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. 2007
  2. Published

    Xelibri: das Fashion Phone

    Peil, C., 2007, MedienAlltag: Domestizierungsprozesse alter und neuer Medien. Röser, J. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 222 1 p.

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  3. Published

    Keitai-Kommunikation: mobiler Medienalltag in Japan

    Peil, C., 01.01.2007, MedienAlltag: Domestizierungsprozesse alter und neuer Medien. Röser, J. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 223-235 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published
  5. Published

    Militär und Krieg in einer Medienkultur: Perspektivierungen aus Sicht von Cultural Studies und Politischer Kulturforschung

    Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 01.12.2007, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 32, 4, p. 40-65 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. 2008
  7. Published

    Alltag mit Internet und Fernsehen: Fallstudien zum Medienhandeln junger Paare

    Röser, J. & Großmann, N., 2008, Medienkultur und soziales Handeln. Thomas, T. & Höhn, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 91-103 13 p. (Medien - Kultur - Kommunikation).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Biologische Ästhetik: (A)Symmetrie und (Un)Sichtbarkeit im Erscheinen des Bauplans

    Berz, P., 2008, In: Trajekte : Zeitschrift des Zentrums für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin. 17, p. 17-24 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Der blinde Fleck der Kritiker: der Diskurs über Mediengewalt als Paradox des Printjournalismus

    Röser, J., 2008, Paradoxien des Journalismus: Theorie - Empirie - Praxis ; Festschrift für Siegfried Weischenberg. Pörksen, B., Loosen, W. & Scholl, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 447-457 11 p.

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  10. Published

    Der Raum des Cyberspace

    Warnke, M., 2008, Welt[stadt]raum: Mediale Inszenierungen. Zinsmeister, A. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 81-104 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  11. Published

    Die Geburt des Pop aus dem Geist der phonographischen Reproduktion

    Großmann, R., 2008, PopMusicology: Perspektiven der Popmusikwissenschaft. Bielefeldt, C., Dahmen, U. & Großmann, R. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 119-134 16 p. (Kultur- und Medientheorie).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  12. Published

    Die Kommunikation der Täuschung: Eine Medientheorie der Mimikry

    Berz, P., 2008, Mimikry: Gefährlicher Luxus zwischen Natur und Kultur. Becker, A., Doll, M., Wiemer, S. & Zechner, A. (eds.). Schliengen: Edition Argus, p. 27-44 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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