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.
- 2017
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The social productivity of anonymity: An introduction
Bachmann, G., Knecht, M. & Wittel, A., 2017, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 17, 2, p. 241-258 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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The Social Productivity of Anonymity: Special Issue of Ephemera Journal
Bachmann, G. (Editor), Knecht, M. (Editor) & Wittel, A. (Editor), 2017, 2 ed. Warwick Business School. (Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization; vol. 17, no. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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The terms of anonymity: An interview with Marit Hansen, German data protection expert
Bachmann, G. & Bialski, P., 2017, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 17, 2, p. 421-430 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Welt-Bilder und Weltmodelle: Resonanz als Metapherntechnik und Technikmetapher
Görlich, C., 2017, Resonanzen und Dissonanzen: Hartmut Rosas kritische Theorie in der Diskussion. Peters, C. H. & Schulz, P. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 271-290 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Why Notational Iconicity is a Form of Operational Iconicity
Krämer, S., 2017, Dimensions of Iconicity. Zirker, A., Bauer, M., Fischer, O. & Ljungberg, C. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 303-320 18 p. (Iconicity in language and literature; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Wir sind drin. Zur Gegenwart digitaler Kulturen
Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C., 2017, Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 5-11 7 p. (Edition Speersort)(Duisburger Dialoge).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zeugenschaft als philosophisches Problem - Zur Einleitung in diesen Band
Krämer, S., Schmidt, S. & Schülein, J.-G., 2017, Philosophie der Zeugenschaft: Eine Anthologie. Krämer, S., Schmidt, S. & Schülein, J.-G. (eds.). Münster: mentis Verlag, p. 7-24 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Adorno’s Grey, Taussig’s Blue: Colour, organization and critical affect
Beyes, T. & De Cock, C., 01.01.2017, In: Organization. 24, 1, p. 59-78 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gamification: Geheimwaffe oder Bullshit?
Fuchs, M., 01.01.2017, In: form Design Magazine. 269, p. 57-60 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Home for Hire: How the sharing economy commoditises our private sphere
Bialski, P., 01.01.2017, Sharing Economies in Times of Crisis: Practices, Politics and Possibilities. Ince, A. & Hall, S. M. (eds.). Oxford: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 83-95 13 p. (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review