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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Das Augentierchen: Euglena gracilis KLEBS
Berz, P., 2012, Zoologicon: Ein kulturhistorisches Wörterbuch der Tiere. Kassung, C., Mersmann, J. & Rader, O. B. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 26-32 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Spielregeln. 25 Aufstellungen. Eine Festschrift für Wolfgang Pircher
Berz, P. (Editor), Pias, C. (Editor), Kubaczek, M. (Editor), Unterholzner, D. (Editor) & Laquièze-Waniek, E. (Editor), 2012, Berlin und Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 368 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Die Lebewesen und ihre Medien
Berz, P., 2010, Ambiente: das Leben und seine Räume ; basiert auf dem Symposium "Ambiente: das Leben & Seine Räume", das 2008 im Rahmen des Festivals Paraflows in Wien stattgefunden hat. Brandstetter, T., Harasser, K. & Friesinger, G. (eds.). Wien: Verlag Turia + Kant, p. 23-49 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Versuch über die Wölbung
Berz, P., 11.05.2011, In: wespennest. zeitschrift für brauchbare texte und bilder. 43, 160, p. 73-79 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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L'imaginaire animal
Berz, P., 2011, Image and Imaging in Philosophy, Science and the Arts : Proceedings of the 33rd International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium in Kirchberg. Heinrich, R., Nemeth, E., Pichler, W. & Wagner, D. (eds.). Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 331-364 34 p. (Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society ; N.S; vol. 16).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Einzeller und die Lust: Boelsche - Freud - Ferenczi
Berz, P., 2012, Freuds Referenzen. Kirchhoff, C. & Scharbert, G. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 15-33 19 p. (LiteraturForschung; no. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Contenant Contenu: Anordnungen des Enthaltens
Berz, P., 2012, Das Motiv der Kästchenwahl: Container in Psychoananalyse, Kunst, Kultur. Härtel, I. & Knellessen, O. (eds.). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht GmbH and Co. KG, p. 133-153 21 p. (Psychoanalytische Blätter; no. 31).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Binary Random Nets II: Amerikanische Kombinationen
Berz, P., 2012, Spielregeln. 25 Aufstellungen: Eine Festschrift für Wolfgang Pircher. Berz, P., Kubaczek, M., Laquièze-Waniek, E. & Unterholzner, D. (eds.). Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 343-359 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Binary Random Nets I: Ein Tiroler Gerücht
Berz, P., 2012, Spielregeln. 25 Aufstellungen: Eine Festschrift für Wolfgang Pircher. Berz, P., Kubaczek, M., Laquièze-Waniek, E. & Unterholzner, D. (eds.). Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 25-40 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review