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
- 2017
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Zeitlichkeit und Kognition im Hochfrequenzhandel
Beverungen, A. & Lange, A. C., 2017, Medien der Finanz. Balke, F., Siegert, B. & Vogl, J. (eds.). Weimar: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Vol. 17. p. 9-20 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- 2016
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Performativity, performance studies and digital cultures
Leeker, M., Schipper, I. & Beyes, T., 31.12.2016, Performing the Digital: Performativity and Performance Studies in Digital Cultures. v. Leeker, M., Schipper, I. & Beyes, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 9-18 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Sovereign Media, Critical Infrastructures, and Political Subjectivity
Rossiter, N. & Apprich, C., 31.12.2016, across & beyond: A transmediale Reader on Post-digital Practices, Concepts, and Institutions. Bishop, R., Gansing, K., Parikka, J. & Wilk, E. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 270-289 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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”The Machine Could Swallow Everything”: Satin Island and Performing Organization
Beyes, T., 31.12.2016, Performing the Digital: Performativity and Performance Studies in Digital Cultures. v. Leeker, M., Schipper, I. & Beyes, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 229–244 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Denken als Handwerk
Conrad, L., 01.11.2016, Schöner lehren: gegendert und gequeert. Eckert, L. & Martin, S. (eds.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 17-29 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Performing (the) digital: Positions of critique in digital cultures
Leeker, M., 11.2016, Performing the Digital: Performance Studies and Performances in Digital Cultures. Beyes, T., Schipper, I. & Leeker, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, Vol. 11. p. 21-63 43 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Rezension im erweiterten Forschungskontext: Macht & Medien
Denecke, M., 09.2016, In: MEDIENwissenschaft. Rezensionen. Reviews.. 2016, 3, p. 318-324 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Art, Aesthetics and Organization
Beyes, T., 26.08.2016, A Research Agenda for Management and Organization Studies. Czarniawska, B. (ed.). 1 ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 115-125 11 p. (Elgar research agendas).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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De-Anonymizing Anonymous: Review of: Gabriella Coleman, Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy. The Many Faces of Anonymous, London/New York, Verso, 2014.
Heinrichs, R., 08.2016, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 2, Ecologies of Change, 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Spaces with a temper: On atmospheres of education
Michels, C. & Beyes, T., 17.06.2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Steyaert, C., Beyes, T. & Parker, M. (eds.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 312-329 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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#3 Unstable Infrastructures: spheres Editorial Collective
Apprich, C., Beverungen, A., Feigelfeld, P., Freudenschuß, M., Hille, L., Luchs, I., Simons, S., Wiedemann, C. & Yoosuf, H., 06.2016, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 3, p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education
Steyaert, C. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Parker, M. (ed.), 31.05.2016, London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 550 p. (Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Authority and Authorship: Uncovering the Socio-Technical Regimes of Peer-To-Peer Tourism
Bialski, P., 03.05.2016, Re-Inventing the Local In Tourism: Producing, Consuming and Negotiating Place. Russo, A. P. & Richards, G. (eds.). Bristol, GB: Channel View Publications Ltd, p. 35-49 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Das Wissen des Profils
Bernard, A., 30.03.2016, In: Arch + : Zeitschrift für Archithektur und Städtebau. 222, p. 120-121 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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La Vita in movimento: Per una ludicizzazione creativa
Ruffino, P., 15.03.2016, Oltre il gioco : Critica della ludicizzazione urbana. Bittanti, M. & Zilio, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Mailand: Unicopli, Vol. 28. p. 146-160 15 p. (Ludologica).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Cybernetics: The Macy Conferences 1946-1953. The Complete Transactions
Pias, C. (ed.), 03.2016, Zurich: Diaphanes Verlag. 736 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Collectives, Connectives, and the ‘Nonsense1 of Participation
Pias, C., 02.2016, ReClaiming participation: technology - mediation - collectivity . Denecke, M., Ganzert, A., Stock, R. & Otto, I. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 23-38 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Einleitung
Pias, C. & Rieger, S., 02.2016, Vollstes Verständnis: Utopien der Kommunikation. Pias, C. & Rieger, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin / Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 7-13 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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ReClaiming Participation: Technology - Mediation - Collectivity
Denecke, M. (ed.), Ganzert, A. (ed.), Otto, I. (ed.) & Stock, R. (ed.), 02.2016, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 296 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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The Political Economy of Corporate Governance
Jansson, A., Larsson-Olaison, U., Veldman, J. & Beverungen, A., 02.2016, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 16, 1, p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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The total Archive On the Function of Not-Knowing in digital Culture
Bernard, A., 02.2016, In: Merkur. 70, 801, p. 5-17 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Vollstes Verständnis: Utopien der Kommunikation
Pias, C. (ed.) & Rieger, S. (ed.), 02.2016, 1 ed. Berlin / Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 208 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Die (Psycho-)Macht des Therapeutischen und die Optionalisierung des Handelns
Traue, B. C., 01.2016, Handbuch Therapeutisierung und Soziale Arbeit. Anhorn, R. & Balzereit, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 249-261 13 p. (Perspektiven kritischer Sozialer Arbeit; vol. 23).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das Diktat der Fruchtbarkeit
Bernard, A., 2016, Fortpflanzungsmedizin in Deutschland: Entwicklungen, Fragen, Kontroversen. Woopen, C. (ed.). Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, p. 11-19 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das totale Archiv: Zur Funktion des Nicht-Wissens in der digitalen Kultur
Bernard, A., 2016, In: Merkur. 801, 70, p. 5-17 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Die Ökologisierung des Denkens
Hörl, E. H., 2016, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 14, 1, p. 33-45 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Friedrich Kittler und der „Mißbrauch von Heeresgerät“: Zur Situation eines Denkbilds 1964 / 1984 / 2014
Pias, C., 2016, Zweckentfremdung: 'Unsachgemäßer' Gebrauch als kulturelle Praxis. Keller, D. & Dillschnitter, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Parderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 63-80 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Hacking Crowdfunding: Towards A New Commons
Ridgway, R., 2016, Hacking Habitat: Art of Control. Art, technology and social change. Gevers, I. (ed.). Rotterdam: nai010 Publishers, p. 98 - 112 15 p. 9Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Introduction: Why does management education need reinventing?
