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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Gamification: Geheimwaffe oder Bullshit?
Fuchs, M., 01.01.2017, In: form Design Magazine. 269, p. 57-60 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Phantasmen. Quelques fleurs
Schwarzhans, W. & Bösenberg, E. S., 10.07.2017, (Mit) Pflanzen kartographieren. Loreck, H., Klier, A. & Lindeborg, S. (eds.). Hamburg: Materialverlag-HFBK Hamburg, p. 84-87 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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De-Anonymizing Anonymous: Review of: Gabriella Coleman, Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy. The Many Faces of Anonymous, London/New York, Verso, 2014.
Heinrichs, R., 08.2016, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 2, Ecologies of Change, 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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General Ecology
Hörl, E. H., 2018, Posthuman Glossary. Braidotti, R. & Hlavajova, M. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 172-175 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Media Genealogy: Back to the Present of Digital Cultures
Apprich, C. & Bachmann, G., 23.06.2017, Digitisation: Theories and Concepts for Empirical Cultural Research. Koch, G. (ed.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 293 - 306 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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The Hidden Space of Production: Virtuality in Henri Bergson and Gilbert Simondon
Kasprowicz, D., 2017, You were not expected to do this : On the Dynamics of Production: Distraction/Interference - Resistence/Accident. Blanga-Gubbay, D. & Ruchaud, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Düsseldorf University Press, p. 111-126 16 p. (materialisierungen; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Geistesgeschichte der Technik: »Phantastisches von morgen« und die Höhenflüge des Tech-Kapitalismus — ein Erklärungsversuch
Görlich, C., 2018, 10 Minuten Soziologie: Fakten. Gianna, B. & Anna, H. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 133-146 14 p. (10 Minuten Soziologie; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Resonating self-tracking practices? Empirical insights into theoretical reflections on a 'sociology of resonance'
Kappler, K. E., Krzeminska, A. & Noji, E., 24.09.2018, Metric Culture: Ontologies of Self-Tracking Practices. Ajana, B. (ed.). Emerald Publishing Limited, p. 77-95 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Digitale Kulturen und Kritik nach ihrem Ende
Hille, L. & Wentz, D., 2023, Kritik postdigital. Hille, L. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 9-20 12 p. (Digital Cultures Series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kritik postdigital
Hille, L. (Editor) & Wentz, D. (Editor), 2023, Lüneburg: meson press. 140 p. (Digital Cultures Series)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research