Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
Unser Institut untersucht die Wechselbeziehung von Kultur und digitalen Medien. Mit seinen Schwerpunktbereichen folgt es einem historisch-epistemologisch ausgerichteten Programm, das sich durch ein spezielles Interesse an technischen und techno-ästhetischen Zusammenhängen auszeichnet.
Das ICAM geht der Frage nach, wie (digitale) Medientechniken auf Forschungs-, Erkenntnis- und Kulturalisationsprozesse einwirken. Es erforscht zudem den Wandel von Produktions-und Produktstrategien bei der Herstellung elektronischer Kommunikate und die damit einhergehenden neuen Verfahren ästhetischer Gestaltung in Ton und Bild. Das Institut setzt sich die Förderung von Medienkompetenz als eine essentielle Kulturtechnik zum Ziel. Es widmet sich der Forschung und Lehre sowie der Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in den Fachgebieten Digitale Medien/Kulturinformatik, Digitale Medien und Auditive Gestaltung, Medientheorie und Medienkultur.
Topics
The ICAM researches the conditions, effects and aesthetics of digital media in connection with processes of culturalization, the technologization of social and economic relations, and the generation and archiving of knowledge. Our studies reflect on how (digital) media always also contribute to shaping the signs and objects they store, transmit or process in a specific way. At the same time, we are interested in how certain cultural techniques contribute to shaping the usage and areas of application of digital media.
Researchers at the ICAM explore the cultural and technological history of digital media—from cybernetics and the beginnings of the computer all the way to present-day network technologies, from textual and acoustic to visual forms of media representation, and from the classics to current concepts of media theory formation.
- 2014
The revolution will not be liked. On the systemic limits of protests and political campaigns on commercial social media platforms
Oliver Leistert (Speaker)
12.11.2014 → 15.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
CEREBROMATIK: Über Schnittstellen, Gerätschaften, Hirnbilder — BrainLinks-BrainTools
Martin Warnke (Keynote Speaker)
23.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
7th International Conference on the Geology of Africa - GOA 2014
Brigitte Urban (Participant)
24.11.2014 → 26.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Computersignale. Kunst und Biologie im Zeitalter ihres digitalen Experimentierens
Jan Müggenburg (Speaker)
26.11.2014 → 27.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop der Forschungsgruppe "Computersignale"
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
26.11.2014 → 27.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Process of Content: on a temporality in contemporary art
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
29.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2015
Graduiertenkolleg »Lose Verbindungen« (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie (Journal)
Erich Heinrich Hörl (Editorial Board)
2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Transfer
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
meson press (Publisher)
Martina Leeker (Editor), Andreas Bernard (Editor), Armin Beverungen (Editor), Irina Kaldrack (Editor), Sascha Simons (Editor) & Florian Sprenger (Editor)
2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Trivium (Journal)
Erich Hörl (Editor)
2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Universität Konstanz
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
Dispositive Funktionaler Klänge - 2015
Rolf Großmann (Speaker)
14.01.2015 → 15.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Rhythmatische Schaltpläne
Malte Pelleter (Speaker)
14.01.2015 → 15.01.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wie Internet und Digitalisierung unsere Gesellschaft verändern
Martin Warnke (Keynote Speaker)
15.01.2015 → 17.01.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Conference on Computational Design Culture - MECS 2015
Nicole Stöcklmayr (Organiser)
16.01.2015 → 17.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop MECS - 2015
Martin Warnke (Organiser)
21.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Refugees, Asylum and Human Rights in Media Coverage/Flucht, Asyl und Menschenrechte in den Medien
Elke Grittmann (Lecturer)
26.01.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Mobile Phone Signals and Protest Crowds
Oliver Leistert (Speaker)
27.01.2015 → 29.01.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Round-Table „Objekte in Raum und Zeit“ - RiR 2015
Martin Warnke (Participant)
28.01.2015 → 29.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop „Kulturkontakt und Raumkonzept“ - 2014
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
30.01.2015 → 31.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Vorlesung und Diskussion: Computersimulation als Erkenntnismehtode
Martin Warnke (Lecturer)
04.02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Sicherheit und Zukunft - 2015
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
13.02.2015 → 14.02.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die NSU-Morde in der Berichterstattung – Eine Medienkritik
Elke Grittmann (Oral presentation)
23.02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Foro Internacional Metabody Weimar - IMF 2015
Dawid Kasprowicz (Speaker)
05.03.2015 → 06.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop Methoden der Medienwissenschaft - 2015
Martin Warnke (Moderator)
11.03.2015 → 12.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kritische Übergänge – Relationsmodelle in der Kritik um 1900
Gottfried Schnödl (Speaker)
12.03.2015 → 15.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Conference Fiction and Simulation. Theories, Methods, Practices - 2015
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
27.04.2015 → 30.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Node15 Festival - 2015
Dawid Kasprowicz (Speaker)
27.04.2015 → 03.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Media and Migration: A case study on violence against migrants in German Newspapers
Elke Grittmann (Oral presentation)
07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Anerkennung durch Bilder: Eine medienethische Perspektive auf visuelle Geschlechterrepräsentationen
Elke Grittmann (Oral presentation)
13.05.2015 → 15.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Utopie und Unbehagen in der technisierten Welt
Dawid Kasprowicz (Speaker)
15.05.2015 → 17.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Das Unwort erklärt die Untat: Die Berichterstattung über die NSU-Mordserie – eine Medienkritik”
Elke Grittmann (Panel participant)
20.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
DFG-Round-Table zur Etablierung eines Schwerpunktprogramms „Das digitale Bild“
Martin Warnke (Participant)
19.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Respondent Panel „Transkulturelle Identifikationen und Ausgrenzungen"
Elke Grittmann (Lecturer)
25.06.2015 → 26.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Sichtbarkeit und Anerkennung: Impulse für die Medienethik
Elke Grittmann (Lecturer)
30.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Workshop “Unterwachen und Schlafen 2. Anthropophile Medien nach dem Interface” - 2015
Dawid Kasprowicz (Speaker)
03.07.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Hyperkult XXV - 2015
Martin Warnke (Organiser) & Rolf Großmann (Organiser)
09.07.2015 → 11.07.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag: Die Zukunft der Vergangenheit
Martin Warnke (Keynote Speaker)
11.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zur Zukunft der Vergangenheit – falls es eine geben wird
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
11.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Process of Dividuation and the Nebula of Anonymity
Oliver Leistert (Speaker)
12.07.2015 → 16.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Reporting Crimes on Migrants: A Case Study on Journalism and Hegemony
Elke Grittmann (Speaker)
13.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
From Pity to Control: Regulated Humanitarianism in News Coverage on Refugees and Asylum
Elke Grittmann (Lecturer)
15.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Media and Migration: An Introduction and two case studies
Elke Grittmann (Oral presentation)
17.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
3. Medienwissenschaftlichen Symposion der DFG - 2015
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
19.08.2015 → 22.08.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3. Medienwissenschaftlichen Symposion der DFG - 2015
Dawid Kasprowicz (Speaker)
19.08.2015 → 22.08.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Digitale Bildforensik
Paul Ferdinand Siegert (Lecturer)
20.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Seminar: Media Arts Culture und Digitales Sammlungsmanagement
Martin Warnke (Lecturer)
15.09.2015 → 16.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft 2015
Jan Müggenburg (Speaker)
30.09.2015 → 03.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vom Untergang der Utopie. Technikdeterminismus und Wiederholungszwang um 1900
Gottfried Schnödl (Speaker)
30.09.2015 → 03.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research