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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Hermann Bahr. Bilderbuch
Schnödl, G. (Editor), 2011, Weimar: Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften - VDG Weimar. 190 p. (Hermann Bahr – Kritische Schriften in Einzelausgaben (2004-2012))Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Hermann Bahr – Österreichischer Kritiker europäischer Avantgarden
Müller, M. A. (Editor), Pias, C. (Editor) & Schnödl, G. (Editor), 2014, Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag. 214 p. (Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik; vol. 118)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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Himmel und Erde. Das Territorium des Internets
Warnke, M., 2019, Internet und Staat: Perspektiven auf eine komplizierte Beziehung. Borucki, I. & Schünemann, W. J. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 231-244 14 p. (Staatsverständnisse; vol. 127).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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
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Homöostat und Cyborg. Zum Verhältnis von Selbstorganisationsforschung und der frühen Biokybernetik
Müggenburg, J. K., 17.09.2020, Affizierungs- und Teilhabeprozesse zwischen Organismen und Maschinen. Ochsner, B., Nikolow, S. & Stock, R. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 25-42 18 p. (Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Hören, was die Maschine hört
Großmann, R., 2022, Acoustic Intelligence: Hören und Gehorchen. Schürmer, A., Haberer, M. & Brautscheck, T. (eds.). Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf University Press, p. 83-94 12 p. (acoustic studies düsseldorf; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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How should we fund open access monographs and what do you think is the most likely way that funding will happen?
Davies, M. C. R., Ayris, P., Stone, G., Cheshire, J., Jackson, R., Hacker, A., Bunz, M., Ferwerda, E., Newton, H., Dacos, M., Mounier, P. & Neuman, Y., 01.2014, In: Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community. 27, SUPPL. 1, p. 45-50 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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»HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN SAMPLES«: Beat-Bildung, Zeit-Maschinen und Phonographizität zweiter Ordnung
Pelleter, M., 11.10.2022, HipHop im 21. Jahrhundert: Medialität, Tradierung, Gesellschaftskritik und Bildungsaspekte einer (Jugend-)Kultur. Wilke, T. & Rappe, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 331-346 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Human–learning–machines: introduction to a special section on how cybernetics and constructivism inspired new forms of learning
Hof, B. & Müggenburg, J., 02.01.2021, In: History of Education. 50, 1, p. 89-92 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Human Terrain System: Soziale Netzwerke und die Medien militärischer Anthropologie
Engemann, C., 2014, Soziale Medien – Neue Massen. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 205-229 25 p. (Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review