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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    Gewalt

    Röser, J., 01.01.2003, Handbuch populäre Kultur: Begriffe, Theorien und Diskussionen. Hügel, H.-O. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 215-219 5 p.

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    Gespielte Medien und die Anfänge 'phonographischer Arbeit'

    Großmann, R., 2016, Spiel (mit) der Maschine: Musikalische Medienpraxis in der Frühzeit von Phonographie, Selbstspielklavier, Film und Radio. Saxer, M. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 381-398 18 p.

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    Gespenster des Wissens

    Holl, U. (Editor), Pias, C. (Editor) & Wolf, B. (Editor), 2017, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 440 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

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    Gesichter im Sand: Schwärme zwischen Nicht-Identität und Pattern Recognition

    Vehlken, S., 15.07.2013, Im Netz der Eindeutigkeiten: unbestimmte Figuren und die Irritation von Identität. Andreas, M. & Frankenberg, N. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 165-188 24 p.

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    Geschlechtsgebundene Erfahrungen aushandeln - Freiräume schaffen: Die Rezeption von Frauenzeitschriften als Reaktion auf mediale und lebensweltliche Ungleichheiten

    Müller, K., 2012, Ungleichheit : Medien- und kommunikationssoziologische Perspektiven. Stegbauer, C. (ed.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 261-277 17 p.

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    Geschichtsphilosophie nach der Geschichtsphilosophie? Perspektiven der Kulturgeschichte im Ausgang von Heinz Dieter Kittsteiner

    Blänkner, R. (Editor), Schmieder, F. (Editor), Voller, C. (Editor) & Wagner, J. (Editor), 27.07.2021, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 346 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    "Germany's Next Topmodel": Dilemmata und Ambivalenzen aus Sicht von Zuschauerinnen

    Thomas, T. & Stehling, M., 2012, Auf Augenhöhe ?: Rezeption von Castingshows und Coachingsendungen. Hajok, D., Selg, O. & Hackenberg, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Konstanz: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, p. 161-177 17 p. (Alltag, Medien und Kultur; no. 10).

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    Gerhard Rühm oder: Vom Eigensinn der Medien

    Krämer, S., 2017, Gerhard Rühm. Brugger, I. & Eipeldauer, H. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 27-32 6 p.

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

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    Gerechtigkeit und Anerkennung durch Bilder: Eine ethische Perspektive auf visuelle Kommunikation in den Medien

    Grittmann, E. & Maier, T., 2016, Verantwortung – Gerechtigkeit – Öffentlichkeit: normative Perspektiven auf Kommunikation. Werner, P., Pleil, T., Rinsdorf, L. & Altmeppen, K.-D. (eds.). Konstanz/München: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, p. 171-184 14 p. (Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; vol. 43).

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

  10. Published

    General Ecology

    Hörl, E. H., 2018, Posthuman Glossary. Braidotti, R. & Hlavajova, M. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 172-175 4 p.

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

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