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. 2012
  2. Published

    Cyberspace

    Warnke, M., 2012, Lexikon der Raumphilosophie. Günzel, S. (ed.). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft - WBG, p. 69 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  3. Published

    Das Augentierchen: Euglena gracilis KLEBS

    Berz, P., 2012, Zoologicon: Ein kulturhistorisches Wörterbuch der Tiere. Kassung, C., Mersmann, J. & Rader, O. B. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 26-32 7 p.

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

  4. Published

    Datenbanken als Zitadellen des Web 2.0

    Warnke, M., 2012, Sortieren, Sammeln, Suchen, Spielen.: Die Datenbank als mediale Praxis. Stefan, B., Nohr, R. F. & Wiemer, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Münster/Hamburg/Berlin/London: LIT Verlag, Vol. 18. p. 122-136 14 p. (Medien ' Welten. Braunschweiger Schriften zur Medienkultur; vol. 18).

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

  5. Published

    Der Schwerkraft entkommen: Letatlin und andere utopische Flugapparate in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts – fünf Marginalien

    Broeckmann, A., 2012, Tatlin – neue Kunst für eine neue Welt: Internationales Symposium. M. T. (ed.). Ostfildern, Basel: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 84-87 4 p.

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

  6. Published

    Die Einzeller und die Lust: Boelsche - Freud - Ferenczi

    Berz, P., 2012, Freuds Referenzen. Kirchhoff, C. & Scharbert, G. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 15-33 19 p. (LiteraturForschung; no. 15).

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

  7. Published

    Die Macht der Gefühle: Emotionen in Management, Organisation und Kultur

    Metelmann, J. (Editor) & Beyes, T. (Editor), 2012, Berlin: Berlin University Press. 211 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Entgrenzung der Gewalt: Diskursbedingungen der Dissoziationsmentalität im Kontext des »totalen Krieges«

    Spreen, D., 2012, Medien - Körper - Geschlecht: Diskursivierungen von Materialität ; Festschrift für Hannelore Bublitz. Riegraf, B., Spreen, D. & Mehlmann, S. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 257-284 28 p. (Sozialtheorie).

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

  9. Published

    Ereignis

    Warnke, M., 2012, Lexikon der Raumphilosophie. Günzel, S. (ed.). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft - WBG, p. 100-101 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  10. Published

    Exkursion in die Coy-Galaxis

    Graßmuck, V., 2012, Per Anhalter durch die Turing-Galaxis. Knaut, A., Kühne, C., Kurz, C., Pohle, J., Rehak, R. & Ullrich, S. (eds.). Münster: MV Wissenschaft, p. 9-17 9 p.

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

  11. Published

    Explicit Art Historical Image Referencing on a Big Scale

    Warnke, M., 2012, In: LIBREAS. Library Ideas. 21, Bilder, Graphen, Visualisierungen, 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch