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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The messenger as a model in Media Theory. Reflections on the philosophical di-mensions of theorizing Media
Krämer, S., 01.01.2016, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. N. F. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 197-213 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Point, line, surface as plane. From notational iconicity to diagrammatology
Krämer, S., 01.04.2016, Theorizing Images. Paic, Z. & Purgar, K. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 202-227 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Leibniz on symbolism as a cognitive instrument
Krämer, S., 2016, The Philosophy of Emerging Media: Understanding, Appreciation and Application. Floyd, J. & Katz, J. E. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 307-318 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Wieso gilt Ada Lovelace als die ‚erste Programmiererin‘ und was bedeutet überhaupt ‚programmieren‘?
Krämer, S., 2015, Ada Lovelace. : Die Pionierin der Computertechnik und ihre Nachfolgerinnen. Krämer, S. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 75-90 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Im Mittelpunkt steht Ada. Zur Einleitung in diesen Band
Krämer, S., 2015, Ada Lovelace.: Die Pionierin der Computertechnik und ihre Nachfolgerinnen. Krämer, S. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 7-16 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture
Krämer, S. (Editor) & Weigel, S. (Editor), 08.2017, London: Rowman & Littlefield International. 294 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Philosophie der Zeugenschaft: Eine Anthologie
Krämer, S. (Editor), Schmidt, S. (Editor) & Schülein, J.-G., 01.02.2017, Münster: mentis Verlag. 243 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Zeugen in der Kunst
Krämer, S. (Editor) & Schmidt, S. (Editor), 2016, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 246 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review