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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    Kybernetische Biopolitik: (Im)materielle Arbeit am Selbst

    Hille, L., 04.07.2016, In: Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialtheorie und Philosophie. 3, 1, p. 94-107 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Die Nihilisierung des Nihilismus - Alfred Seidel (1895-1924)

    Voller, C., 2016, Intellektuelle in Heidelberg 1910 - 1933. Ein Lesebuch. Bitterolf, M., Schöbel, S. & Schlaudt, O. (eds.). Heidelberg: Schöbel , p. 305-321 19 p.

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

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    Wider die 'Mode heutiger Archaik': Konzeptionen von Präsenz und Repräsentation im Mythosdiskurs der Nachkriegszeit

    Voller, C., 2014, Zwischen Präsenz und Repräsentation : Formen und Funktionen des Mythos in literarischen und theoretischen Diskursen. Gebert, B. & Mayer, U. (eds.). Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 226-273 31 p.

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

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    Kommunikation verweigert: Schwierige Beziehungen zwischen Blumenberg und Adorno

    Voller, C., 2013, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie. 7, 2, p. 381-405 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Radikales Denken. Über Alfred Seidels 'Bewußtsein als Verhängnis'.

    Voller, C., 2012, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie. 6, 2, p. 313-327 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    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

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    Spaces with a temper: On atmospheres of teaching

    Michels, C. & Beyes, T., 2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Beyes, T., Steyaert, C. & Parker, M. (eds.). London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 312-329 18 p.

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

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    Art, Aesthetics and Organization

    Beyes, T., 26.08.2016, A Research Agenda for Management and Organization Studies. Czarniawska, B. (ed.). 1 ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 115-125 11 p. (Elgar research agendas).

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

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    Adorno’s Grey, Taussig’s Blue: Colour, organization and critical affect

    Beyes, T. & De Cock, C., 01.01.2017, In: Organization. 24, 1, p. 59-78 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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