Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
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.
Main research areas
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.
In the different core areas 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.
The ICAM maintains close institutional contact and cooperates with the Leuphana, e.g., the Moving Image Lab of the Innovation Incubator, the Leuphana College, the Leuphana Arts Program and the Leuphana Graduate School. Furthermore, the ICAM is responsible for the Audio and Video Labs of the Computer and Media Center of Leuphana.
- 2012
Tagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Visuelle Kommunikation Visual Framing 2012
Grittmann, E. (Speaker)
29.11.2012 → 01.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Berliner Gespräche zur Digitalen Kunstgeschichte 2012
Bösenberg, E. S. (presenter)
30.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Abschied von der Zivilgesellschaft – oder nimmt die Zivilgesellschaft Abschied? Kritische Thesen zur Integration der Bundeswehr
Spreen, D. (Oral presentation)
05.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Source Code als Quelle: Zum Programmierwerk Friedrich Kittlers
Berz, P. (Oral presentation)
13.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Source Code als Quelle: Zum Programmierwerk Friedrich Kittlers
Berz, P. (Lecturer)
13.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2013
Digital Cultures Research Lab (Organisational unit)
Pias, C. (Chair), Bachmann, G. (Chair), Beyes, T. (Chair) & Leeker, M. (Chair)
2013 → 2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Fordham University Press (Publisher)
Hörl, E. H. (Editorial Board)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Transfer
Jahrbuch für Technikphilosophie (Journal)
Pias, C. (Editorial Board)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Transfer
Laaber Verlag (Publisher)
Großmann, R. (Editor)
2013 → 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Education
OBS-Arbeitsheft (Journal)
Grittmann, E. (Editor)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research