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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Schönheit und Ästhetizität: Zur Verwissenschaftlichung künstlerischer Kategorien
Großmann, R., 2008, Schönheit als verweigerte Gewohnheit: Der Schönheitsbegriff und die avancierte Musik im 20. Jahrhundert. Demuth, M. (ed.). Pfau Verlag, p. 51-65 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Da Capo Al Segno
Warnke, M. & Großmann, R., 2007, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 66 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Ab in die Mitte...? von der Einheit der Nation und dem Konkurrieren um die politische Mitte
Thomas, T., 2002, Kollektives Handeln: Politische Mobilisierung zwischen Struktur und IdentitätBeiträge der wissen-schaftlichen Tagung der Promotionsstipendiatinnen und Promotionsstipendiaten der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung vom 20. bis 23. Mai 2001 in Oer-Erkenschwick. Bartmann, S., Gille, K. & Haunss, S. (eds.). Düsseldorf: Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, p. 79-98 20 p. (edition der Hans-Böckler-Stiftun; vol. 69).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kommunikationsstörungen und Kommunikationschancen: Anmerkungen über Genderforschung in der Kommunikationswissenschaft
Röser, J., 2002, Kommunikation im Gespräch: Festschrift für Franz R. Stuke zum 60. Geburtstag. Kruck, P., Rothe, C. & Schäfer, G. (eds.). Bochum, Münster: Daedalus Verlag, p. 153-161 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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War isn't hell, it's entertainment: essays on visual media and the representation of conflict
Schubart, R. (Editor) & Thomas, T. (Editor), 2009, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company Publishers. 283 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Die gesellschaftliche Dimension der Mediengewalt: kritische Bilanz der Wirkungsforschung und theoretische Alternativen in Rahmen der Cultural studies
Röser, J., 2001, Theoretische Perspektiven der Rezeptionsforschung. Rössler, P. (ed.). München: Verlag Reinhard Fischer, p. 137-161 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Collage, Montage, Sampling: ein Streifzug durch (medien-)materialbezogene ästhetische Strategien
Großmann, R., 2005, Sound: zur Technologie und Ästhetik des Akustischen in den Medien. Segeberg, H. (ed.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 308-331 24 p. (Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GfM) ; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Klang - Medium - Natur: Annäherungen an die Neenkirchener (Klang-)Kunst-Landschaft
Großmann, R., 2001, Projekt Kunst-Landschaft 1967 - 2000. Nürnberg: Verlag für Moderne Kunst, p. 18-21 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Signal, Material, Sampling: zur ästhetischen Aneignung medientechnischer Übertragung
Großmann, R., 2004, Übertragung - Transfer - Metapher: Kulturtechniken, ihre Visionen und Obsessionen. Sanio , S. & Scheib , C. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, p. 91-110 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der Pressejournalismus als Konstrukteur männlicher Dominanz: Geschlechterverhältnisse auf den Hauptnachrichtenseiten deutscher Tageszeitungen - eine Zwölf-Wochen-Analyse
Röser, J., 2006, Präsenz von Frauen in den Nachrichten: Medienbeobachtungen 2005. Hesse, M. (ed.). Bonn: Journalistinnenbund, p. 27-36 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research