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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Reframing the technosphere: Peter Sloterdijk and Bernard Stiegler's anthropotechnological diagnoses of the anthropocene
Lemmens, P. & Hui, Y., 2017, In: Krisis. Journal for Contemporary Philosophy. 2, p. 26-41 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Media and Migration: Editorial
Apprich, C., Beverungen, A., Freudenschuß, M., Hille, L., Simons, S., Wiedemann, C., Heinrichs, R. & Yoosuf, H., 2017, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 4, 2, 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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The Form of Becoming: Embryology and the Epistemology of Rhythm, 1760-1830
Wellmann, J., 03.2017, New York: Zone Books. 423 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Mobility, Media, and the Experiences of Airbnb’s Aesthetic Regime
Bialski, P., 19.12.2017, Experiencing Networked Urban Mobilities: Practices, Flows, Methods. Freundendal-Pedersen, M., Hartmann-Petersen, K. & Perez Fjalland, E. L. (eds.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Witless slaves or lively artifacts? A debate of the 1960s
Müggenburg, J. K. & Pias, C., 08.11.2017, In: arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 21, 1, p. 33–44 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Krassheiten: Das Ende der Massen und ihrer Medien
Warnke, M., 2017, In: Treffpunkte. 2017, 3, p. 13 – 16 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Interferences and Events: On Epistemic Shifts in Physics through Computer Simulations
Dippel, A. (Editor) & Warnke, M. (Editor), 2017, Lüneburg: meson press. 182 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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“Ruinensehnsucht”: Longing for Decay in Computer Games
Fuchs, M., 22.09.2017, In: ToDiGRA. 3, 2, p. 37-56 20 p., 2.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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Daten, Wahn, Sinn
Apprich, C., 05.10.2017, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 9, 17-2, p. 54-62 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The state of the internets: Notes for a new historiography of technosociality
Shah, N., 01.01.2017, The Routledge Companion to Global Internet Histories. Goggin, G. & McLelland, M. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 49-60 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review