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. 

  1. Published

    Zur Aktualität der Rhythmusbewegung im 21. Jahrhundert: Eine Respondenz

    Großmann, R., 02.2016, In: Die Musikforschung. 69, 2, p. 157-160 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Proceedings SMC 2016: 31.8.2016, Hamburg, Germany

    Großmann, R. (Editor) & Hajdu, G. (Editor), 31.08.2016, Hamburg: Zentrum für Mikrotonale Musik und Multimediale Komposition (ZM4). 513 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  3. Published

    Lebhafte Artefakte: Heinz von Foerster und die Maschinen des Biological Computer Laboratory

    Müggenburg, J., 2018, Göttingen: Konstanz University Press. 379 p. (Konstanz University Press)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

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    Siegert, P. F., 2018, Historisches Wörterbuch des Mediengebrauchs. Christians, H., Birkenbach, M. & Wegmann, N. (eds.). 1 ed. Köln, Weimar, Wien: Böhlau Verlag GmbH, Vol. 2. p. 257-272 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Modeling normativity in sustainability: a comparison of the sustainable development goals, the Paris agreement, and the papal encyclical

    Schmieg, G., Meyer, E., Schrickel, I., Herberg, J., Caniglia, G., Vilsmaier, U., Laubichler, M., Hörl, E. & Lang, D., 01.05.2018, In: Sustainability Science. 13, 3, p. 785-796 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Itineraria Picta: Itineraria Scripta

    Fuchs, M., 2019, Ludotopia: Spaces, Places and Territories in Computer Games. Aarseth, E. & Günzel, S. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 215-230 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Introduction to Thinking the Problematic: Decentring as Method and Ethos

    Leistert, O. & Schrickel, I., 06.10.2020, Thinking the problematic: genealogies and explorations between philosophy and the sciences. Leistert, O. & Schrickel, I. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 9-34 26 p. (Philosophy).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  8. Published

    A.3 Altersbezogene Unterschiede bei der Interaktion mit einem Virtual-Reality-System

    Domin, M., Janneck, M. & Grimm, S., 2019, Communities in New Media: Researching the Digital Transformation in Science, Business, Education and Public Administration - Proceedings of 22nd Conference GeNeMe. Kohler, T., Schoop, E. & Kahnwald, N. (eds.). Dresden: TUDpress, p. 24-34 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    „Digitale Währungen, insbesondere Libra“: Öffentliche Anhörung des Ausschusses Digitale Agenda

    Leistert, O., 2019, 6 p.. No. 19(23)0692, Sept 25, 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to memorandum/expositionContribution to QA/hearing

  10. Published

    By Means of Which: Media, Technology, Organisation

    Beyes, T., Holt, R. & Pias, C., 12.12.2019, The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Holt, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 498-514 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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  1. Rezension zu: Understanding the city, contemporary and future perspectives, John Eade and Christopher Mele (eds.), Oxford, UK Blackwell, 2002, 384 pp.
  2. Milena Cairo/Moritz Hannemann/Ulrike Haß/Judith Schäfer (Hg.): Episteme des Theaters. Aktuelle Kontexte von Wissenschaft, Kunst und Öffentlichkeit
  3. Lutz Hieber / Dominik Schrage (Hg.): Technische Reproduzierbarkeit. Zur Kultursoziologie massenmedialer Vervielfältigung, Bielefeld 2007: transcript
  4. Toxicity testing with luminescent bacteria - Characterization of an automated method for the combined assessment of acute and chronic effects
  5. Reporting and Analysing the Environmental Impact of Language Models on the Example of Commonsense Question Answering with External Knowledge
  6. Rezension zu Rug, W. (2012): 77 Klangbilder gesprochenes Deutsch. Übungen, Spiele, Tipps und Tricks zum phonetischen Training Deutsch als Fremdsprache.
  7. Das Werkzeug des psychodynamischen psychotherapeuten - Verbale Interventionstypen aus theoretischer und aus der praxis abgeleiteter perspektive
  8. Rezension zu Linke, Christine (2010): Medien im Alltag von Paaren. Eine Studie zur Mediatisierung der Kommunikation in Paarbeziehungen. Wiesbaden: VS.
  9. Language Development in Diverse Settings: Interdisziplinäre Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt "Mehrsprachigkeitsentwicklung im Zeitverlauf“ (MEZ). Editorial.
  10. Der „Reichtum“der Korinther und die paulinische Kollekte 2 Kor 8-9 und die Frage der sozial-ökonomischen Zusammensetzung der korinthischen Gemeinde
  11. Überprüfung eines Kompetenzmodells und Messinstruments zur Strukturierung allgemeiner pädagogischer Kompetenz in der universitären Lehrerbildung
  12. Rekonstruktionen konvergenter und divergenter Problemlösetypen und -modi in musikalisch-kreativen Prozessen und der Aneignung von MusikmachDingen