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. 2018
  2. Published

    Schematism, Imagination, and Pure Intuition in Kant

    Krämer, S., 28.06.2018, Image, Imagination, and Cognition.: Medieval and Early Modern Theory and Practice. Lüthy, C., C. S., Bakker, P. & Zittel, C. (eds.). Brill Verlag, p. 300-320

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

  3. Published

    Wie Digitalität die Geisteswissenschaften verändert. Neue Forschungsgegenstände und Methoden.

    Huber, M. (Editor) & Krämer, S. (Editor), 27.06.2018, Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Bibliothek. (Zeitschrift für Digitale Geisteswissenschaften. Sonderbände; vol. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  4. Published

    Wissenschaftsgeschichte zwischen Digitalität und Digitalisierung

    Borrelli, A., 27.06.2018, In: Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften - ZfdG. Sonderband 3, 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Der ‚Stachel des Digitalen‘ – ein Anreiz zur Selbstreflexion in den Geisteswissenschaften? Ein philosophischer Kommentar zu den Digital Humanities in neun Thesen

    Krämer, S., 19.06.2018, In: Digital Classics Online. 4, 1, p. 5-11 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  6. Published

    Modeling normativity in sustainability: a comparison of the sustainable development goals, the Paris agreement, and the papal encyclical

    Schmieg, G., Meyer, E., Schrickel, I., Herberg, J., Caniglia, G., Vilsmaier, U., Laubichler, M., Hörl, E. & Lang, D., 01.05.2018, In: Sustainability Science. 13, 3, p. 785-796 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Das Monster am Ende des Buches

    Pias, C., 05.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften. 12, 1, p. 109-114 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  8. Published

    Der Rest ist Papier: Mediale Infrastrukturen der Finanzmärkte

    Ambroschütz, J., Dommann, M. & Hoof, F., 12.04.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 87-96 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Intelligenz-Comptoirs

    Fuchs, M., 01.04.2018, Rimini Protokoll: Staat 1-4 : Phänomene der Postdemokratie. Schipper, I. (ed.). Berlin: Verlag Theater der Zeit, p. 146-153 8 p.

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

  10. Published

    Sonderheft Medienökonomien, Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, Vol 18, Nr. 1

    Hoof, F. (Editor), Dommann, M. (Editor) & Hediger, V. (Editor), 04.2018, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 210 p. (Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft; vol. 18, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  11. Published

    Between Recognition and Abstraction: Early Vocational Training Films

    Hoof, F., 22.03.2018, The Image in Early Cinema: Form and Material. Curtis, S., Gunning, T., Gauthier, P. & Yumibe, J. (eds.). Indiana University Press, p. 111-119 9 p. (The Image in Early Cinema).

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

  12. Published

    Medienökonomien. Einleitung in den Schwerpunkt

    Dommann, M., Hediger, V. & Hoof, F., 01.03.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 8-17 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Perverse Bienen: Artificial Life und der Apfel der Erkenntnis

    Schmickl, T., Müggenburg, J. K. & Warnke, M., 01.03.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 98-110 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    The Corrupt State of Artificial Intelligence: Clemens Apprich on Machine Learning and Bias

    Apprich, C., 03.2018, In: Texte zur Kunst. 109, p. 136-141 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  15. Published

    Subversive Gamification

    Fuchs, M., 27.02.2018, Playful Subversion of Technoculture. Cermak-Sassenrath, D. (ed.). Singapore: Springer Verlag, p. 198 - 208 11 p. (Gaming Media and Social Effects).

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

  16. Published

    Medialität und Heteronomie. Reflexionen über das Botenmodell als Ansatz einer Medienphilosophie

    Krämer, S., 26.02.2018, Handbuch der Medienphilosophie. Schweppenhäuser, G. (ed.). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft - WBG, p. 33-44 12 p.

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

  17. Published

    Vom Wahn- und Wahrsprechen des technologisch Unbewussten

    Apprich, C., 01.01.2018, In: Le Foucaldien. 4, 1, 20 p., 7.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Wider die Botanik! Biologie und Ästhetik der Zwischenwesen um 1900

    Schnödl, G., 01.01.2018, Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology. Kittelmann, J. (ed.). Göttingen: Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Vol. 22. p. 289-304 15 p. (Annals of the history and philosophy of biology; vol. 22).

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

  19. Published

    Aisthesis und Operativität der Schrift. Über ‚Schriftbildlichkeit'

    Krämer, S., 2018, Schreiben als Ereignis: Künste und Kulturen der Schrift. Müller-Tamm, J., Schubert, C. & Werner, K. U. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 17-34 18 p. (Zur Genealogie des Schreibens; vol. 23).

