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. 2006
  2. Das Ereignis in der Quantenphysik

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    11.07.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  3. Mobile Communication in Germany: The Meaning of ‘Handy’ in Everyday Life

    Peil, C. (Lecturer)

    06.07.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Faculty of Culture and Society generall (Organisational unit)

    Thomas, T. (Member)

    07.2006 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  5. Governmentality Studies and Reality-TV. Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference

    Thomas, T. (Speaker)

    07.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. IAMCR Conference - IAMCR 2006

    Thomas, T. (Speaker)

    07.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. DGPuK Jahrestagung - 2006

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    18.06.200620.06.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. International Symposium on Women and News, ICA-Preconference - 2006

    Röser, J. (Speaker)

    08.06.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Der Raum des Cyberspace

    Warnke, M. (Lecturer)

    07.06.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  10. Grenzflächen der Informatik - 2006

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    18.05.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. Von der Partitur zum Plug-In. Werkzeuge und Ästhetik musikalischer Gestaltung

    Großmann, R. (Participant)

    17.05.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. HyperImage: Bilddiskurse in der digitalen Bibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - 2006

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    13.05.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Kongress „Mein Wissen – unser Wissen!?" – 2006

    Thomas, T. (Speaker)

    05.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Workshop zur "Technikkultur populärer Musik" - 2006

    Großmann, R. (Organiser)

    26.04.2006

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

  15. PhD Conference ›Arresting the Flow‹ - 2006

    Vehlken, S. (Speaker)

    14.04.200615.04.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. Tagung Stehende Gewässer - 2006

    Vehlken, S. (Organiser)

    04.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Zwischen Desperate Housewives und Tagesschau. Frauen und Männer in den Medien

    Röser, J. (Speaker)

    17.03.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  18. Diskussionspanel "Medienästhetik der Musik?" auf dem Jahrestreffen der Fachgruppe "Systematische Musikwissenschaften" der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung - 2006

    Großmann, R. (Chair)

    11.03.2006

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

  19. Banal Militarism – theoretical and empirical considerations

    Thomas, T. (Speaker)

    03.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  20. European Social Science History Conference - ESSHC 2006

    Thomas, T. (Speaker)

    03.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. PhD Meeting Weimar-Chicago

    Vehlken, S. (Speaker)

    02.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. Che für alle: Was Pressefotos zu Bildikonen macht

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    23.01.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  23. Das Ereignis in Einsteins Relativität

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    10.01.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  24. Seminar "Media Architecture" - 2006

    Vehlken, S. (Speaker)

    01.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. College (Organisational unit)

    Warnke, M. (Coordinator)

    20062008

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  26. Fachgutachter in der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

    Warnke, M. (Reviewer)

    2006 → …

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  27. Gutachter im Akkreditierungsverfahren des M.A. Studiengangs "Sound Studies" der UdK Berlin

    Großmann, R. (Reviewer)

    2006

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantEducation

  28. International Association for Media and Communication Research (External organisation)

    Thomas, T. (Member)

    2006 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  29. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Thomas, T. (Chair)

    20062010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  30. 2005
  31. 1st European Communication Conference - ECC 2005

    Peil, C. (presenter)

    26.11.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. 16. Arbeitstagung des Arbeitskreises Studium Populärer Musik

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    14.10.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. City-Media-Space

    Vehlken, S. (Speaker)

    10.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. University of Basel

    Warnke, M. (Visiting lecturer)

    10.200503.2006

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionEducation

  35. Musik-Sammlungen – Speicher interkultureller Prozesse

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    29.09.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. IfK Summer School 2005

    Vehlken, S. (Speaker)

    08.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  37. 21th International Conference on the History of Cartography - ICHC 2005

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    20.07.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. Audiomedien, digital

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    14.07.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  39. HyperKult 14

    Großmann, R. (Organiser) & Warnke, M. (Organiser)

    14.07.200516.07.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. Bildikonen des Krieges

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    06.07.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  41. Tagung Emotional Visuals der DGPuK-Fachgruppe - 2005

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    01.07.200502.07.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. 1. Kultur und Informatik Konferenz 2005

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    20.05.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  43. Bildersuche

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    30.04.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  44. „Die Meute – Arbeitsbedingungen des Fotojournalismus“

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    27.04.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  45. Visual Culture Revisited. German and American Perspectives on Visual Culture(s)

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    14.04.200517.04.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Grittmann, E. (Lecturer)

    04.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  47. Arbeitstagung Systematische Musikwissenschaft

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    11.03.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. In Defense of Cybernetics. A Reminiscence

    Pias, C. (Speaker)

    07.03.200509.03.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  49. Reisen in die Vergangenheit

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    06.03.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. Graphic Content: Bilder von Bildern des Krieges

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    03.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  51. Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)

