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. 

  1. 2017
  2. Published

    Interferences and Events: On Epistemic Shifts in Physics through Computer Simulations

    Dippel, A. (Editor) & Warnke, M. (Editor), 2017, Lüneburg: meson press. 182 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Introduction

    Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment. Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 1-10 10 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. Published

    Introduction: Converging the Yet-Separate Theoretical Discourses of Testimony Studies

    Krämer, S. & Weigel, S., 2017, Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History, and Culture. Krämer, S. & Weigel, S. (eds.). London: Rowman & Littlefield International, p. IX-XII 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Krassheiten: Das Ende der Massen und ihrer Medien

    Warnke, M., 2017, In: Treffpunkte. 2017, 3, p. 13 – 16 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Kritische Übergänge. Relationsmodelle der Kritik um 1900

    Schnödl, G., 2017, Julius Meier-Graefe: Grenzgänger der Künste. Becker, I. & Marchal, S. (eds.). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, p. 44-58 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Media and Migration: Editorial

    Apprich, C., Beverungen, A., Freudenschuß, M., Hille, L., Simons, S., Wiedemann, C., Heinrichs, R. & Yoosuf, H., 2017, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 4, 2, 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  8. Published

    Mediengenealogie: Zurück in die Gegenwart digitaler Kulturen

    Apprich, C. & Bachmann, G., 2017, Digitalisierung: Theorien und Konzepte für die empirische Kulturforschung. Koch, G. (ed.). Konstanz, München: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, p. 405-426 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Musical Instruments in the 21st Century: Identities, Configurations, Practices

    Bovermann, T. (Editor), de Campo, A. (Editor), Egermann, H. (Editor), Hardjowirogo, S.-I. (Editor) & Weinzierl, S. (Editor), 2017, Singapore: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. 412 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    On cosmotechnics: For a renewed relaton between technology and nature in the anthropocene

    Hui, Y., 2017, In: Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology. 21, 2-3, p. 319-341 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Optical Diagrams as “Paper Tools”: Della Porta’s Analysis of Biconvex Lenses from De refractione to De telescopio

    Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615). Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature, p. 57-96 40 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  12. Published

    Profil

    Bernard, A., 2017, Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 38-48 11 p. (Duisburger Dialoge).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  13. Published

    Reframing the technosphere: Peter Sloterdijk and Bernard Stiegler's anthropotechnological diagnoses of the anthropocene

    Lemmens, P. & Hui, Y., 2017, In: Krisis. Journal for Contemporary Philosophy. 2, p. 26-41 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  14. Published

    Rhythm and Technics: On Heidegger's Commentary on Rimbaud

    Hui, Y., 2017, In: Research in Phenomenology. 47, 1, p. 60-84 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  15. Published

    Silicon Valley

    Bachmann, G., 2017, Nach der Revolution: ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 65-76 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  16. Published

    Sprechen, Schreiben, Programmieren. Digitalisierung alter Kulturtechniken oder digitale Kultur?

    Krämer, S., 2017, In: Der Blaue Reiter - Journal für Philosophie. 41, p. 16-20 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Spur, Zeuge, Wahrheit. Zeugenschaft im Spannungsfeld zwischen diskursiver und existenzialer Wahrheit?

    Krämer, S., 2017, Über Zeugen: Szenarien von Zeugenschaft und ihre Akteure. Däumer, M., Kalisky, A. & Schlie, H. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 147-166 20 p. (Trajekte).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    The Hidden Space of Production: Virtuality in Henri Bergson and Gilbert Simondon

    Kasprowicz, D., 2017, You were not expected to do this : On the Dynamics of Production: Distraction/Interference - Resistence/Accident. Blanga-Gubbay, D. & Ruchaud, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Düsseldorf University Press, p. 111-126 16 p. (materialisierungen; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    The social productivity of anonymity: An introduction

    Bachmann, G., Knecht, M. & Wittel, A., 2017, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 17, 2, p. 241-258 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  20. Published

    The Social Productivity of Anonymity: Special Issue of Ephemera Journal

    Bachmann, G. (Editor), Knecht, M. (Editor) & Wittel, A. (Editor), 2017, 2 ed. Warwick Business School. (Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization; vol. 17, no. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  21. Published

    The terms of anonymity: An interview with Marit Hansen, German data protection expert

    Bachmann, G. & Bialski, P., 2017, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 17, 2, p. 421-430 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review