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. 2021
  2. Published

    Niklas Luhmann am OVG Lüneburg: Zur Entstehung der Systemtheorie

    Beyes, T. (Editor), Warnke, M. (Editor), Hagen, W. (Editor) & Pias, C. (Editor), 2021, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot GmbH. 136 p. (Soziologische Schriften (SOZS); vol. 86)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    The Instrument

    Großmann, R., 2021, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Anthropology of Sound. Schulze, H. (ed.). 1 ed. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 59-76 18 p. 3

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

  4. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. 2020
  6. Published

    Games und Gamification: Kulturhistorische, medienwissenschaftliche, politische und ästhetische Dimensionen

    Fuchs, M., 23.11.2020, Lüneburg. 318 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesPost-doctoral dissertations

  7. Published

    Atomic Animals: Tiere als Medien nuklearer Forschung

    Vehlken, S., 26.10.2020, In: Tierstudien. 18, p. 45-56 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Thinking the Problematic: Genealogies and Explorations between Philosophy and the Sciences

    Leistert, O. (Editor) & Schrickel, I. (Editor), 26.10.2020, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 197 p. (Philosophy)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Introduction to Thinking the Problematic: Decentring as Method and Ethos

    Leistert, O. & Schrickel, I., 06.10.2020, Thinking the problematic: genealogies and explorations between philosophy and the sciences. Leistert, O. & Schrickel, I. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 9-34 26 p. (Philosophy).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  10. Published

    The Great Pacific Garbage Catch: Müll als Medium einer ›Plastic Oceanography

    Vehlken, S., 10.2020, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 23, 2, p. 84-98 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Homöostat und Cyborg. Zum Verhältnis von Selbstorganisationsforschung und der frühen Biokybernetik

    Müggenburg, J. K., 17.09.2020, Affizierungs- und Teilhabeprozesse zwischen Organismen und Maschinen. Ochsner, B., Nikolow, S. & Stock, R. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 25-42 18 p. (Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society).

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

  12. Published
  13. Published

    Giovan Battista Della Porta's construction of pneumatic phenomena and his use of recipes as heuristic tools

    Borrelli, A., 01.08.2020, In: Centaurus. 62, 3, p. 406-424 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published
  15. Published

    The Late Masterwork of Gilles Deleuze: Linking Style to Method in What Is Philosophy?

    Schönher, M., 01.06.2020, In: Qui Parle: Critical Humanities and Social Sciences. 29, 1, p. 25–63 39 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Angels of Efficiency: A Media History of Consulting

    Hoof, F., 28.05.2020, New York: Oxford University Press. 392 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  17. Published

    Heinz von Foerster and Early Research in the Field of Pattern Recognition at the Biological Computer Laboratory

    Müggenburg, J., 15.04.2020, Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2019 - 17th International Conference, Revised Selected Papers: 17th International Conference, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, February 17–22, 2019, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. Moreno-Díaz, R., Pichler, F. & Quesada-Arencibia, A. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing, Vol. 1. p. 116–122 7 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 12013 LNCS).

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

  18. Published

    Die Problematik Granels

    Hörl, E., 04.2020, Die totale Produktion: Technik, Kapital und die Logik der Unendlichkeit. Hörl, E. (ed.). Wien: Verlag Turia + Kant, p. 7-37 31 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  19. Published

    Die totale Produktion: Technik, Kapital und die Logik der Unendlichkeit

    Granel, G., Hörl, E. (Editor) & Strack, L. (Translator), 04.2020, Wien: Verlag Turia + Kant. 279 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  20. Published

    Popgeschichte im Zeichen des Twist

    Großmann, R., 04.2020, In: Musik & Ästhetik. 24, 94, p. 98-105 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    T. Haigh (Hrsg.): Exploring the Early Digital

    Müggenburg, J. K., 20.03.2020, 3 p. Berlin : Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearch

  22. Published

    Politics of Reproduction

    spheres Editorial Collective, Trott, B., Beverungen, A., Apprich, C., Hille, L. & Heinrichs, R., 03.2020, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 2000, #6, p. 1-10 10 p.

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

  23. Published

    Politics of Reproduction

    spheres Editorial Collective, Trott, B. (Editor), Beverungen, A. (Editor), Apprich, C. (Editor), Luchs, I. (Editor), Hille, L. (Editor) & Heinrichs, R. (Editor), 03.2020, Lüneburg: Cent­re for Di­gi­tal Cul­tu­res Lüneburg. (spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures; vol. 2000, no. 6)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  24. Published

    REST in Peace: Floating Tanks als Medientechnik zwischen Balance und Exzess

    Hauss, P. & Vehlken, S., 10.02.2020, Balance: Figuren des Äquilibriums in den Kulturwissenschaften. Goebel , E. & Zumbusch, C. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter, p. 217-238 22 p. (Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus; vol. 23 ).

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

  25. Published

    Accounting for Information Infrastructure as Medium for Organisational Change

    Boell, S. K. & Hoof, F., 02.01.2020, In: Accounting History Review. 30, 1, p. 45-68 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Heaven and Earth – Cloud and Territory in the Internet

    Warnke, M., 01.01.2020, Human-Centric Computing in a Data-Driven Society: 14th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC14 2020, Tokyo, Japan, September 9–11, 2020, Proceedings. Kreps, D., Komukai, T., Gopal, T. V. & Ishii, K. (eds.). Cham: Springer Schweiz, p. 117-129 13 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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

  27. Published

    Die unheimliche Verkehrung. Anmerkungen zu einem Topos der Moderne

    Voller, C., 01.2020, Autonomie und Unheimlichkeit. Friedrich, A., Gehring, P., Hubig, C., Kaminski, A. & Nordmann, A. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 53-82 30 p. (Jahrbuch für Technikphilosophie; vol. 6).

