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. 2015
  2. Published

    Die Farm der Daten: Über den Auszug des Digitalen ins Grüne

    Engemann, C., 2015, In: Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte. 9, 2, p. 47-52 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Fort da. Ein Zirkular über bewegte Bücher: Fragen von Claus Pias. Antworten von Andreas Bernard, Timon Beyes, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Christian Kracht, Thomas Macho, Eckhart Nickel, Joseph Vogl und Sigrid Weigel

    Pias, C., Bernard, A., Beyes, T., Gumbrecht, H. U., Kracht, C., Macho, T., Nickel, E., Vogl, J. & Weigel, S., 2015, Das bewegte Buch: ein Katalog der gelesenen Bücher; mit 104 Beispielen aus dem Deutschen Literaturarchiv Marbach. Gfrereis, H. & Pias, C. (eds.). Marbach: Deutsche Schillergesellschaft e.V., p. 68-87 20 p. (Marbacher Magazin; vol. 150/151/152).

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

  4. Published

    Grammophon-Erziehung und Beat-Bildung: Szenen medien/musikalischer Bildungs-Phantasmen

    Pelleter, M., 2015, Medien – Bildung – Dispositive: Beiträge zu einer interdisziplinären Medienbildungsforschung. Othmer, J. & Weich, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 141-155 15 p. (Medienbildung und Gesellschaft; vol. 30).

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

  5. Published

    Graphismus als Potenzial: Reflexionen über die epistemische Verschränkung von Räumlichkeit und Anschauung

    Krämer, S., 2015, Notationen in kreativen Prozessen. Czolbe, F. & Magnus, D. (eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 17-36 20 p.

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

  6. Published

    Im Mittelpunkt steht Ada. Zur Einleitung in diesen Band

    Krämer, S., 2015, Ada Lovelace.: Die Pionierin der Computertechnik und ihre Nachfolgerinnen. Krämer, S. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 7-16 10 p.

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

  7. Published

    Internet der Dinge: Über smarte Objekte, intelligente Umgebungen und die technische Durchdringung der Welt

    Engemann, C. (Editor) & Sprenger, F. (Editor), 2015, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 400 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Körper

    Thomas, T. & Maier, T., 2015, Handbuch Cultural Studies und Medienanalyse. Hepp, A., Krotz, F., Lingenberg, S. & Wimmer, J. (eds.). 3 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 285-295 11 p. (Medien - Kultur - Kommunikation).

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

  9. Published

    La vie, la nature, la technique

    Hörl, E. H. & Gorz, A., 2015, Le fil rouge de l’écologie: Entretiens inédites en francais, édition établie et présentée par Willy Gianinazzi. Gorz, A. (ed.). Paris: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, p. 19-81 53 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  10. Published

    Les Adieux

    Hörl, E. H. (Contributor), 2015, Le fil rouge de l’écologie: Entretiens inédites en francais, édition établie et présentée par Willy Gianinazzi. Gorz, A. (ed.). Paris: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, p. 103-106 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  11. Published

    Musikalische Wiederholung und Wiederaneignung: Collagen, Loops und Samples

    Großmann, R., 2015, Musik im Spektrum technologischer Entwicklungen und Neuer Medien: Festschrift für Bernd Enders. Bense et al., A. (ed.). Osnabrück: EPOS-Verlag, p. 207-218 11 p. (Medienästhetik der Musik; vol. 15).

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