Beyes, T., Parker, M. & Steyaert, C., 2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Steyaert, C., Beyes, T. & Parker, M. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Kultursoziologie in Großbritannien
Traue, B. C., 2016, Handbuch der Kultursoziologie: Band 1: Begriffe – Kontexte – Perspektiven – Autor_innen. Moebius, S., Nungesser, F. & Scherke, K. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Vol. 1. p. 123-139 16 p. ( Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Mobilizing Memes: The Contagious Socio-Aesthetics of Participation
Simons, S., 2016, ReClaiming Participation: Technology – Mediation – Collectivity. Mathias, D., Anne, G., Otto, I. & Stock, R. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 231–245 15 p. (Media Studies).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Ökologien des Machens: Zur allgemein-ökologischen Kritik der Welterzeugung bei Tim Ingold
Hörl, E. H., 2016, +ultra. gestaltung schafft wissen. Doll, N., Bredekamp, H. & Schäffner, W. (eds.). 1 ed. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, p. 49-58 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Ora et labora (et lege): Zur Politik postdigitaler Handlungsfelder
Apprich, C., 2016, In: Kunstforum international. 242, p. 82 - 93 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Other Beginnings of Participative Sense Culture: Wild Media, Speculative Ecologies, Transgressions of the Cybernetic Hypothesis
Hörl, E. H., 2016, ReClaiming Participation: technology - mediation - collectivity. Denecke, M., Gatzert, A., Otto, I. & Stock, R. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 93-122 28 p. (Media studies).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Rózsa Farkas: Post-Internet? Deine Mudda! Ein Gespräch von Clemens Apprich
Apprich, C., 2016, In: Kunstforum international. 242, p. 132 - 141 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Social Media - New Masses
Baxmann, I. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Pias, C. (ed.), 2016, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 348 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Spaces with a temper: On atmospheres of teaching
Michels, C. & Beyes, T., 2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Beyes, T., Steyaert, C. & Parker, M. (eds.). London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 312-329 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Tactical Media
Apprich, C., 2016, In: Kritische Berichte. 44, 1, p. 50-53 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Theatre and Engineering: Kontrolle und Macht in medialen Umwelten in den 1960er Jahren, und heute?
Leeker, M., 2016, Räume und Medien des Regierens. Balke, F. & Muhle, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 198-217 20 p. (Merz Akademie).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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The Ornament of Mass Customization: On the Collective Consciousness of Dispersed Examiners
Simons, S., 2016, Social Media: New Masses. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 225-246 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Trick 17: Mediengeschichten zwischen Zauberkunst und Wissenschaft
Vehlken, S. (ed.), Müller-Helle, K. (ed.), Müggenburg, J. K. (ed.) & Sprenger, F. (ed.), 2016, Norderstedt: meson press. 118 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Trick 17 zur Einführung
Vehlken, S., Müggenburg, J. K., Sprenger, F. & Müller-Helle, K., 2016, Trick 17: Mediengeschichten zwischen Zauberkunst und Wissenschaft. Vehlken, S., Müller-Helle, K., Müggenburg, J. & Sprenger, F. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 7-14 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Volkszählung
Bernard, A., 2016, Nach Feierabend: Wissen, ca. 1980. Pratschke, M., Stadler, M. & Güttler, N. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 189 - 196 8 p. (Zürch Jahrbuch für Wissensgeschichte; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Zur Kritik der Fähigkeiten: Ableism als neue Forschungsperspektive der Disability Studies und ihrer Partner_innen.
Buchner, T., Pfahl, L. & Traue, B. C., 2016, In: inklusion online. 9, 2Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2015
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Ecologies of Change: Editorial
Freudenschuß, M., Feigelfeld, P., Apprich, C., Beverungen, A., Simons, S. & spheres Editorial Collective, 15.12.2015, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 2, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Die Zeit die aus der Kälte kam
Pias, C., 05.12.2015, Exploring Cybernetics : Kybernetik im interdisziplinären Diskurs. Jeschke, S., Schmitt, R. & Dröge, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, p. 227-236 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Friedrich Kittler: E-Special Introduction
Parikka, J. & Feigelfeld, P., 12.2015, In: Theory, Culture & Society. 32, 7-8, p. 349-358 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Szintetikus történelem
Pias, C., 16.11.2015, In: Tiszataj. 4, p. 83-92 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Fictions of the Possible: Art, the City and Public Entrepreneurship
Beyes, T., 27.10.2015, In: Journal of Management Inquiry. 24, 4, p. 445-449 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Im Netz der Dinge: Zur Einleitung
Engemann, C. & Sprenger, F., 30.09.2015, Internet der Dinge: Über smarte Objekte, intelligente Umgebungen und die technische Durchdringung der Welt. Engemann, C. & Sprenger, F. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 7-57 51 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review