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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"Technisches Leben": Simondons Denken des Lebendigen und die allgemeine Ökologie
Hörl, E. H., 08.2017, Black Box Leben. Muhle, M. & Voss, C. (eds.). Berlin: August Verlag, p. 239-266 27 p. (Schriften des Internationalen Kollegs für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie; vol. 28).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Technologien als Diskurse: Konstruktionen von Wissen, Medien und Körpern
Lösch, A. (Editor), Schrage, D. (Editor), Spreen, D. (Editor) & Stauff, M. (Editor), 2001, Heidelberg: Synchron. 256 p. (Diskursivitäten; vol. 5)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Television memories and cultures of viewing: Domestizierungsprozesse in Großbritannien 1950 - 1965
O'Sullivan, T. & Peil, C. (Translator), 2007, MedienAlltag: Domestizierungsprozesse alter und neuer Medien. Röser, J. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 71-88 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture
Krämer, S. (Editor) & Weigel, S. (Editor), 08.2017, London: Rowman & Littlefield International. 294 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Text und Technik
Warnke, M., 2000, Deutschunterricht zwischen Kompetenzerwerb und Persönlichkeitsbildung: Germanistentag des Fachverbandes Deutsch im Deutschen Germanistenverband e.V. in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Lüneburg. Witte, H., Garbe, C., Holle, K., Stückrath, J. & Willenberg, H. (eds.). Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 160-178 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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T. Haigh (Hrsg.): Exploring the Early Digital
Müggenburg, J. K., 20.03.2020, 3 p. Berlin : Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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The Actions that Make a Musical Instrument: Exploring Club-DJing as an Instrumental Practice
Förstel, A., Hardjowirogo, S.-I. & Egermann, H., 2015, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research: 16 – 19 June, 2015; Plymouth, UK. Kronland-Marinet, R., Aramaki, M., Ystad, S. & Eaton, J. (eds.). Plymouth: The Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics, p. 762–769 8 p. (Publications of the LMA).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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The Anthropocenic Illusion: Sustainability an the Fascination of Control.
Hörl, E., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Wuggenig, U., Behnke, C., Knoll, V. & Kastelan, C. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 352-368 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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The Break In and With History: Nancy‘s Thinking of History in the Light of the Disruptive Condition
Hörl, E., 06.2023, Thinking With – Jean-Luc Nancy. Lindberg, S., Magun, A. & Tatari, M. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 185-200 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Case of Willetta Huggins
Wiechern, A.-L., 2020, Stimmen Hören. Klaut, M., Schnödl, G. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: ciconia ciconia Verlag, p. 277-284 8 p. (Ciconia ciconia; vol. 34).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research