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.
- 2012
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Weltzivilgesellschaft und Gewalt: Ordnungskonstitutive Gewalt im Zeitalter des globalen Politischen
Spreen, D., 2012, Krieg und Zivilgesellschaft. Spreen, D. & von Trotha, T. (eds.). Berlin: Duncker & Humblot GmbH, p. 33-95 62 p. (Soziologische Schriften; vol. 84).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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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Zwischen Konformität und Widerständigkeit: Populärkultur als Vergesellschaftungsmodus
Thomas, T., 2012, Banale Kämpfe ?: Perspektiven auf Populärkultur und Geschlecht. Villa, P.-I. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 211-228 17 p. (Geschlecht und Gesellschaft; no. 51).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- 2011
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Supercomputing
Vehlken, S. & Engemann, C., 15.12.2011, Takt und Frequenz. Balke, F., Siegert, B. & Vogl, J. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 143-161 17 p. (Archiv für Mediengeschichte; vol. 2011, no. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Interfaces Ludiques
Fuchs, M., 01.12.2011, Jusqu'ici, tout va bien: Rencontres des arts numériques, électroniques et médiatiques. Bébié Valérian, G. (ed.). Le Vigan, France: Oudeis, p. 18 - 23 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Gonser, Nicole: Rundfunkbiographien. Medienwandel und Mediennutzung: Zur Aneignung und zum Gebrauch von Radio und Fernsehen im Lebens(ver-)lauf älterer Menschen. - Berlin: Logos 2010. 282 Seiten
Peil, C., 11.2011, In: Publizistik. 56, 4, p. 494-495 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Kontrolle, Ritus, Simulation: Die Komposition mit dem Zufall in einer kalkulierten Welt
Großmann, R., 06.09.2011, Iannis Xenakis. Kontrolle und Zufall. Lammert, A. & Amelunxen, H. V. (eds.). Berlin: Akademie der Künste (Berlin), p. 6-11 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Mobilkommunikation in Japan: Zur kulturellen Infrastruktur der Handy-Aneignung
Peil, C., 07.2011, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 390 p. (Cultural Studies; no. 38)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Operational Images: Agent-Based Computer Simulation and the Epistemic Impact of Dynamic Vizualisation
Vehlken, S., 07.2011, Proceedings IACAP 2011: The Computational Turn: Past, Presents, Futures ?. Ess, C. & Hagengruber, R. (eds.). MV Wissenschaft, p. 320-323 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › 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