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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Zur Einleitung: Die Macht der Gefühle
Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J., 2012, Die Macht der Gefühle: Emotionen in Management, Organisation und Kultur. Metelmann, J. & Beyes, T. (eds.). Berlin: Berlin University Press, p. 7-22 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Medien(t)räume: Einleitung zu dem Sammelband »Soziologie der Hypermoderne«, Neu-Paderborn 2153
Spreen, D., 2013, Das Medium meiner Träume: Hartmut Winkler zum 60. Geburtstag. Adelmann, R. & Bergermann, U. (eds.). Berlin: Verbrecher Verlag, p. 207-216 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Marcel Baumann: Zwischenwelten: Weder Krieg noch Frieden. Über den konstruktiven Umgang mit Gewaltphänomenen im Prozess der Konflikttransformation. Wiesbaden 2008: VS Verlag
Spreen, D., 2009, In: Sociologia Internationalis. 47, 2, p. 291-295 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Lutz Hieber / Dominik Schrage (Hg.): Technische Reproduzierbarkeit. Zur Kultursoziologie massenmedialer Vervielfältigung, Bielefeld 2007: transcript
Spreen, D., 2008, In: Sociologia Internationalis. 46, 1, p. 124-127 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Hans Joas / Wolfgang Knöbl, Kriegsverdrängung. Ein Problem in der Geschichte der Sozialtheorie. Frankfurt am Main 2008: Suhrkamp
Spreen, D., 2010, In: Soziologische Revue. 33, 3, p. 364-367 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Heinrich Popitz: Einführung in die Soziologie. Konstanz: University Press 2010
Spreen, D., 2012, In: Soziologische Revue. 35, 2, p. 187-190 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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The Silent Revolution: How Digitalization Transforms Knowledge, Work, Journalism, and Politics Without Making too Much Noise
Bunz, M., 2013, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 134 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Die mediale Erfindung der Gesellschaft: Genealogie als soziologische Methode
Spreen, D., 2004, Die Medien und ihre Technik: Theorien – Modelle – Geschichte. Segeberg, H. (ed.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 43-55 12 p. (Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GfM); vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Diskursstelle der Medien: Soziologische Perspektiven nach der Medientheorie
Spreen, D., 2001, Technologien als Diskurse: Konstruktionen von Wissen, Medien und Körpern. Lösch, A., Schrage, D., Spreen, D. & Stauff, M. (eds.). Heidelberg: Synchron, p. 21-41 20 p. (Diskusivitäten; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Disrupting Business: Art and Activism in times of financial crisis
Cox, G. (Editor) & Bazzichelli, T. (Editor), 2013, New York City: Autonomedia. 256 p. (DATA browser)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research