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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Monster und Freaks: Eine Wissensgeschichte außergewöhnlicher Körper im 19. Jahrhundert
Stammberger, B., 2011, 1. Auflage ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 341 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Feministisches Maschinendenken. Subjektphilosophische und wissenschaftskritische Perspektiven
Stammberger, B., 11.2013, In: Freiburger Zeitschrift für Geschlechterstudien. 19, 2, p. 89-108 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Kittler
Hurka, H. M. (Editor) & Spreen, D. (Editor), 2013, 1. ed. Berlin: Ästhetik & Kommunikation e.V. 238 p. (Ästhetik & Kommunikation; vol. 158/159)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Krieg und Zivilgesellschaft
Spreen, D. (Editor) & von Trotha, T. (Editor), 2012, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot GmbH. 440 p. (Soziologische Schriften; vol. 84)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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The eyes of the olms
Berz, P., 2009, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 31, 2, p. 215-238 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Das Augentierchen: Euglena gracilis KLEBS
Berz, P., 2012, Zoologicon: Ein kulturhistorisches Wörterbuch der Tiere. Kassung, C., Mersmann, J. & Rader, O. B. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 26-32 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Spielregeln. 25 Aufstellungen. Eine Festschrift für Wolfgang Pircher
Berz, P. (Editor), Pias, C. (Editor), Kubaczek, M. (Editor), Unterholzner, D. (Editor) & Laquièze-Waniek, E. (Editor), 2012, Berlin und Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 368 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Die Lebewesen und ihre Medien
Berz, P., 2010, Ambiente: das Leben und seine Räume ; basiert auf dem Symposium "Ambiente: das Leben & Seine Räume", das 2008 im Rahmen des Festivals Paraflows in Wien stattgefunden hat. Brandstetter, T., Harasser, K. & Friesinger, G. (eds.). Wien: Verlag Turia + Kant, p. 23-49 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Versuch über die Wölbung
Berz, P., 11.05.2011, In: wespennest. zeitschrift für brauchbare texte und bilder. 43, 160, p. 73-79 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review