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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Die Diskursstelle der Medien: Soziologische Perspektiven nach der Medientheorie
Spreen, D., 2001, Technologien als Diskurse: Konstruktionen von Wissen, Medien und Körpern. Lösch, A., Schrage, D., Spreen, D. & Stauff, M. (eds.). Heidelberg: Synchron, p. 21-41 20 p. (Diskusivitäten; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Disruptivität der Spätmoderne: Figurationen des Un/Verfügbaren: Interview mit Erich Hörl, geführt von Katharina Block
Block, K. & Hörl, E., 2024, Un/Verfügbar: Natur - Technik - Politik. Block, K., Murawska, O. & Schlitte, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Vol. 1. p. 169-198 30 p. (Kulturtheorien – Theoriekulturen; vol. 1, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Ebstorfer Weltkarte: Der Computer als Medium für selbstbestimmtes Lernen
Warnke, M., 1992, In: Computer + Unterricht. 2, 5, p. 27-31 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die environmentalitäre Situation: Überlegungen zum Umweltlich-Werden von Denken, Macht und Kapital
Hörl, E., 09.2018, Internationales Jahrbuch für Medienphilosophie: Ökonomie / Ökologie. Mersch, D. & Mayer, M. (eds.). Berlin, München, Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 4. p. 221-250 29 p. (Internationales Jahrbuch für Medienphilosophie; vol. 4, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Die Geburt des Pop aus dem Geist der phonographischen Reproduktion
Großmann, R., 2008, PopMusicology: Perspektiven der Popmusikwissenschaft. Bielefeldt, C., Dahmen, U. & Großmann, R. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 119-134 16 p. (Kultur- und Medientheorie).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Geschichte der E-Mail: Erfolg und Krise eines Massenmediums
Siegert, P. F., 27.03.2008, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 360 p. (Technik, Körper, Gesellschaft; vol. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Die Geschichte des Fortbildungszentrums für Neue Musik in Lüneburg: Musikalische Einflüsse und technische Konzeption
Laabs, E., Erdmann, H. W. (Editor) & Großmann, R. (Editor), 2010, Rimsting, Chiemsee: Paul C.R. Arends Verlag. 121 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Die gesellschaftliche Dimension der Mediengewalt: kritische Bilanz der Wirkungsforschung und theoretische Alternativen in Rahmen der Cultural studies
Röser, J., 2001, Theoretische Perspektiven der Rezeptionsforschung. Rössler, P. (ed.). München: Verlag Reinhard Fischer, p. 137-161 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research