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

  20. Published

    Das Bild in der Schrift: Über ‚operative Bildlichkeit‘ und die Kreativität des Graphismus

    Krämer, S., 2018, Schrift im Bild: Rezeptionsästhetische Perspektiven auf Text-Bild-Relationen in den Künsten. Gibhardt, B. R. & Grave, J. (eds.). Hannover: Wehrhahn Verlag, p. 209-222 14 p. (Ästhetische Eigenzeiten; vol. 10).

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

  21. Published

    Das Interface der Selbstverborgenheit: Szenarien des Intuitiven in Mensch-Roboter Kollaborationen

    Kasprowicz, D., 2018, Unterwachen und Schlafen: Anthropophile Medien nach dem Interface. Andreas, M., Kasprowicz, D. & Rieger, S. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 159-186 26 p.

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

  22. Published

    Delfinesisch für Anfänger. John C. Lilly und das JANUS-Projekt

    Müggenburg, J., 2018, Zwitschern, Bellen, Röhren.: Tierlaute in der Wissens-, Medientechnik- und Musikgeschichte. Sommer, M. & Reimann, D. (eds.). Berlin: Neofelis Verlag, p. 145-165 20 p.

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

  23. Published

    Digitale Kulturen

    Bernard, A., Beyes, T. & Pias, C., 2018, Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel. Henkel, A., Hobuß, S., Jamme, C. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Pro BUSINESS Verlag, p. 167-170 4 p.

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

  24. Published

    Dynamicland: Ein Ethnographie der Arbeit am Medium

    Bachmann, G., 2018, In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde. 114, 1, p. 29-50 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Faktizitäten: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft 19 (10/2, 2018)

    Vehlken, S. (Editor) & Schauerte, E. (Editor), 2018, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 100 p. (Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft; vol. 10, no. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  26. Published

    Film, oberflächlich simuliert

    Warnke, M., 2018, Oberflächen und Interfaces: Ästhetik und Politik filmischer Bilder . Holl, U., Kaldrack, I., Miksch, C., Stutz, E. & Welinder, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Paderborn : Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 55-59 5 p.

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

  27. Published

    Finding the Boomers: Der Anti-U-Boot-Krieg und die Operationalisierung der Ozeane im Kalten Krieg

    Vehlken, S., 2018, Medien – Krieg – Raum. Nowak, L. (ed.). 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 357-376 20 p.

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

  28. Published

    From Pity to Control: Regulated Humanitarianism in German Media Coverage of Refugees and Asylum

    Grittmann, E., 2018, The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action. Andersen, R. & de Silva, P. L. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 90-101 12 p.

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

  29. Published

    Funkologicalienatimepistomachinistics: Sensorisches Engineering und maschinische Heterochronizität bei Shuggie Otis

    Pelleter, M., 2018, Musikformulare und Presets: Musikkulturalisierung und Technik/Technologie. Ismaiel-Wendt, J. & Fabian, A. (eds.). Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag AG, p. 149-166 17 p.

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

  30. Published

    Geistesgeschichte der Technik: »Phantastisches von morgen« und die Höhenflüge des Tech-Kapitalismus — ein Erklärungsversuch

    Görlich, C., 2018, 10 Minuten Soziologie: Fakten. Gianna, B. & Anna, H. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 133-146 14 p. (10 Minuten Soziologie; vol. 2).

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

  31. Published

    General Ecology

    Hörl, E. H., 2018, Posthuman Glossary. Braidotti, R. & Hlavajova, M. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 172-175 4 p.

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

  32. Published

    ›Kartographischer Impuls‹ und ›operative Bildlichkeit‹: Eine Reflexion über Karten und die Bedeutung räumlicher Orientierung beim Erkennen

    Krämer, S., 2018, Mapping: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften, Heft 1/2018. Schmidt-Lauber, B. & Zechner , I. (eds.). 1 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 19-31 13 p. (Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaft; vol. 2018, no. 1).

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

  33. Published

    Lebhafte Artefakte: Heinz von Foerster und die Maschinen des Biological Computer Laboratory

    Müggenburg, J., 2018, Göttingen: Konstanz University Press. 379 p. (Konstanz University Press)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Mailen

    Siegert, P. F., 2018, Historisches Wörterbuch des Mediengebrauchs. Christians, H., Birkenbach, M. & Wegmann, N. (eds.). 1 ed. Köln, Weimar, Wien: Böhlau Verlag, Vol. 2. p. 257-272 16 p.

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

  35. Published

    Meta-Image und die Prinzipien des Digitalen im Mnemosyne-Atlas Aby Warburgs

    Dieckmann, L. & Warnke, M., 2018, Computing Art Reader: Einführung in die digitale Kunstgeschichte. Kuroczyński, P., Bell, P. & Dieckmann, L. (eds.). Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, p. 78-93 16 p. (Computing in Art and Architecture; vol. 1).

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

  36. Published

    On Knowing Too Much: Technologists´Discourses Around Online Anonymity

    Bialski, P., 2018, Non-Knowledge and Digital Cultures . Bernard, A., Koch, M. & Leeker, M. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 143-157 15 p. (Digital Culture Series ).

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

  37. Published

    Unterwachen und Schlafen: Einleitung

    Andreas, M., Kasprowicz, D. & Rieger, S., 2018, Unterwachen und Schlafen: Anthropophile Medien nach dem Interface. Andreas, M., Kasprowicz, D. & Rieger, S. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 7-31 25 p.

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

  38. Published

    Visibility, Voice and Encounter in Cosmopolitan Online Communication. Rethinking Cultural Citizenship in Post-Migrant Societies

    Grittmann, E. & Thomas, T., 2018, (Mis)Understanding Political Participation: Digital Practices, New Forms of Participation and the Renewal of Democracy. Wimmer, J., Wallner, C., Winter, R. & Oelsner, K. (eds.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 213-228 16 p. (Routledge Studies in European Communication Research and Education Serie).

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

  39. Published

    Warum Max Bense unzeitgemäß war und es heute nicht mehr ist oder: Wieviel Geist steckt in den 'Digitalen Geisteswissenschaften'?

    Krämer, S., 2018, Max Bense: Weltprogrammierung. Uhl, E. & Zittel, C. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 133-139 7 p. (Abhandlungen zur Philosophie).

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

  40. Published

    Zur Einleitung

    Voller, C., Schnödl, G. (Contributor) & Wagner, J., 2018, Spenglers Nachleben: Studien zu einer verdeckten Wirkungsgeschichte. Voller, C., Schnödl, G. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Springe: zu Klampen Verlag, p. 7-28 22 p.

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

  41. Published

    Zwischen Zeit und Raum, Bewegung und Struktur

    Krämer, S., 2018, Axel Malik: Bibliothek der unlesbaren Zeichen. Werner, K. U. (ed.). Berlin: Wolff Verlag, p. 60-63 4 p.

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

  42. 2017
  43. Published

    Mobility, Media, and the Experiences of Airbnb’s Aesthetic Regime

    Bialski, P., 19.12.2017, Experiencing Networked Urban Mobilities: Practices, Flows, Methods. Freundendal-Pedersen, M., Hartmann-Petersen, K. & Perez Fjalland, E. L. (eds.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 5 p.

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

  44. Published

    Witless slaves or lively artifacts? A debate of the 1960s

    Müggenburg, J. K. & Pias, C., 08.11.2017, In: arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 21, 1, p. 33–44 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Daten, Wahn, Sinn

    Apprich, C., 05.10.2017, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 9, 17-2, p. 54-62 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Colour and Organization Studies

    Beyes, T., 01.10.2017, In: Organization Studies. 38, 10, p. 1467 - 1482 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    “Ruinensehnsucht”: Longing for Decay in Computer Games

    Fuchs, M., 22.09.2017, In: ToDiGRA. 3, 2, p. 37-56 20 p., 2.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen

    Beyes, T. (Editor), Metelmann, J. (Editor) & Pias, C. (Editor), 09.2017, Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH. 204 p. (Duisburger Dialoge)(Edition Speersort)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  49. Published

    Epistemic Dependence and Trust: On witnessing in the first, second and third-person perspectives

    Krämer, S., 08.2017, Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture. Krämer, S. & Weigel, S. (eds.). London: Rowman & Littlefield International, p. 247-259 13 p.

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

  50. Published

    "Technisches Leben": Simondons Denken des Lebendigen und die allgemeine Ökologie

    Hörl, E. H., 08.2017, Black Box Leben. Muhle, M. & Voss, C. (eds.). Berlin: August Verlag, p. 239-266 27 p. (Schriften des Internationalen Kollegs für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie; vol. 28).

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

  51. Published

    Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture

    Krämer, S. (Editor) & Weigel, S. (Editor), 08.2017, London: Rowman & Littlefield International. 294 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  52. Published

    Utopian Hacks

    Bachmann, G., 08.2017, Limn Number 8: Hacks, Leaks, and Breaches. Coleman, E. G. & Kelty, C. M. (eds.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Vol. 8. p. 96-101 6 p. (Limn; no. 8).

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

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