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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Gamification - die Ausweitung der Spielzone
Fuchs, M., 2013, In: DU - das Kulturmagazin. 839, 9, p. 82 - 87 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Sharing Turn: Why We are Generally Nice and Have a Good Chance to Cooperate our Way Out of the Mess We Have Gotten Ourselves Into
Graßmuck, V., 2012, Media, Knowledge and Education: Cultures and Ethics of Sharing: Medien - Wissen - Bildung: Kulturen und Ethiken des Teilens. Sützl, W., Stalder, F., Maier, R. & Hug, T. (eds.). Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, p. 17-34 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Unplanned, Unanticipated and Unsupported? E-Mail als sozio-technisches Hybrid
Siegert, P. F., 04.07.2013, Computer als Medium »HyperKult XXII« : Standards, Normen, Protokolle. Centre for Digital Cultures Lüneburg, p. 14-20 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Valuation Beyond the Market: On Symbolic and Economic Value in Contemporary Art
Wuggenig, U. & Rudolph, S., 2013, Art Production Beyond the Art Market?. van den Berg, K. & Pasero, U. (eds.). Berlin / New York: Sternberg Press, p. 101-149 49 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Interfaces Ludiques
Fuchs, M., 01.12.2011, Jusqu'ici, tout va bien: Rencontres des arts numériques, électroniques et médiatiques. Bébié Valérian, G. (ed.). Le Vigan, France: Oudeis, p. 18 - 23 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Lautsprecher. Medienaufführungen: Vom kulturellen Wandel eines Übertragungsmediums
Großmann, R., 05.2013, In: Positionen. 95, Mai 2013 "Oberflächen", p. 18-20 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Postmoderne Medientheorien
Vehlken, S., 2014, Handbuch Medienwissenschaft. Schröter, J. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 115-124 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Das Atom-Ei des Columbus: Kernkraft und Computersimulation im Zeitalter der Hypothetizität
Vehlken, S., 2014, Trial and Error: Szenarien medialen Handelns. Wolfsteiner, A. & Rautzenberg, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 149-172 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Reality Mining: Neue Mengen-Lehren in Social Simulations
Vehlken, S., 01.11.2014, Soziale Medien - Neue Massen: Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Zürich, Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 185-203 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Gesichter im Sand: Schwärme zwischen Nicht-Identität und Pattern Recognition
Vehlken, S., 15.07.2013, Im Netz der Eindeutigkeiten: unbestimmte Figuren und die Irritation von Identität. Andreas, M. & Frankenberg, N. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 165-188 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research