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.
- 2021
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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. 3Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2020
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Games und Gamification: Kulturhistorische, medienwissenschaftliche, politische und ästhetische Dimensionen
Fuchs, M., 23.11.2020, Lüneburg. 318 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Post-doctoral dissertations
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Atomic Animals: Tiere als Medien nuklearer Forschung
Vehlken, S., 26.10.2020, In: Tierstudien. 18, p. 45-56 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sven Dupre (ed.), Perspective as Practice. Renaissance Cultures of Optics. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2019, 512 p. ISBN 978-2-503-58107-1
Borrelli, A., 10.09.2020, In: NUNCIUS-JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. 35, 2, p. 444-447 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emily, Herring, Kevin Matthew, Jones, Konstantin, Kiprijanov, Laura, Sellers. The past, present, and future of integrated history and philosophy of science. London, England: Routledge, 2019.
Borrelli, A., 08.2020, In: Centaurus. 62, 3, p. 579-581 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Angels of Efficiency: A Media History of Consulting
Hoof, F., 28.05.2020, New York: Oxford University Press. 392 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Other › Research
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Popgeschichte im Zeichen des Twist
Großmann, R., 04.2020, In: Musik & Ästhetik. 24, 94, p. 98-105 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T. Haigh (Hrsg.): Exploring the Early Digital
Müggenburg, J. K., 20.03.2020, 3 p. Berlin : Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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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 contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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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 anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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›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 anthologies › Monographs › Research
- 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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2019
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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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 contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Programm FAKE: Monte Carlo Eventgeneratoren als Werkzeug der Theorie in der frühen Hochenergiephysik
Borrelli, A., 01.12.2019, In: NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine. 27, 4, p. 479-514 36 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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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 anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Die Schulordnung als Klang – und Zeit
Großmann, R., 25.10.2019, In: Paragrana. 28, 2, p. 61-65 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review