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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Lebende Prototypen und lebhafte Artefakte: Die (Un-)Gewissheiten der Bionik
Müggenburg, J., 2011, In: Ilinx. Berliner Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft. 2, p. 1-20 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Game Player's Duty: The User as the Gestalt of Ports
Pias, C., 2011, Media Archaeology: approaches, applications, and implications. Huhtamo, E. & Parikka, J. (eds.). Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 164-183 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die papiernen Tafeln des Alan Mathison Turing
Warnke, M., 2006, Turings Tables. John, F. (ed.). Courtesy Galerie Schüppenhauer Köln, p. 28-36 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Logic as a Medium
Warnke, M., 2010, Logic and Structure of the Computer Game. Günzel, S., Liebe, M. & Mersch, D. (eds.). Universitätsverlag Potsdam, p. 64-74 11 p. (DIGAREC Series; vol. 04).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Übermittlung, Passage, Kanal, Medium
Warnke, M., 2010, Sujet Supposé Savoir: Zum Moment der Übertragung in Kunst Pädagogik Psychoanalyse. Crommelin, A., Meyer, T. & Zahn, M. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 83-85 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Über Britta Schinzels intellektuelle Reisen, den Epistemischen Vorteil und ihre Kunst der Doppelstütze
Warnke, M., 2008, Kaleidoskop – Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Britta Schinzel. Freiburg: Institut für Informatik und Gesellschaft der Universität Freiburg, p. 86-87 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Meta-Image – a collaborative environment for the image discourse
Warnke, M., Dieckmann, L. & Kliemann, A., 2010, EVA LONDON 2010: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. Seal, A., Bowen, J. & Ng, K. (eds.). BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT, p. 190 - 198 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Schwärme. Zootechnologien
Vehlken, S., 2007, Politische Zoologie. von der Heiden, A. & Vogl, J. (eds.). Zürich, Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 235-257 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Stille Wasser sind kalt: Winde, Wellen und suprafluide Gewässer nahe Null
Vehlken, S., 2007, Stehende Gewässer: Medien der Stagnation. Butis, B. (ed.). Zürich, Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 225-237 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Fish & Chips: Schwärme, Simulation, Selbstoptimierung
Vehlken, S., 2009, Schwärme - Kollektive ohne Zentrum: Eine Wissensgeschichte zwischen Leben und Information. Horn, E. & Gisi, L. M. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 125-162 38 p. (Masse und Medium; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research