. (eds.). Berlin: Verbrecher Verlag, p. 283-303 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kinects Bühne: Selbstorganisierte Mimesis
Kaldrack, I., 19.02.2014, Bühne: Raumbildende Prozesse im Theater. Eke, N. O., Haß, U. & Kaldrack, I. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 191-204 13 p. (Schriftenreihe des Graduiertenkollegs 'Automatismen').Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Loopdiver: Getaktetes Bewegungsstottern als entautomatisierende Automatismen?
Kaldrack, I., 18.06.2014, Entautomatisierung. Brauerhoch, A., Zechner, A., Eke, N. O. & Wieser, R. (eds.). 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 281-289 9 p. (Automatismen).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Teilmengen. Mengen teilen. Taxonomien, Ordnungen und Massen im Facebook Open Graph
Kaldrack, I. & Röhle, T., 16.07.2014, Soziale Medien - Neue Massen. Pias, C., Baxmann, I. & Beyes, T. (eds.). Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 77-103 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das Datenhandeln: Zur Wissensordnung und Praxeologie des Online-Handels
Kaldrack, I. & Köhler, C., 09.2014, In: Mediale Kontrolle unter Beobachtung. 3.1, 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Motion Capture
Kaldrack, I., 2014, Wörterbuch kinematografischer Objekte. Göttel, D., Horstmann, F., Müller, J. P., Pantenburg, V., Waack, L., Wuzella, R. & Böttcher, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: August Verlag, p. 98-100 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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From engagement to life, or: How to do things with gamification?
Ruffino, P., 2014, Rethinking Gamification. Fuchs, M., Fizek, S., Ruffino, P. & Schrape, N. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 47-69 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Introduction: Games and subcultural theory
Carbone, M. B. & Ruffino, P., 2014, In: GAME : the Italian journal of game studies. 3, 1, p. 5-20 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The revolution will not be televised: Youtube auf dem Weg zum Nachrichtenmedium?
Novy, L., 2014, Medienwandel kompakt 2011 - 2013: Netzveröffentlichungen zu Medienökonomie, Medienpolitik & Journalismus. Kappes, C., Krone, J. & Novy, L. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 233-234 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Neue Medienpolitik für neue Medien
Novy, L., 2014, Medienwandel kompakt 2011 - 2013: Netzveröffentlichungen zu Medienökonomie, Medienpolitik & Journalismus. Kappes, C., Krone, J. & Novy, L. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 403-406 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Medienwandel kompakt 2011 - 2013: Netzveröffentlichungen zu Medienökonomie, Medienpolitik & Journalismus
Kappes, C. (ed.), Jan, K. (ed.) & Novy, L. (ed.), 2014, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 422 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Ornament der Mass Customization: Zum Kollektivbewusstsein verstreuter Examinatoren
Simons, S., 2014, Soziale Medien - Neue Massen. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 237-259 23 p. (Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das Unvermeidliche vermeiden: Jayne Loaders, Kevin und Pierce Raffertys The Atomic Café (1982)
Simons, S., 2013, Das Undenkbare filmen: Atomkrieg im Kino. Nanz, T. & Pause, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 25-52 28 p. (Film).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Blitzlicht
Müller-Helle, K. (ed.) & Sprenger, F. (ed.), 2012, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 142 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Google Books als Medium und Medium
Sprenger, F., 2012, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 6, p. 237-240 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Global Immediacy
Sprenger, F., 2014, McLuhan's Global Village Today: Transatlantic Perspectives. Birkle, C., Krewani, A. & Küster, M. (eds.). London: Pickering & Chatto, p. 31-46 16 p. (Studies for the International Society for Cultural History; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Medien des Immediaten: Elektrizität, Telegraphie, McLuhan
Sprenger, F., 2012, Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos . 514 p. (Kaleidogramme; vol. 87)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Soziale Medien: Neue Massen
Baxmann, I. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Pias, C. (ed.), 01.09.2014, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 368 p. (Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Herausforderungen und Potenziale von Online-Medien für die qualitative Forschung: Eine Einführung
Schirmer, D., Sander, N. & Wenninger, A., 2015, Die qualitative Analyse internetbasierter Daten: Methodische Herausforderungen und Potenziale von Online-Medien. Schirmer, D., Sander, N. & Wenninger, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 7-32 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Mediatisierte Online-Kommunikation: Forschungspraktische Verwobenheit von Medientechnologie, Erhebungssituation und kontextsensitivem Auswertungsverfahren
Sander, N. & Schulz, M., 2014, Die qualitative Analyse internetbasierter Daten: Methodische Herausforderungen und Potenziale von Online-Medien. Schirmer, D., Sander, N. & Wenninger, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 161-198 38 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die qualitative Analyse internetbasierter Daten: Methodische Herausforderungen und Potenziale von Online-Medien
Schirmer, D. (ed.), Sander, N. (ed.) & Wenninger, A. (ed.), 2014, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 284 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Rethinking Gamification
Fuchs, M. (ed.), Fizek, S. (ed.), Ruffino, P. (ed.) & Schrape, N. (ed.), 16.06.2014, Lüneburg: meson press. 344 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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From the open road to the high seas? Piracy, damnation and resistance in academic consumption of publishing
Beverungen, A., Böhm, S. & Land, C., 09.2013, In: Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation. 31, 3, p. 241-247 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Computersimulation
Vehlken, S., Schrickel, I. & Pias, C., 2015, Futurologien: Ein Glossar des Zukunftswissens. Bühler, B. & Willer, S. (eds.). 1 ed. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 181-192 12 p. (TRAJEKTE - Eine Reihe des Zentrums für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Von der Performance mit Musik zur Performanz rückgekoppelter Maschinengeräusche: Töne, Klänge und Geräusche in Installationen und Performances in den achtziger Jahren und um 2000
Leeker, M., 2006, Reflexzonen, Migration. Brüstle, C. & Rebstock, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Saarbrücken: Pfau Verlag, p. 165-177 13 p. (Musik im Dialog; vol. 6)(Jahrbuch der Berliner Gesellschaft für Neue Musik; vol. 2003/2004).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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MOOC: Zukunft der Bildung oder Robo-Uni?
