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.
War Games. Computer Simulation, Sovereignty and the Military (Lüneburg, 21.-22.02.14)
Pias, C., Engemann, C., Vehlken, S., Spreen, D., Schrape, N. & Hagen, W.
14.02.14
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Infos & Vorträge: Lüneburg: "Simulation dtatt Lyrik. Computerspiele als Ausrucksmittel."
19.11.13
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Sondieren und Experimentieren: Das Hybrid Publishing Lab der Leuphana Universität erforscht, wie die Verlagslandschaft in Zukunft aussehen wird
05.09.13
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Internet-Theoretikerin Bunz: "Datentransparenz politisch durchsetzen"
13.06.13
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Vermittlungen des Lebendigen. Medientheorie, Schwärme und Insekten
01.05.13
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Schöne neue Welt dank Supercomputer
Pias, C., Warnke, M., Wellmann, J., Schrape, N. & Schrickel, I.
26.04.13
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Startschuss für Millionenprojekt
Spoun, S., Pias, C. & Warnke, M.
19.04.13
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FG Visuelle Kommunikation "Visual Framing", 30. November bis 1. Dezember 2012, Berlin
01.04.13
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Von der Bildfläche verschwunden
Bachmann, G. & Ballhaus, M. A.
24.02.13
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Das Versprechen der Schwärme. Kollektive Intelligenz im Test
14.02.13
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Viel mehr als reine Daddelei
Schmidt, T., Paulus, P., Pias, C. & Berking, M.
07.02.13
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Uni-Zentrum erhält drei Millionen Euro
Keller, H. & Spoun, S.
30.01.13
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Millionen-Förderung für internationales Forschungsprojekt an der Universität Lüneburg zur Untersuchung digitaler Kultur
Spoun, S. & Keller, H.
30.01.13
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Millionen-Föderung: Leuphana erforscht digitale Kultur
Keller, H. & Spoun, S.
29.01.13
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Vortragsreihe Zukunft Digital: "Der Innovationsinkubator der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg"
22.01.13
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Passagen: Sebastian Vehlken: Zootechnologien. Eine Mediengeschichte der Schwarmforschung
30.11.12
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Enthüllungsjournalismus: Über Ästhetik und Geschichte der Produktpräsentation
10.10.12
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Tagungsbericht 'Soziale Medien – Neue Massen?' - 2. Medienwissenschaftliches Symposium der DFG
06.03.12
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Die Dialektik der Aufklärung 2.0
Vehlken, S., Warnke, M. & Pias, C.
15.02.12
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Wie verändert das digitale Zeitalter Musik? Produktion, Präsentation und Rezeption
17.01.12
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Gregory Ferrell Lowe; Christian S. Nissen (eds.): Small Among Giants: Einzelrezension
02.12.11
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