    Pias, C. (Member)

    01.200512.2013

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  52. Bund demokratischer Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler (External organisation)

    Thomas, T. (Member)

    2005 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  53. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (External organisation)

    Thomas, T. (Member)

    2005 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  54. diaphanes (Publisher)

    Pias, C. (Editor)

    2005

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesResearch

  55. Gutachten für den Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (FNSNF)

    Großmann, R. (Reviewer)

    2005

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  56. Gutachten für die VolkswagenStiftung

    Großmann, R. (Reviewer)

    2005

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  57. VDG - Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften (Publisher)

    Pias, C. (Editor)

    2005

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesResearch

  58. VDG Weimar & Bauhaus-Universitaetsverlag (Publisher)

    Pias, C. (Editor)

    2005

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesResearch

  59. 2004
  60. Ästhetische Interfaces als inszenierte Kommunikation 2004

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    08.12.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  61. Grenzflächen der Informatik 2004

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    11.11.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  62. EVA 2004

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    10.11.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  63. Übertragung 2004

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    24.10.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  64. Tagung "Radioforschung/Audioforschung II

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    11.10.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  65. HyperKult 13

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    24.07.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  66. HyperKult XIII - Computer als Medium: Unschärfe 2004

    Warnke, M. (Organiser) & Großmann, R. (Organiser)

    22.07.200424.07.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  67. Kunst aus der Maschine

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    16.07.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  68. Bildersuche

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    02.07.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  69. Digital Musics - Medienwandel und ästhetische Strategie 2004

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    02.07.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  70. Der Raum des Cyberspace

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    04.06.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  71. Berechnetes Kino

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    14.05.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  72. interventionen 2004

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    07.05.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  73. Technische Aspekte zur DVD „Anna Oppermann in der Hamburger Kunsthalle”. Über Medialität – Anlass Anna Oppermann 2004

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    25.04.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  74. kultur.informatik

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    23.04.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  75. „Kloster und Bildung" 2004

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    20.03.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  76. Gespielte Medien - musikalisches Material und technisches Instrument 2004

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    05.02.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  77. Studiengang"Musik & Medienkunst" der Hochschule der Künste Bern 2004 

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    22.01.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  78. Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)

    Pias, C. (Member)

    20042011

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  79. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V. (External organisation)

    Thomas, T. (Member)

    20042010

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  80. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V. (External organisation)

    Thomas, T. (Member)

    2004

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  81. International Federation for Information Processing (ifip) (External organisation)

    Warnke, M. (Member)

    2004 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  82. 2003
  83. PeTAL: Bilddiskurs -Techniken für die Kunstgeschichte 2003

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    14.12.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  84. Informatik und Kultur, „Grenzflächen der Informatik” 2003

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    13.11.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  85. HyperKult XII - Computer als Medium: analog digital

    Warnke, M. (Organiser) & Großmann, R. (Organiser)

    24.07.200326.07.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  86. Der Raum des Cyberspace

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    27.05.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsEducation

  87. Audiowissenschaft = Musikwissenschaft + Medienwissenschaft?

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    14.05.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  88. Kollegiatentag der Alcatel-Stiftung 2003

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    08.02.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  89. 2. Erlanger Hörkunstfestival 2003

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    07.02.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  90. Der Raum des Cyberspace 2003

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    06.01.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  91. Die Wirklichkeit im Blick: Strategien der aktuellen Pressefotografie

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    01.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  92. Die Wirklichkeit im Blick: Strategien der aktuellen Pressefotografie

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    01.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  93. Alcatel-Lucent Stiftung für Kommu­ni­ka­tions­forschung (External organisation)

    Warnke, M. (Member)

    20032024

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  94. Collage, Montage, Sampling - ein Streifzug durch materialbezogene ästhetische Strategien 2003

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  95. HyperKult 12

    Großmann, R. (Organiser)

    2003

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

  96. Wissen und kulturelle Praxis: Audioarchive im Wandel

    Großmann, R. (Speaker)

    2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  97. 2002
  98. Konferenz Politik in einer Welt der Bilder - 2002

    Grittmann, E. (Speaker)

    12.2002

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  99. Daten und Metadaten. „Digitale und digitalisierte Kunstgeschichte – Perspektiven einer Geisteswissenschaft im Zeitalter der Virtualität” 2002

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    07.10.2002

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  100. HyperKult XI - Computer als Medium: Das Unsichtbare - 2002

    Warnke, M. (Organiser) & Großmann, R. (Organiser)

    04.07.200206.07.2002

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  101. Workshop „Science Fiction – Die Zukünfte des Computers” 2002

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    28.06.2002

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  102. Symposium „Maschinenatem” - 2003

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    14.06.2002

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  103. EVA 2002 Florenz

    Warnke, M. (Speaker)

    21.03.2002

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch