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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Zootechnologies: Swarming as a Cultural Technique
Vehlken, S., 01.11.2013, In: Theory, Culture & Society. 30, 6, p. 110-131 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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"Sonic Fiction" - Zum Begreifen musikalisch-medialer Gestaltung: Ein Plädoyer zum (Wieder-)Lesen der Textsammlung »Heller als die Sonne« von Kodwo Eshun
Großmann, R., 2013, Die Metapher als 'Medium' des Musikverstehens: Wissenschaftliches Symposium, 17. Juni – 19. Juni 2011, Universität Osnabrück. Enders, B., Oberschmidt, J. & Schmitt, G. (eds.). Osnabrück: EPOS-Verlag, p. 161-172 12 p. (Osnabrücker Beiträge zur Systematischen Musikwissenschaft; vol. 24).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Simondon et la question de l'information
Hui, Y., 2015, ARTS, ESTHÉTIQUE, VIE CULTURELLE PHILOSOPHIE EUROPE. Barthelemy, J.-H. (ed.). 6 ed. Paris: L'Harmattan, p. 29-47 17 p. (Cahiers Simondon; no. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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As You Like It: Critique in the Era of an Affirmative Discourse
Bunz, M., 04.2013, Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives. Lovink, G. & Rasch, M. (eds.). Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, Vol. 8. p. 137-145 (Inc Reader).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Databases as citadels in the web 2.0
Warnke, M., 2013, Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and the Their Alternatives. Lovink, G. & Rasch, M. (eds.). Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, p. 76-89 13 p. (INC Reader; no. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Ebstorfer Weltkarte: Der Computer als Medium für selbstbestimmtes Lernen
Warnke, M., 1992, In: Computer + Unterricht. 2, 5, p. 27-31 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Zur Informatisierung von Kunst und Kultur
Warnke, M., Müller, G., Langenheder, W. & Schinzel, B., 1992, Informatik cui bono?: GI-FB 8 Fachtagung, Freiburg, 23.-26. September 1992, Proceedings. Langenheder, W., Müller, G. & Schinzel, B. (eds.). Springer, p. 202-207 5 p. (Informatik aktuell).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Das Thema ist die ganze Welt: Hypertext im Museum
Warnke, M., 1990, Hypertext und Hypermedia: von theoretischen Konzepten zur praktischen Anwendung. Gloor, P. & Streitz, N. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 268-277 10 p. (Informatik-Fachberichte; vol. 249).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Die Materialität des Klangs und die Medienpraxis der Musikkultur: Ein verspäteter Gegenstand der Musikwissenschaft?
Großmann, R., 2013, Auditive Medienkulturen: Techniken des Hörens und Praktiken der Klanggestaltung. Volmar, A. & Schröter, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 61-78 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review