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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    Symbolischer Wert und Warenwert

    Rudolph, S. & Wuggenig, U., 2012, Das Kunstfeld: Eine Studie über Akteure und Institutionen der zeitgenössischen Kunst am Beispiel von Zürich, Wien, Hamburg und Paris. Munder, H. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Zürich: JRP Ringier Verlag, p. 315-341 27 p.

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    Einleitung: Von der "Klein-Hypothese" zur Beratung der Gesellschaft

    Pias, C. & Vehlken, S., 2010, Think Tanks : Die Beratung der Gesellschaft. Brandstetter, T., Pias, C. & Vehlken, S. (eds.). Zürich, Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 7-15 9 p.

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    Zur Zukunft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Medien: Grundversorgung in 140 Zeichen?

    Graßmuck, V., 12.2012, Jahrbuch Netzpolitik 2012: Von A wie ACTA bis Z wie Zensur. Beckedahl, M. & Meister, A. (eds.). Berlin: epubli GmbH, p. 117-121 5 p.

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    Schwarm-Werden: Epistemische Rekursionen selbstorganisiernder Kollektive

    Vehlken, S., 2013, Automatismen - Selbsttechnologien. Bublitz, H., Kaldrack, I., Röhle, T. & Zeman, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 289-306 17 p.

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    Exkursion in die Coy-Galaxis

    Graßmuck, V., 2012, Per Anhalter durch die Turing-Galaxis. Knaut, A., Kühne, C., Kurz, C., Pohle, J., Rehak, R. & Ullrich, S. (eds.). Münster: MV Wissenschaft, p. 9-17 9 p.

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    Blöde Sklaven oder lebhafte Artefakte ? Eine Debatte der 1960er

    Müggenburg, J. & Pias, C., 2013, Automatismen - Selbst-Technologien. Bublitz, H., Kaldrack, I., Röhle, T. & Zeman, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 45-69 24 p. (Schriftenreihe des Graduiertenkollegs "Automatismen").

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    Ich trage, wo ich gehe, stets eine Uhr bei mir - Oder: Mein Gott, was sind die Wissenschaften aufregend !

    Warnke, M., 2012, Per Anhalter durch die Turing-Galaxis. Knaut, A., Kühne, C., Rehak, R., Stefan, U., Kurz, C. & Pohle, J. (eds.). Münster: MV Wissenschaft, p. 101-109 8 p.

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    Betriebssysteme der Wissenschaft

    Warnke, M., 2012, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 7, 2, p. 152-156 4 p.

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    Quantencomputer/Quantenkryptographie

    Warnke, M., 2014, Handbuch Medienwissenschaft. Schröter, J. (ed.). 1 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 369-371 3 p.

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    Computerspiele als Träger politischer Bedeutungsangebote

    Schrape, N., 2009, Die Medien und das Neue: 21. Film- und Fernsehwissenschaftliches Kolloquium. Wendler, A. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Schüren Verlag, p. 241-251 11 p. (Schriften des Internationalen Kollegs für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie; no. 3).

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