Heise, C., Kießl, M., Kral, C. & Peters, H., 12.04.2014, Jahrbuch Netzpolitik 2013. Beckedahl, M. (ed.). 1 ed. Berlin: newthinking communications, Berlin, p. 153-172 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Wissenschaftliche Kommunikation im Netz 2013: Von Open Access zu Open Science
Heise, C., 12.04.2014, Jahrbuch Netzpolitik 2013. Beckedahl, M. (ed.). 1 ed. Berlin: newthinking communications, Berlin, p. 142-152 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Value struggles in the creative city: A 'People's Republic of Stokes Croft'?
Frenzel, F. & Beverungen, A., 18.05.2015, In: Urban Studies. 52, 6, p. 1020-1036 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Digitale Operativität und Performance: Geschichte der Mensch-Computer-Schnittstelle im Moment ihrer Hinterfragung, noch bevor sie anfing
Leeker, M., 2005, In: Paragrana. 14, 2, p. 25-52 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Die Bühne als Display: Prekäre Trennschärfen zwischen kontinuierlichem Messen und diskretem Zählen
Leeker, M., 2007, In: Navigationen. 7, 2, p. 49-70 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Einleitung - McLuhan neu lesen: Zur Aktualität des kanadischen Medientheoretikers
Leeker, M. & Schmidt, K., 2008, McLuhan neu Lesen: Kritische Analysen zu Medien und Kultur im 21. Jahrhundert. De Kerckhove, D., Leeker, M. & Schmidt, K. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 19-50 32 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Camouflagen des Computers: McLuhan und die Neo-Avantgarden der 1960er Jahre
Leeker, M., 2008, McLuhan neu Lesen: Kritische Analysen zu Medien und Kultur im 21. Jahrhundert. De Kerckhove, D., Leeker, M. & Schmidt, K. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 345-375 31 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Schwinde(l)ndes Theater: Zur Installation "camera orfeo" von Penelope Wehrli
Leeker, M., 05.2010, Penelope Wehrli : Ich wohne in der Möglichkeit ; raum partituren. Bern: Benteli, p. 214 - 219 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das Seufzen der Olimpia
Warnke, M., 2014, Interventionen: Festschrift für Georg Christoph Tholen. Haase, F. & Heilmann, T. A. (eds.). Marbug: Schüren Verlag, p. 323-331 8 p. (Marburger Schriften zur Medienforschung; vol. 45).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Pragmatism versus Artificial Art: Computer Stories
Leeker, M., 2009, Americanisms: Discourses of Exception, Exclusion, Exchange ; [conference on "Americanisms" at the University of Bayreuth between January 30 and February 1, 2008]. Steppat, M. (ed.). Heidelberg: Winter Universitätsverlag, p. 67-84 18 p. (American Studies; vol. 173).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Daten tanzen: Zum Projekt Choreography and Cognition von Wayne McGregor
Leeker, M., 2009, In: Ästhetik & Kommunikation. 40, 146, p. 31-38 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Musik Computer Tanz: Auf den Spuren des Resonanzparadigmas, 1900/2000
Leeker, M., 2009, Tanz im Musiktheater – Tanz als Musiktheater: Bericht eines internationalen Symposiums über Beziehungen von Tanz und Musik im Theater. Betzwieser, T., Mungen, A., Münzmay, A. & Schroedter, S. (eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 449-464 15 p. (Thurnauer Schriften zum Musiktheater; vol. 22).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Meme, Virals, Vlogs and Mimikry. Zum Scheitern von Theatralität und Performativität im Web 2.0
Leeker, M. & Wassermann, A., 2010, Theatralität online!: Positionen für eine theatrale Online-Interktionspädagogik. Bonczek, F. (ed.). Berlin: Schibri-Verlag, p. 89-122 33 p. (Lingener Reihe für Theaterpädagogik; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Automatismen im Tanz: Vom Agenten-Züchten
Leeker, M., 2011, Unsichtbare Hände: Automatismen in Medien-, Technik- und Diskursgeschichte. Bublitz, H., Kaldrack, I., Röhle, T. & Winkler, H. (eds.). 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 111-140 30 p. (Schriftenreihe des Graduiertenkollegs "Automatismen").Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research