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. 2011
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    Project »Les Halles, Paris«

    Stöcklmayr, N., 2011, Total Fluidity Studio Zaha Hadid: Projects 2000 - 2010 University of Applied Arts Vienna. Hadid, Z. & Schumacher, P. (eds.). Wien: Springer-Verlag Wien, p. 209 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  3. Published

    Rechnende Tiere: Zootechnologien aus dem Ozean

    Müggenburg, J. & Vehlken, S., 2011, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 3, 4, p. 58-70 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Reproduktionsmusik und Remix-Culture

    Großmann, R., 2011, Mind the Gap!: Medienkonstellationen zwischen zeitgenössischer Musik und Klangkunst. Saxer, M. (ed.). Saarbrücken: Pfau Verlag, p. 116-127 12 p.

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

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    Schriftlichkeiten

    Großmann, R., 2011, In: Positionen. 86, p. 8-9 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Souveräne Bindungen: Zeitliche Bezüge in Medienrepertoires und Kommunikationsmodi

    Hölig, S., Domeyer, H. & Hasebrink, U., 2011, Rezeption und Wirkung in zeitlicher Perspektive. Suckfüll, M., Schramm, H. & Wünsch, C. (eds.). 2011 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Vol. 22. p. 71-88 18 p. (Rezeptionsforschung; vol. 22).

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

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    Störung als Normalfall

    Pias, C., 2011, Störfälle. Koch, L., Petersen, C. & Vogi, J. (eds.). 2 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 27 - 43 17 p. (Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften).

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

  9. Published

    The Game Player's Duty: The User as the Gestalt of Ports

    Pias, C., 2011, Media Archaeology: approaches, applications, and implications. Huhtamo, E. & Parikka, J. (eds.). Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 164-183 20 p.

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

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    Theorien des Internet zur Einführung

    Warnke, M., 2011, Hamburg: Junius Verlag . 192 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Verunsicherungen als Forschungs- und Lehrkonzept

    Hennig, I., Kruse, M.-M., Hobuß, S. & Thomas, T., 2011, Dekonstruktion und Evidenz: Ver(un)sicherungen in Medienkulturen. Thomas, T., Hobuß, S., Hennig, I. & Kruse, M.-M. (eds.). Königstein/Taunus: Ulrike Helmer Verlag, p. 8-21

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

  12. Published

    Was waren Medien?

    Pias, C. (Editor), 2011, 1. Aufl. ed. Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 128 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    What´s in a net? or: The end of the average

    Warnke, M., 2011, In: Kunstgeschichte. Open Peer Reviewed Journal. 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Wider die Kriegsvergessenheit in der Sozialwissenschaft

    Spreen, D., 2011, In: Ästhetik & Kommunikation. 42, 152-153, p. 33-40 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Work = work ≠ work: In defence of play

    Krempl, S.-T. & Beyes, T., 2011, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 11, 4, p. 466-481 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. 2010
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    Ana Ofak/Philipp v. Hilgers (Hg.): Rekursionen. Von Faltungen des Wissens

    Vehlken, S., 11.2010, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. online, 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Rückführung der Kunst in Medienpraxis: Verlangen die neuen Medien einen neuen Avantgarde-Begriff?

    Pelleter, M., 08.2010, In: Positionen. 84, p. 18-22 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Frauenzeitschriften aus der Sicht ihrer Leserinnen: die Rezeption von "Brigitte" im Kontext von Biografie, Alltag und Doing Gender

    Müller, K. F., 27.04.2010, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 455 p. (Critical Studies in Media and Communication; vol. 5)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Diffusion und Teilhabe durch Domestizierung. Zugänge zum Internet im Wandel 1997-2007

    Röser, J. & Peil, C., 01.01.2010, In: Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft. 58, 4, p. 481-502 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Alltag

    Beyes, T., 2010, Lexikon zur zeitgenössischen Kunst von Com & Com: [anläßlich der Ausstellung "La Realite Depasse la Fiction" im CentrePasquArt in Biel/Bienne vom 17. Januar bis 14. März 2010. Hedinger, J. M. & Gossolt, M. (eds.). Sulgen und Zürich: Niggli Verlag , p. 12-13 2 p. (Binding Selection d´Artistes; no. 31).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Alltag in den Medien - Medien im Alltag

    Röser, J. (Editor), Thomas, T. (Editor) & Peil, C. (Editor), 2010, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 317 p. (Medien - Kultur - Kommunikation)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch