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.
Die technikkulturelle Tradition des Sampling im Hiphop 2009
Großmann, R. (Speaker)
06.03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Ohnmacht der Bilder: Wie das Web 2.0 und die Wirtschaftskrise den Fotojournalismus bedrohen
Grittmann, E. (Speaker)
23.04.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Die NSU-Morde in der Berichterstattung – Eine Medienkritik
Grittmann, E. (Oral presentation)
23.02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
„Die Meute – Arbeitsbedingungen des Fotojournalismus“
Grittmann, E. (Speaker)
27.04.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Metaphysik der Spatzen
Berz, P. (Speaker)
24.04.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Die Menschmaschine. Bionik in Science und Fiction
Müggenburg, J. (Speaker)
22.05.2009 → 24.05.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Maschinen des BCL und Heinz von Foersters Kybernetik zweiter Ordnung
Müggenburg, J. (Speaker)
17.06.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Landschaft dauert länger als das Individuum
Gräfe, A. (Speaker)
17.05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Kunst der Soziologie
Warnke, M. (Moderator)
03.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Kontingenz der Chiffre: Andersheit und Wiederholung in der ästhetischen Erfahrung der Niagarafälle anhand Zoe Leonards Installation »You see I am here after all«
Gräfe, A. (Speaker)
13.11.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research