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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Sicht von oben: Powers of Ten und Bildpolitiken der Vertikalität
Tollmann, V., 03.2022, Leipzig: Spector Books. 358 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Other › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Schwarz-weiß in Farbe: Gut und Böse in den Massenmedien
Pinseler, J., 2007, In: Kursiv. 1, p. 40-45 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review