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. 2010
  2. Published

    Diffusion und Teilhabe durch Domestizierung. Zugänge zum Internet im Wandel 1997-2007

    Röser, J. & Peil, C., 01.01.2010, In: Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft. 58, 4, p. 481-502 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Frauenzeitschriften aus der Sicht ihrer Leserinnen: die Rezeption von "Brigitte" im Kontext von Biografie, Alltag und Doing Gender

    Müller, K. F., 27.04.2010, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 455 p. (Critical Studies in Media and Communication; vol. 5)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  4. Published

    Rückführung der Kunst in Medienpraxis: Verlangen die neuen Medien einen neuen Avantgarde-Begriff?

    Pelleter, M., 08.2010, In: Positionen. 84, p. 18-22 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Ana Ofak/Philipp v. Hilgers (Hg.): Rekursionen. Von Faltungen des Wissens

    Vehlken, S., 11.2010, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. online, 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  6. 2011
  7. Published

    Anstand

    Metelmann, J. (Editor) & Beyes, T. (Editor), 2011, Berlin: Berlin University Press. 177 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Ästhetik des Digitalen

    Warnke, M., 2011, Kultur digital: Begriffe, Hintergründe, Beispiele. Graber, H., Landwehr, D. & Sellier, V. (eds.). Basel: Christoph Merian Verlag, p. 145-160 16 p.

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

  9. Published

    Biological Computer Laboratory: Zu Organisation und Selbstorganisation eines Labors

    Müggenburg, J., 2011, Jenseits des Labors: Transformationen von Wissen zwischen Entstehungs- und Anwendungskontext. Hoof, F., Jung, E.-M. & Salaschek, U. (eds.). transcript Verlag, p. 23-44 21 p. (Science Studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Cruelty and Total War: Political-Philosophical Preconditions of the Dissociation Mentality

    Spreen, D., 2011, On Cruelty · Sur la cruauté · Über Grausamkeit. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, p. 231-254 23 p. (Siegener Beiträge zur Soziologie; vol. 11).

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

  11. Published

    „Das Bild ist stärker als das Wort“: Selektions- und Darstellungskriterien von TV-Wissenschaftsjournalisten beim Thema „Molekulare Medizin“

    Milde, J. & Hölig, S., 2011, Molekulare Medizin und Medien: Zur Darstellung und Wirkung eines kontroversen Wissenschaftsthemas. Ruhrmann, G., Milde, J. & Zillich, A. F. (eds.). 1. ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 67-93 27 p.

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

  12. Published

    Dekonstruktion und Evidenz: Ver(un)sicherungen in Medienkulturen

    Thomas, T. (Editor), Hobuß, S. (Editor), Kruse, M.-M. (Editor) & Hennig, I. (Editor), 2011, Königstein/Taunus: Ulrike Helmer Verlag. 292 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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