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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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Media Genealogy: Back to the Present of Digital Cultures
Apprich, C. & Bachmann, G., 23.06.2017, Digitisation: Theories and Concepts for Empirical Cultural Research. Koch, G. (ed.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 293 - 306 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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The Hidden Space of Production: Virtuality in Henri Bergson and Gilbert Simondon
Kasprowicz, D., 2017, You were not expected to do this : On the Dynamics of Production: Distraction/Interference - Resistence/Accident. Blanga-Gubbay, D. & Ruchaud, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Düsseldorf University Press, p. 111-126 16 p. (materialisierungen; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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A new fully integrated X-ray irradiator system for dosimetric research
Richter, D., Mittelstraß, D., Kreutzer, S., Pintaske, R., Dornich, K. & Fuchs, M., 01.06.2016, In: Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 112, p. 122-130 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Spaces with a temper: On atmospheres of education
Michels, C. & Beyes, T., 17.06.2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Steyaert, C., Beyes, T. & Parker, M. (eds.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 312-329 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das relationale Apriori Wiens / Das städtische Apriori des Relationalismus: Stadt, Raum und Text in Robert Musils „Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften“
Schnödl, G., 15.12.2016, In: Le Foucaldien. 2, 1, 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Trick 17 zur Einführung
Vehlken, S., Müggenburg, J. K., Sprenger, F. & Müller-Helle, K., 2016, Trick 17: Mediengeschichten zwischen Zauberkunst und Wissenschaft. Vehlken, S., Müller-Helle, K., Müggenburg, J. & Sprenger, F. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 7-14 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Century of Play: 18th Century Precursors of Gamification
Fuchs, M., 01.04.2016, In: Kinephanos. Special issue, p. 9-33 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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(Review) The Shape of Spectatorship. Art, Science, and Early Cinema in Germany by Scott Curtis. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015.
Wellmann, J., 11.2016, In: Modernism/Modernity. 23, 4, p. 918-920 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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What’s German about German media theory?
Pias, C., 10.05.2016, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. Friesen, N. (ed.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 15-27 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review