Centre for Digital Cultures
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
Contemporary culture is characterized by the ubiquity of digital media technologies and infrastructures, which are constantly configuring our techniques for processing, storing, and transmitting data. As a result, our everyday practices of connecting, relating, reading, writing, perceiving, sharing, competing, and communicating are undergoing significant changes. At the same time, these technologies are closely tied to major societal challenges such as climate change, global conflicts, digital divides and social unjustness. In this dynamic context, the Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC) directly addresses the emergence of new and complex qualities of vernacular socio-technical life. This involves the development of advanced theory and innovative study programmes. We are concerned with the question of how we can understand and shape digital cultures today.
Main research areas
The digital shift re-shapes the cultural sectors, and, indeed, everyday life, politics, law, and economics. the Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC), affiliated to Leuphana University of Lüneburg, examines this shift through a range of interdisciplinary methodologies, including media, cultural and social studies, through knowledge creation and transfer, as well as by developing experimental and interventionist media practices. Established in 2012, as one of the first research centres in Europe to research the emergence of digital cultures, the CDC continues to produce cutting-edge research on socio-technical regimes of inclusion and exclusion. Since its inception, the CDC has built an innovative network and research environment, where academic institutions, practitioners, and civil society stakeholders engage with new concepts, formats, and applications within digital cultures.
Current Research Areas
- Climate Futures
- (B)Orders, Identities and Belonging in the Digital Age
- Cities, Infrastructures, Logistics, Platforms
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Visueller Aktivismus und affektive Öffentlichkeiten: Die Inszenierung von Körperwissen in 'Pro-Ana' und 'Fat acceptance'-Blogs
Traue, B. C., 01.09.2014, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 39, 1, p. 121-142 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › 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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Sich in Gemenge verwickeln
Conrad, L., 12.2018, Wild Thing: Unordentliche Prozesse in Design und Wissenschaft. Mareis, C. & Windgätter, C. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 103-125 23 p. (DesignWissen; vol. 1).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. (Editor), Müller-Helle, K. (Editor), Müggenburg, J. K. (Editor) & Sprenger, F. (Editor), 2016, Norderstedt: meson press. 118 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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ReClaiming Participation: Technology - Mediation - Collectivity
Denecke, M. (Editor), Ganzert, A. (Editor), Otto, I. (Editor) & Stock, R. (Editor), 02.2016, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 296 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Liquid Democracy and the Futures of Governance
Ramos, J., 2015, The Future Internet: Alternative Visions. Winter, J. & Ono, R. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 173-191 19 p. (Public Administration and Information Technology; vol. 17).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › 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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Workshop: Accessible interaction for visually impaired people
Joisten, M., Zeng, L., Woletz, J., Brock, A. & Avila, M., 28.08.2015, Mensch und Computer 2015 - Workshop: 21st International Workshop on Intelligent and Personalized Human-Computer Interaction,. Weisbecker, A., Schmidt, A. & Burmester, M. (eds.). Oldenburg: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 379-381 3 p. (Mensch und Computer 2015 - Workshop).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Der Sinn der Lehre: Ethnographie, Affekt, sensemaking
Beyes, T. & Steyaert, C., 2015, Vom Sinn der Soziologie: Festschrift für Thomas S. Eberle . Maeder , C., Brosziewski , A. & Nentwich, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 197-211 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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A preliminary study on similarity-preserving digital book identifiers
Vladimir, K., Silic, M., Romic, N., Delac, G. & Srbljic, S., 2015, Proceedings of the 9th SIGHUM Workshop on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities: LaTeCH 2015. Zervanou, K. A., van Erp, M. & Alex, B. (eds.). Beijing: Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), p. 78-83 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review