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

    Heidis Girls und Popstars-Mädchen: inszenierte Lebensträume und harte (Körper-)Arbeit

    Thomas, T., 2007, In: Betrifft Mädchen. 20, 3, p. 108-114 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Heaven and Earth – Cloud and Territory in the Internet

    Warnke, M., 01.01.2020, Human-Centric Computing in a Data-Driven Society: 14th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC14 2020, Tokyo, Japan, September 9–11, 2020, Proceedings. Kreps, D., Komukai, T., Gopal, T. V. & Ishii, K. (eds.). Cham: Springer Schweiz, p. 117-129 13 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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

  3. Published

    Hans Joas / Wolfgang Knöbl, Kriegsverdrängung. Ein Problem in der Geschichte der Sozialtheorie. Frankfurt am Main 2008: Suhrkamp

    Spreen, D., 2010, In: Soziologische Revue. 33, 3, p. 364-367 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  4. Published

    Hamburg Maschine_revisited: Artistic and Critical Investigations into Our Digital Condition

    Kohlhuber , I. (Editor) & Leistert, O. (Editor), 04.2022, Hamburg: adocs. 436 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Hacking the Classroom: Rethinking learning through social media practices

    Bachmann, G. & Shah, N., 06.2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Steyaert, C., Beyes , T. & Parker, M. (eds.). London/New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 287-297 11 p. 21

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

  6. Published

    Grundversorgung statt Emanzipation? Freie Radios in Deutschland zwischen gesellschaftskritischem Anspruch und medienpolitischem Alltag

    Pinseler, J., 2005, Von der Kür zur Pflicht?: Perspektiven der Nichtkommerziellen Lokalen Hörfunks - Dokumentation der Tagung vom November 2004 in Halle (Saale). Kupfer, T. & Thiermann, S. (eds.). Berlin: VISTA Verlag, p. 77-81 5 p. (Schriftenreihe der Medienanstalt Sachsen-Anhalt (Halle); vol. 6).

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

  7. Published

    Graphismus als Potenzial: Reflexionen über die epistemische Verschränkung von Räumlichkeit und Anschauung

    Krämer, S., 2015, Notationen in kreativen Prozessen. Czolbe, F. & Magnus, D. (eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 17-36 20 p.

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

  8. Published

    Graphism and Flatness. The Line as Mediator between Time and Space, Intuition and Concept

    Krämer, S., 2008, The Power Of Line. Faietti, M. & Wolf, G. (eds.). München: Hirmer, p. 10-19 10 p.

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

  9. Published

    Grammophon-Erziehung und Beat-Bildung: Szenen medien/musikalischer Bildungs-Phantasmen

    Pelleter, M., 2015, Medien – Bildung – Dispositive: Beiträge zu einer interdisziplinären Medienbildungsforschung. Othmer, J. & Weich, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 141-155 15 p. (Medienbildung und Gesellschaft; vol. 30).

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

  10. E-pub ahead of print

    Governing Objects from a Distance: Blockchains as Organizers of Environmentality

    Leistert, O., 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) Explorations in Digital Cultures. Burkhardt, M., Shnayien, M. & Grashöfer, K. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 5-20 16 p.

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

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