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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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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Dynamicland: Ein Ethnographie der Arbeit am Medium
Bachmann, G., 2018, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde. 114, 1, p. 29-50 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Utopian Hacks
Bachmann, G., 08.2017, Limn Number 8: Hacks, Leaks, and Breaches. Coleman, E. G. & Kelty, C. M. (eds.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Vol. 8. p. 96-101 6 p. (Limn; no. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Silicon Valley
Bachmann, G., 2017, Nach der Revolution: ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 65-76 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Social Productivity of Anonymity: Special Issue of Ephemera Journal
Bachmann, G. (Editor), Knecht, M. (Editor) & Wittel, A. (Editor), 2017, 2 ed. Warwick Business School. (Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization; vol. 17, no. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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The social productivity of anonymity: An introduction
Bachmann, G., Knecht, M. & Wittel, A., 2017, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 17, 2, p. 241-258 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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The terms of anonymity: An interview with Marit Hansen, German data protection expert
Bachmann, G. & Bialski, P., 2017, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 17, 2, p. 421-430 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Kulturland Brandenburg: Eine Kampagne für regionale Kulturarbeit
Bachmann, G. & Voesgen, H., 2004, Labor Ostdeutschland: kulturelle Praxis im gesellschaftlichen Wandel. Bauer-Volke, K. & Dietzsch, I. (eds.). Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische BildungResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Coffee Machine as a mediating technology of organization
Bachmann, G. & Bialski, P., 12.12.2019, Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology and Organization Studies . Beyes, T., Holt, R. & Pias, C. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 116-124 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Rethinking AI: Neural Networks, Biometrics and the New Artificial Intelligence
Reichert, R. (Editor) & Fuchs, M. (Editor), 01.09.2018, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 240 p. (Digital culture & society; vol. 4, no. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research