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.
- 2015
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Automaten: Können Maschinen denken?
Warnke, M., 2015, Das Lexikon der offenen Fragen. Kaube, J. & Laakmann, J. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 30-31 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Computersimulation
Vehlken, S., Schrickel, I. & Pias, C., 2015, Futurologien: Ein Glossar des Zukunftswissens. Bühler, B. & Willer, S. (eds.). 1 ed. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 181-192 12 p. (TRAJEKTE - Eine Reihe des Zentrums für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Dani Bunten Wants to Play: Eine biographische Notiz zur Genese des Computerspiels
Schrape, N., 2015, Texturen: Spielen. Haensch, K. D., Düllo, T. & Kuka, D. (eds.). Berlin: UdK Verlag, Vol. 2. p. 221-230 10 p. (Texturen; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das endlos bewegte Buch
Pias, C., 2015, Das bewegte Buch: Ein Katalog der gelesenen Bücher; mit 104 Beispielen aus dem Deutschen Literaturarchiv Marbach. D. L. M. (ed.). Marbach: Deutsche Schillergesellschaft e.V., p. 48-67 20 p. (Marbacher Magazin; vol. 150/151/152).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Das Unwort erklärt die Untat: Die Berichterstattung über die NSU-Morde – eine Medienkritik; Eine Studie der Otto Brenner Stiftung
Virchow, F., Thomas, T. & Grittmann, E., 2015, Frankfurt: Otto Brenner Stiftung. 95 p. (OBS-Arbeitsheft; vol. 79)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Transfer
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Das Unwort erklärt die Untat: Die »Döner-Mordserie« und der Umgang mit Gewalt an Migrantinnen und Migranten in den Medien
Virchow, F., Thomas, T. & Grittmann, E., 2015, In: Wissenschaft und Frieden. Dossier 77, Rechter Terror in Deutschland, p. 8-10 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Denk mal! 2016
Pfaller, R., Horn, E., Klein, S., Bernard, A. & Rammler, S., 2015, Frankfurt am Mainz: S. Fischer Verlag. 268 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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Der Sinn der Lehre: Ethnographie, Affekt, sensemaking
Beyes, T. & Steyaert, C., 2015, Vom Sinn der Soziologie: Festschrift für Thomas S. Eberle . Maeder , C., Brosziewski , A. & Nentwich, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 197-211 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Adresse des freien Bürgers: Digitale Identitätssysteme Deutschlands und der USA im Vergleich
Engemann, C., 2015, In: Leviathan, Berliner Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft. 43, 1, p. 43-63 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Berichterstattung über die Mordserie des NSU im Lichte journalistischer Selbstkritik
Virchow, F., Grittmann, E. & Thomas, T., 2015, In: Theorie und Praxis der sozialen Arbeit. 2015, 4, p. 297-306 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review