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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Should we really ‘hermeneutise’ the Digital Humanities? A plea for the epistemic productivity of a ‘cultural technique of flattening’ in the Humanities.
Krämer, S., 30.01.2023, In: Journal of Cultural Analytics. 7, 4, 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Showtime für das "unternehmerische Selbst" - Reflexionen über Reality-TV als Vergesellschaftungsmodus
Thomas, T., 2007, Mediennutzung, Identität und Identifikationen: die Sozialisationsrelevanz der Medien im Selbstfindungsprozess von Jugendlichen. Mikos, L. (ed.). Weinheim: Juventa Verlag, p. 51-65 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sicht von oben: Powers of Ten und Bildpolitiken der Vertikalität
Tollmann, V., 03.2022, Leipzig: Spector Books. 358 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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"sie wird ja nicht ausgebürgert, die deutsche Currywurst" - Talkshows, nationale Identitätsangebote und methodische Überlegungen zu ihrer Analyse
Thomas, T., 2003, Medienidentitäten: Identität im Kontext von Globalisierung und Medienkultur. Winter, C., Thomas, T. & Hepp, A. (eds.). Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, p. 184-205 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Signal, Material, Sampling: zur ästhetischen Aneignung medientechnischer Übertragung
Großmann, R., 2004, Übertragung - Transfer - Metapher: Kulturtechniken, ihre Visionen und Obsessionen. Sanio , S. & Scheib , C. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, p. 91-110 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Silicon Valley
Bachmann, G., 2017, Nach der Revolution: ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 65-76 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Simondon et la question de l'information
Hui, Y., 2015, ARTS, ESTHÉTIQUE, VIE CULTURELLE PHILOSOPHIE EUROPE. Barthelemy, J.-H. (ed.). 6 ed. Paris: L'Harmattan, p. 29-47 17 p. (Cahiers Simondon; no. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Simulation wilder Spekulationen. Oder: Wie einmal Paul Baran mit einem falschen Modell das Internet erfand
Warnke, M., 2014, Modelle und Modellierung. Balke, F., Siegert, B. & Vogl, J. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 23-32 10 p. (Archiv für Mediengeschichte; vol. 14).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Size does matter
Warnke, M., 2005, Zukünfte des Computers. Pias, C. (ed.). Zürich [u.a.]: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 17-27 11 p. (sequenzia).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Size does matter
Warnke, M., 1999, Virtual Space Explorers: Experimente im Datenraum. Gramelsberger, G. & Klein, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Frankfurt/Main: INM - Institut für neue Medien, p. 38-45 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research