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. 

  1. Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

    Warnke, M. (Visiting researcher)

    11.11.201512.11.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  2. Fortschritt' Informationskompetenz: Die Suche nach Bewertungskriterien im Internet 2000

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    2000

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Forum Kommunikationskultur der GMK -2006

    Thomas, T. (Speaker)

    11.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Fotografische Wirklichkeiten in der Krisenkommunikation

    Grittmann, E. (Lecturer)

    26.08.201330.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  5. Fotojournalismus heute. Bedingungen, Arbeitsweisen. - 2009

    Grittmann, E. (Moderator)

    16.01.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  6. Fotojournalismus in der Weimarer Republik: Berufsfeld und Selbstverständnis

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    04.07.201305.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  7. Fotojournalismus und Medien im 21. Jahrhundert (mit Irene Neverla)

    Grittmann, E. (Lecturer)

    04.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  8. Founding Workshop of the ERC Project Principles Of Disruption - ERC 2013

    Vehlken, S. (Speaker)

    12.12.201314.12.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Freie Universität Berlin

    Pias, C. (Visiting researcher)

    10.201604.2017

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionTransfer

  10. Freiheit statt Freizeit. Phantasien der Automatisierung um 1960

    Pias, C. (Speaker)

    06.05.201008.05.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch