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.
- 2016
Fish & Chips. Mediengeschichten der Swarm Intelligence zwischen Ozean und Computer
Vehlken, S. (Speaker)
27.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Geschichte-Sein. Zu einer geschichtsphilosophischen Figur in der heroischen Moderne
Schnödl, G. (Speaker)
01.12.2016 → 02.12.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2017
Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)
Vehlken, S. (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
MA-Arbeit 2017
Vehlken, S. (Reviewer)
2017 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Princeton University
Pias, C. (Visiting researcher)
2017Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Denecke, M. (Member)
01.2017 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Gamification
Fuchs, M. (Speaker)
12.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Perspective Rules! 2017
Fuchs, M. (Speaker)
17.01.2017 → 18.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
‘Statussymposium Wissenschaft für Nachhaltige Entwicklung‘
Herberg, J. (presenter), Leistert, O. (Coauthor), Meyer, E. M. (Coauthor), Schmieg, G. (Coauthor), Schrickel, I. (Coauthor), Caniglia, G. (Coauthor), Laubichler, M. (Coauthor), Hörl, E. (Coauthor), Lang, D. J. (Coauthor) & Vilsmaier, U. (Coauthor)
23.01.2017 → 24.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer