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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"Unterschichtenfernsehen": Beobachtungen zum Zusammenhang von Medienklassifikationen und sozialer Ungleichheit
Klaus, E. & Röser, J., 2008, Medien - Diversität - Ungleichheit: Zur medialen Konstruktion sozialer Differenz. Wischermann, U. & Thomas, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 263-279 17 p. (Medien - Kultur - Kommunikation).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Geburt des Pop aus dem Geist der phonographischen Reproduktion
Großmann, R., 2008, PopMusicology: Perspektiven der Popmusikwissenschaft. Bielefeldt, C., Dahmen, U. & Großmann, R. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 119-134 16 p. (Kultur- und Medientheorie).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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"Hello Kitty" im japanischen Medienalltag: zur Integration mobiler Kommunikationstechnologien in alltagskulturelle Praktiken der Verniedlichung
Peil, C., 2010, Alltag in den Medien - Medien im Alltag. Röser, J., Thomas, T. & Peil, C. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 242-260 19 p. (Medien - Kultur - Kommunikation).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Wissen und kulturelle Praxis - Audioarchive im Wandel
Großmann, R., 31.12.2004, Wissensprozesse in der Netzwerkgesellschaft. Gendolla, P. & Schäfer, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 239-256 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Weibliche Information und männliche Unterhaltung? Die Tagesthemen und deren Moderation aus Sicht der Zuschauerinnen und Zuschauer
Peil, C., 2009, Politik auf dem Boulevard?: Die Neuordnung der Geschlechter in der Politik der Mediengesellschaft. Lünenborg, M. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 232-255 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Mediale Unterhaltungsangebote aus gesellschaftskritischer Perspektive: von der Kritik an der Kulturindustrie zur Analyse der gegenwärtigen Gouvernementalität
Thomas, T. & Langemeyer, I., 2007, Kritische Theorie heute. Winter, R. & Zima, P. V. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 259-281 23 p. (Cultural Studies; vol. 20).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kriegsbereit?! ein Plädoyer zur Erforschung der Banalisierung des Militärischen
Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2004, In: Forum Wissenschaft. 21, 2, p. 27-29 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Banal militarism: zur Veralltäglichung des Militärischen im Zivilen
Thomas, T. (Editor) & Virchow, F. (Editor), 31.12.2006, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 432 p. (Cultural Studies; vol. 13)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Medienidentitäten: eine Hinführung zu den Diskussionen
Hepp, A., Thomas, T. & Winter, C., 2003, Medienidentitäten: Identität im Kontext von Globalisierung und Medienkultur. Winter, C., Thomas, T. & Hepp, A. (eds.). Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, p. 7-26 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der Domestizierungsansatz und seine Potenziale zur Analyse alltäglichen Medienhandelns
Röser, J., 2007, MedienAlltag: Domestizierungsprozesse alter und neuer Medien. Röser, J. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 15-30 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research