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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'Svjedok – Der Zeuge' (2012) oder: Kann ein Film ein Zeugnis sein?
Krämer, S., 2016, Zeugen in der Kunst. Krämer, S. & Schmidt, S. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 141-162 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Symbolischer Wert und Warenwert
Rudolph, S. & Wuggenig, U., 2012, Das Kunstfeld: Eine Studie über Akteure und Institutionen der zeitgenössischen Kunst am Beispiel von Zürich, Wien, Hamburg und Paris. Munder, H. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Zürich: JRP Ringier Verlag, p. 315-341 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Synchronschwimmen: Von Schlafmaschinen zu Swarm Intelligence
Vehlken, S., 2013, Kulturtechniken der Synchronisation. Kassung, C. & Macho, T. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 131-160 29 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Synthese, Mimesis, Emergenz: entlang des Zeitpfeils zwischen Berechenbarkeit und Kontingenz
Warnke, M., 2005, Einbildungen. Huber, J. (ed.). Zürich: Edition Voldemeer, p. 75-92 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Systemic aspects of auditory interactive art in the public sphere.
Großmann, R. & Otto, A., 2010, In: V!rus. V!3, 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Szintetikus történelem
Pias, C., 16.11.2015, In: Tiszataj. 4, p. 83-92 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tausch, Technik, Krieg: Die Geburt der Gesellschaft im technisch-medialen Apriori
Spreen, D., 1998, Berlin: Argument Verlag. 199 p. (Argument-Sonderband; vol. N.F. 261)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Tausch, Technik, Krieg: Zur Diskursanalyse der Medien und des Sozialen
Spreen, D., 2004, Landschaft, Geschlecht, Artefakte: Zur Soziologie naturaler und artifizieller Alteritäten.. Eßbach, W., Kaufmann, S., Verdicchio, D., Lutterer, W., Bellanger, S. & Uerz, G. (eds.). Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, p. 49-59 10 p. (Identitäten und Alteritäten; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Technik – Magie – Medium: Geister, die erscheinen
Kümmel, A. (Editor) & Spreen, D. (Editor), 2004, Berlin: Ästhetik & Kommunikation e.V. 128 p. (Ästhetik & Kommunikation; vol. 35, no. 127)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Technikvergessenheit? Ernst Kapps und Georg Simmels nichtinstrumentelle Techniktheorien
Schnödl, G., 2016, In: Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialtheorie und Philosophie. 3, 1, p. 131-150 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review