Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

Unser Institut untersucht die Wechselbeziehung von Kultur und digitalen Medien. Mit seinen Schwerpunktbereichen folgt es einem historisch-epistemologisch ausgerichteten Programm, das sich durch ein spezielles Interesse an technischen und techno-ästhetischen Zusammenhängen auszeichnet.

Das ICAM geht der Frage nach, wie (digitale) Medientechniken auf Forschungs-, Erkenntnis- und Kulturalisationsprozesse einwirken. Es erforscht zudem den Wandel von Produktions-und Produktstrategien bei der Herstellung elektronischer Kommunikate und die damit einhergehenden neuen Verfahren ästhetischer Gestaltung in Ton und Bild. Das Institut setzt sich die Förderung von Medienkompetenz als eine essentielle Kulturtechnik zum Ziel. Es widmet sich der Forschung und Lehre sowie der Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in den Fachgebieten Digitale Medien/Kulturinformatik, Digitale Medien und Auditive Gestaltung, Medientheorie und Medienkultur.

 

Topics

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.

  1. Published

    The Late Masterwork of Gilles Deleuze: Linking Style to Method in What Is Philosophy?

    Schönher, M., 01.06.2020, In: Qui Parle: Critical Humanities and Social Sciences. 29, 1, p. 25–63 39 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The media arcane

    Beyes, T. & Pias, C., 01.05.2019, In: Grey Room. 75, Spring, p. 84-107 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The messenger as a model in Media Theory. Reflections on the philosophical di-mensions of theorizing Media

    Krämer, S., 01.01.2016, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. N. F. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 197-213 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    The multimedial challenge

    Grossmann, R., 07.2005, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik : das Magazin für neue Töne. 4, p. 22-24 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibilities of Life in Capitalist Ruins

    Conrad, L., 04.2021, In: Management Learning. 52, 2, p. 255-259 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    The ontological politics of artistic interventions: Implications for performing action research

    Beyes, T. & Steyaert, C., 03.2011, In: Action Research. 9, 1, p. 100-115 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Theorien des Internet zur Einführung

    Warnke, M., 2011, Hamburg: Junius Verlag . 192 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    The Oxford Handbook on Media, Technology and Organization Studies

    Beyes, T. (ed.), Holt, R. (ed.) & Pias, C. (ed.), 12.12.2019, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 560 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

  9. Published

    THE PARALLAX OF INDIVIDUATION: simondon and schelling

    Hui, Y., 12.2016, In: Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities. 21, 4, p. 77-89 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    The politics of talk on german free radio stations

    Pinseler, J., 01.02.2008, In: Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. 5, 1, p. 67-85 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch