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.
- 2009
Survival of the Prettiest? Evolution, Kunst und Ästhetik nach Darwin - 2009
Berz, P. (Speaker)
13.01.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Lifestyle-TV und Lebensführung: Mediale Geschlechterinszenierungen
Thomas, T. (Speaker)
12.01.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Alcatel-Lucent Stiftung für Kommunikationsforschung (External organisation)
Pias, C. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Critical Studies in Media and Communication (Journal)
Röser, J. (Editor)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
European Cooperation in Science and Technology Association (External organisation)
Hölig, S. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Vehlken, S. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Institute for Advanced Study Berlin e.V.
Pias, C. (Visiting researcher)
2009 → 2010Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
International Federation for Information Processing (ifip) (External organisation)
Warnke, M. (Chair)
2009 → 01.2013Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Kunstverein Springhornhof in Neuenkirchen (External organisation)
Warnke, M. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft (Journal)
Thomas, T. (Reviewer)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research