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

    Sicht von oben: Powers of Ten und Bildpolitiken der Vertikalität

    Tollmann, V., 03.2022, Leipzig: Spector Books. 358 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  2. Published

    Showtime für das "unternehmerische Selbst" - Reflexionen über Reality-TV als Vergesellschaftungsmodus

    Thomas, T., 2007, Mediennutzung, Identität und Identifikationen: die Sozialisationsrelevanz der Medien im Selbstfindungsprozess von Jugendlichen. Mikos, L. (ed.). Weinheim: Juventa Verlag, p. 51-65 15 p.

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

  3. Published

    Should we really ‘hermeneutise’ the Digital Humanities? A plea for the epistemic productivity of a ‘cultural technique of flattening’ in the Humanities.

    Krämer, S., 30.01.2023, In: Journal of Cultural Analytics. 7, 4, 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Sensory Engineering: Affects and the Mechanics of Musical Time

    Großmann, R., 2014, Timing of Affect: Epistemologies, Aesthetics, Politics. Angerer, M.-L., Bösel, B. & Ott, M. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 191-205 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Segment Introduction

    Nigro, R. & Hörl, E., 01.10.2021, Taking Sides: Theories, Practices, and Cultures of Participation in Dissent. Bippus, E., Ganzert, A. & Otto, I. (eds.). 1 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, Vol. 28. p. 251-257 7 p. (Culture & theory; vol. 211).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  6. Published

    Secret Agents: A Psychoanalytic Critique of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

    Apprich, C., 27.07.2018, In: Digital Culture & Society. 4, 1, p. 29-44 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Script and sound: reflections on the creative function of visualization and spatiali-zation for time-bounded processes like speech and music.

    Krämer, S., 2016, Danish Musicology Online Special Edition, 2016: Word and Music Studies – New paths, new methods. Wierod, L., KKjær Lønneker, A. M., Borcak, F. & Larsen, C. V. (eds.). Dansk Musikforskning Online, p. 14-24 11 p. (Danish Musicology Online ; vol. Special Edition 2016).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Schwerpunkt "Protokolle"

    Leistert, O. (Editor) & Shnayien, M. (Editor), 17.04.2023, transcript Verlag. 160 p. (Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft; vol. 15, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  9. Published

    Schwarz-weiß in Farbe: Gut und Böse in den Massenmedien

    Pinseler, J., 2007, In: Kursiv. 1, p. 40-45 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Schwarm-Werden: Epistemische Rekursionen selbstorganisiernder Kollektive

    Vehlken, S., 2013, Automatismen - Selbsttechnologien. Bublitz, H., Kaldrack, I., Röhle, T. & Zeman, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 289-306 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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  2. Aus der Vergangenheit lernen - Europa vollenden. Laudatio anlässlich der Verleihung des Dr. h.c. an SE Staatspräsident Egils Levits
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  4. Hochschulöffentlicher Vortrag : "Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany - Einblicke in ein aktuelles Forschungsprojekt."
  5. The paths and parts one picture paints: Tracing a visual’s multimodal and relational boundary work in an interorganizational team
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  7. "Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg": Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung
  8. "Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg": Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung
  9. Internationale Tagung „Wissen in der Transnationalisierung – Zur Ubiquität und Krise der Übersetzung“ des DFG-Netzwerks „Trans/Wissen“
  10. 7. Sektionstagung der Sektion Allgemeine Erziehungswissenschaft der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft - DGfE 2013
  11. Postervortrag: EU-Projekt ‘Ambassadors for Women and Science – Pallas Athene’: Evaluation des Projektverbundes, mit Annelie Wellensiek
  12. Evaluation of a project submitted for financial support to FCT – 2022 CALL FOR R&D PROJECT GRANTS, Portugal: Frederic Dufaux (Chair)

Publications

  1. Nachhaltigkeitsrechnungswesen als Bindeglied zwischen Sustainability Balanced Scorecard und Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung
  2. Comparing the fatigue performance of Ti-4Al-0.005B titanium alloy T-joints, welded via different friction stir welding sequences
  3. On the Differential and Shared Effects of Leadership for Learning on Teachers’ Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction
  4. Technische, betriebswirtschaftliche und rechtlichte Analyse des Einsatzes regionaler virtueller Kraftwerke in der Region Nord
  5. Predictive mapping of species richness and plant species' distributions of a peruvian fog oasis along an altitudinal gradient
  6. Application of neural network for correction of hole drilling plasticity effect when measuring LSP induced residual stresses
  7. Arendt i Kant: ravnopravni drugi i “prosireni nacin misljenja“ (Arendt and Kant: the Equal Others and an “Extended Way of Thinking”)
  8. Ergebnisse vergleichender Untersuchungen in Natur- und Wirtschaftswäldern und Folgerungen für eine naturnahe Buchenwirtschaft
  9. Intra- and interspecific tree diversity promotes multitrophic plant–Hemiptera–ant interactions in a forest diversity experiment
  10. The Human Aspect of Cross-Border Acquisition Outcomes: The Role of Management Practices, Employee Emotions, and National Culture
  11. Rezension von: Standhartinger, Angela: Handbuch zum Neuen Testament. 11,1, Der Philipperbrief, Mohr Siebeck 2021, ISBN 9783161601026.
  12. Editorial: Governance for Sustainable Development in the Face of Ambivalence, Uncertainty and Distributed Power: an Introduction
  13. Internetbasierte Ansätze in der Prävention und Behandlung von depressiven Beschwerden bei Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen
  14. Chronological and sedimentological investigations of the Late Pleistocene succession in Osterbylund (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
  15. Attrition and adherence in a WEB-based distress management program for implantable CARdioverter defibrillator patients (WEBCARE)
  16. Geometrical Characterization of Polyethylene Oxide Nanofibers by Atom Force Microscope and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
  17. Der Transfer von Modellversuchsergebnissen zur Berufsbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in den Lernort berufsbildende Schule.
  18. Foreign and Domestic Takeovers in Germany: First Comparative Evidence on the Post-acquisition Target Performance using new Data
  19. Possible underestimations of risks for the environment due to unregulated emissions of biocides from households to wastewater
  20. Entrepreneurial Traits, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Innovation in the Performance of Owner-Manager Led Firms: A Meta-analysis