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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Feministische Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft: Positionen zu Gesellschaftskritik, Erkenntniskritik und Emanzipationsvision
Thomas, T., 24.08.2013, Normativität in der Kommunikationswissenschaft.. Karmasin, M., Rath, M. & Thomaß, B. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, p. 397-420 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zwischen Konformität und Widerständigkeit: Populärkultur als Vergesellschaftungsmodus
Thomas, T., 2012, Banale Kämpfe ?: Perspektiven auf Populärkultur und Geschlecht. Villa, P.-I. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 211-228 17 p. (Geschlecht und Gesellschaft; no. 51).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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(Un-)Möglichkeiten kritischer Geschlechtertheorie und -politik: Öffentliche Kontroversen
Thomas, T., 2012, Medien, Öffentlichkeit und Geschlecht in Bewegung: Forschungsperspektiven der kommunikations- und medienwissenschaftlichen Geschlechterforschung. Maier, T., Thiele, M. & Linke, C. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 27-49 22 p. (Critical media studies; no. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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On the Epistemology of Computer Simulation
Pias, C., 2011, In: Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung. 2, 1, p. 29-54 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Maschinen – Sprachen
Pias, C., 2011, Nicht Fisch - nicht Fleisch: Ordnungssysteme und ihre Störfälle. Bäumler, T., Bühler , B. & Rieger, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 187-207 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Lesbarkeit der Bewegung
Pias, C., 2011, Gestalt der Bewegung - Figure of Motion. Zinsmeister, A. (ed.). Jovis Verlag, p. 131-161 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Transculturality in Top Model: An Analysis of a Global Television Format and its Audiences in Different Cultural Contexts
Stehling, M., 2010, Media and Communication Studies, Interventions and Intersections: The Intellectual Work of the 2010 ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School. Carpentier, N., Tomanic Trivundza, I., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Sundin, E., Olsson, T., Kilborn, R., Nieminen, H. & Cammaerts, B. (eds.). Tartu University Press, p. 334-335 2 p. (The researching and Teaching communicaTion series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Partizipation
Beyes, T., 2010, Lexikon zur zeitgenössischen Kunst von Com & Com: [anläßlich der Ausstellung "La Réalité Dépasse la Fiction" im CentrePasquArt in Biel /Bienne vom 17. Januar bis 14. März 2010]. Hedinger, J. M. & Gossolt, M. (eds.). Sulgen und Zürich: Niggli Verlag , p. 127-128 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Öffentlicher Raum
Beyes, T., 2010, Lexikon zur zeitgenössischen Kunst von Com & Com: [anläßlich der Ausstellung "La Réalité Dépasse la Fiction" im CentrePasquArt in Biel /Bienne vom 17. Januar bis 14. März 2010]. Hedinger, J. M. & Gossolt, M. (eds.). Sulgen und Zürich: Niggli Verlag , p. 121-122 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Alltag
Beyes, T., 2010, Lexikon zur zeitgenössischen Kunst von Com & Com: [anläßlich der Ausstellung "La Realite Depasse la Fiction" im CentrePasquArt in Biel/Bienne vom 17. Januar bis 14. März 2010. Hedinger, J. M. & Gossolt, M. (eds.). Sulgen und Zürich: Niggli Verlag , p. 12-13 2 p. (Binding Selection d´Artistes; no. 31).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research