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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Games und Gamification: Kulturhistorische, medienwissenschaftliche, politische und ästhetische Dimensionen
Fuchs, M., 23.11.2020, Lüneburg. 318 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Post-doctoral dissertations
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Hamburg Maschine_revisited: Artistic and Critical Investigations into Our Digital Condition
Kohlhuber , I. (Editor) & Leistert, O. (Editor), 04.2022, Hamburg: adocs. 436 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Von Delfinhaut bis Wolfskin: Kleine Epistemologie der Funktionskleidung
Müggenburg, J., 2021, Hautlichkeit: Oberflächen in Wissenschaft und Design. Schnödl, G. & Windgätter, C. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 37-55 19 p. ( DesignWissen; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Protocol
Beuster, G., Leistert, O. & Röhle, T., 31.03.2022, In: Internet Policy Review. 11, 1, p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Medienwerk und Konsumobjekt: Thesen zu einer Ästhetik der medialen Existenz von Musik
Großmann, R., 2002, Musik im Spiegel ihrer technologischen Entwicklung: Beiträge zum 14. internationalen Symposion des DVSM e.V. an der Universität Lüneburg vom 9.–12. Oktober 1999. Steinhauer, M. & Sommer, S. M. (eds.). Wilhelmshaven: Verlag Florian Noetzel, p. 39-46 8 p. (Schriftenreihe zur Musikwissenschaft der Universität Lüneburg; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Quantum Computing and the Analog/Digital Distinction
Schröter, J., Ernst, C. & Warnke, M., 23.02.2022, In: Grey Room. 86, p. 28-49 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Operative communication: project Cybersyn and the intersection of information design, interface design, and interaction design
Vehlken, S., 09.2022, In: AI and Society. 37, 3, p. 1131-1152 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Das Phänomen Trump als Effekt von Microtargeting und Psychometrie
Leistert, O., 29.09.2021, Data Politics: Zum Umgang mit Daten im digitalen Zeitalter. Bachor, M., Hug, T. & Pallaver, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, p. 19 - 33 15 p. (Edited Volumes).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Soziale Medien als Technologien der Überwachung und Kontrolle
Leistert, O., 24.12.2021, Handbuch Soziale Medien. Schmidt, J.-H. & Taddicken, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1 - 19 19 p. (Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Cultural Politics of Games
Fuchs, M., 2021, Strategies in Contemporary New Media Art. Grau, O. & Hinterwaldner, I. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Saur, p. 78-86 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review