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

  28. Published

    Street Wisdom

    Vehlken, S., 01.2020, Universalenzyklopädie menschlicher Klugheit: Festschrift für Bernhard Siegert. Krajewski, M. & Maye, H. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 212-213 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  29. Published

    Assistenz

    Müggenburg, J. K., 2020, Technikanthropologie: Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium. Heßler, M. & Liggieri, K. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 411-415 5 p.

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

  30. Published

    Attuning to What? The Uncanny Revival of the Aestheticization of Politics

    Fuchs, M., 2020, Affective Transformations: Politics-Algorithms-Media. Bösel, B. & Wiemer, S. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 201-210 10 p.

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

  31. Published

    Becoming-Environmental: Toward a Critique of Environmentality as Power-Form, World-Form, and Capital-Form

    Hörl, E., 2020, Hybrid Ecologies. Witzgall, S., Kesting, M., Muhle, M. & Nachtigall, J. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 197-208 12 p.

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

  32. Published

    Der Quantencomputer - ein zukünftiger Gegenstand der Medienwissenschaft?

    Ernst, C., Schröter, J. & Warnke, M., 2020, In: MEDIENwissenschaft. Rezensionen. Reviews.. 38, 2-3, p. 130-150 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    From Social Data to Body Data to Psy Data: Tap, Tap, Tap

    Leistert, O., 2020, Affective Transformations : Politics-Algorithms-Media. Bösel, B. & Wiemer, S. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 73-85 12 p.

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

  34. Published

    ›Futurhythmaschinen‹: Drum-Machines und die Zukünfte auditiver Kulturen

    Pelleter, M., 2020, Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag AG. 623 p. (MusikmachDinge. ((audio)) Ästhetische Strategien und Sound-Kulturen; vol. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  35. E-pub ahead of print

    Governing Objects from a Distance: Blockchains as Organizers of Environmentality

    Leistert, O., 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) Explorations in Digital Cultures. Burkhardt, M., Shnayien, M. & Grashöfer, K. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 5-20 16 p.

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

  36. Published

    Liveness Formats: A Historical Perspective on Live Sports Broadcasting

    Hoof, F., 2020, Format Matters: Standards, Practices, and Politics in Media Culture. Jankovic, M., Volmer, A. & Schneider, A. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 81-103 23 p.

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

  37. Published

    Media of Trust: Visualizing the Pandemic

    Hoof, F., 2020, Pandemic Media: Preliminary Notes Towards an Inventory . Melamed, L., Keidl, P. D., Hediger, V. & Somaini, A. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 231-240 20 p.

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

  38. Published

    The Case of Willetta Huggins

    Wiechern, A.-L., 2020, Stimmen Hören. Klaut, M., Schnödl, G. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: ciconia ciconia Verlag, p. 277-284 8 p. (Ciconia ciconia; vol. 34).

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

  39. Published

    The Instrument as Medium: Phonographic Work

    Großmann, R., 2020, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art. Krogh Groth, S. & Schulze, H. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 436-445 10 p. 23. (Bloomsbury handbooks).

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

  40. Published

    Traffic Life: Temporal Dynamics and Regulatory Dimensions in Agent-Based Transport Simulations

    Vehlken, S., 2020, In: Mobilities. 15, 5, p. 725-739 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  41. 2019
  42. Published

    Battery as a mediating technology of organization

    Müggenburg, J. K., 24.12.2019, The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Holt, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 26–33 8 p.

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

  43. Published

    By Means of Which: Media, Technology, Organisation

    Beyes, T., Holt, R. & Pias, C., 12.12.2019, The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Holt, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 498-514 17 p.

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

  44. Published

    Calendar

    Hoof, F., 12.12.2019, Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Holt, R. & Pias, C. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 54-67 14 p.

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

  45. Published

    Coffee Machine as a mediating technology of organization

    Bachmann, G. & Bialski, P., 12.12.2019, Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology and Organization Studies . Beyes, T., Holt, R. & Pias, C. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 116-124 9 p.

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

  46. Published

    Overhead Projector

    Pias, C., 12.12.2019, The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Holt, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 286-300 15 p.

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

  47. Published

    The Oxford Handbook on Media, Technology and Organization Studies

    Beyes, T. (Editor), Holt, R. (Editor) & Pias, C. (Editor), 12.12.2019, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 560 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

  48. Published

    Computer Simulations Then and Now: an Introduction and Historical Reassessment

    Borrelli, A. & Wellmann, J., 01.12.2019, In: NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine. 27, 4, p. 407-417 11 p.

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

  49. Published

    Gilles Deleuze’s Philosophy of Nature: System and Method in What is Philosophy?

    Schönher, M., 01.12.2019, In: Theory, Culture and Society. 36, 7–8, p. 89–107 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published
  51. Published

    Editorial: #5 Spectres of Artificial Intelligence

    spheres Editorial Collective, Apprich, C., Beverungen, A. & Hille, L., 01.11.2019, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 5, p. 1-4 4 p.

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

  52. Published

    Zootechnologies. A Media History of Swarm Research

    Vehlken, S. & Pakis, V. (Translator), 28.10.2019, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 400 p. (Recursions)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Die Schulordnung als Klang – und Zeit

    Großmann, R., 25.10.2019, In: Paragrana. 28, 2, p. 61-65 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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