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. Published

    Leibniz ein Vordenker der Idee des Netzes und des Netzwerkes?

    Krämer, S., 2016, Vision als Aufgabe: Das Leibniz-Universum im 21. Jahrhundert. Grötschel, M., Knobloch, E., Schiffers, J., Woisnitza, M. & Ziegler, G. M. (eds.). Berlin: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 47-59 13 p.

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

  2. Published

    Leibniz on symbolism as a cognitive instrument

    Krämer, S., 2016, The Philosophy of Emerging Media: Understanding, Appreciation and Application. Floyd, J. & Katz, J. E. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 307-318 12 p.

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

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    Lernumgebungen mit Standardtools: ein Plädoyer für offenes medienkompetentes Lehren und Lernen

    Großmann, R., 2001, Lehren und Lernen mit neuen Medien: Plattformen - Modelle - Werkzeuge. Albrecht, R. & Wagner, E. (eds.). Münster, Berlin u.a.: Waxmann Verlag, p. 149-157 9 p. (Medien in der Wissenschaft; vol. 12).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    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

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    ‘Lichtschwert.’

    Engemann, C., 2014, Wörterbuch Kinematografischer Objekte.. Böttcher, M., Göttel, D., Horstmann, F., Müller, J.-P., Panthenburg, V., Waack, L. & Wuzella, R. (eds.). August Verlag, p. 90–91 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Lifestyle-TV – Critical Attitudes towards „Banal” Programming

    Thomas, T., 2010, Trans-reality television. The transgression of reality, genre, politics and audience in Reality TV. Van Bauwel, S. & Carpentier, N. (eds.). Lexington (MA): Lexington Books, p. 275-296 22 p.

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

  7. Published

    Lifestyle-TV zwischen Kritik und Attraktivität: Transkulturelle Perspektiven auf global gehandelte Fernsehformate

    Stehling, M. & Thomas, T., 2010, In: Medien + Erziehung. 54, 2, p. 22-29 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator

    Bernard, A., 01.01.2014, New York: NYU Press. 309 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    L'imaginaire animal

    Berz, P., 2011, Image and Imaging in Philosophy, Science and the Arts : Proceedings of the 33rd International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium in Kirchberg. Heinrich, R., Nemeth, E., Pichler, W. & Wagner, D. (eds.). Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 331-364 34 p. (Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society ; N.S; vol. 16).

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

  10. Published

    Liquidity, Flows, Circulation: The Cultural Logic of Environmentalization

    Denecke, M. (Editor), Kuhn, H. (Editor) & Stürmer, M. (Editor), 01.2023, Diaphanes Verlag. 360 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer