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.
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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"Der siebente Brunnen". Fred Wanders Versuch einer anderen Darstellung der Shoah in der DDR-Literatur
Rudolph, S., 2011, In: Kulturrisse : Zeitschrift für radikaldemokratische Kulturpolitik. 2011, 4, p. 58-61 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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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Der Soldat im Unterhaltungsformat: Verflechtungen zwischen Journalismus und Militär verändern die politische Kultur
Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2005, In: M: Menschen machen Medien. 54, 3, p. 16-17 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Der ‚Stachel des Digitalen‘ – ein Anreiz zur Selbstreflexion in den Geisteswissenschaften? Ein philosophischer Kommentar zu den Digital Humanities in neun Thesen
Krämer, S., 19.06.2018, In: Digital Classics Online. 4, 1, p. 5-11 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Der Zeitpfeil im Digitalen: Synthese, Mimesis, Emergenz
Warnke, M., 2004, Berlin: Stiftungs-Verbundkolleg Informationsgesellschaft. 69 p. (Stiftungsreihe; vol. 64)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Deutsch-Stunden: zur Konstruktion nationaler Identität im Fernsehtalk
Thomas, T., 2003, Frankfurt, Main: Campus Verlag. 438 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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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 Banalisierung des Militärischen und die Militarisierung der politischen Kultur
Virchow, F. & Thomas, T., 2007, Information warfare: die Rolle der Medien (Literatur, Kunst, Photographie, Film, Fernsehen, Theater, Presse, Korrespondenz) bei der Kriegsdarstellung und -deutung = Information warfare. Glunz, C. (ed.). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht GmbH and Co. KG, p. 41-54 14 p. (Krieg und Literatur; no. 12/2006)(Schriften des Erich-Maria-Remarque-Archivs ; vol. 22).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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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