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.
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Train Ticket Sharing: Alternative Forms of Computing in the City
Bialski, P., 31.07.2017, In: The Fibreculture Journal. 29, p. 115-128 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bats in the Belfry: On the Relationship of Cybernetics and German Media Theory
Müggenburg, J. K., 28.07.2017, In: Canadian Journal of Communication. 42, 3, p. 467 – 484 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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„Das scheint mir das Widersprüchliche in der Kybernetik zu sein: Im gleichen Atemzug mit einer De-Anthropologisierung wird ein neuer Humanismus gefeiert.“
Pias, C., 10.07.2017, Eine Genealogie des MedienDenkens: Siegfried Zielinski im Gespräch mit: Hans Belting, Knut Ebeling, Thomas Elsaesser, Wolfgang Ernst, VALIE EXPORT, Boris Groys, Sybille Krämer, Geert Lovink, Joachim Paech, Claus Pias, Hans Ulrich Reck, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Nils Röller, Otto Rössler, Florian Rötzer, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Henning Schmidgen, Peter Weibel und Hartmut Winkler.. Hadler, F. & Irrgang, D. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 491-520 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Phantasmen. Quelques fleurs
Schwarzhans, W. & Bösenberg, E. S., 10.07.2017, (Mit) Pflanzen kartographieren. Loreck, H., Klier, A. & Lindeborg, S. (eds.). Hamburg: Materialverlag-HFBK Hamburg, p. 84-87 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Végétal Cristalline
Bösenberg, E. S., 10.07.2017, (Mit) Pflanzen kartographieren. Loreck, H., A. K. & Lindeborg, S. (eds.). Hamburg: Materialverlag-HFBK Hamburg, p. 148-151 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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“Es ist die Medientheorie avant la lettre, die sich in der Legende vom sterbenden Boten verbirgt"
Krämer, S., 07.2017, Zur Genealogie des MedienDenkens. Irrgang, D. & Hadler, F. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 255-278 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Media Genealogy: Back to the Present of Digital Cultures
Apprich, C. & Bachmann, G., 23.06.2017, Digitisation: Theories and Concepts for Empirical Cultural Research. Koch, G. (ed.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 293 - 306 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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General Ecology: The New Ecological Paradigm
Hörl, E. H. (Editor), 05.2017, 1 ed. London/New York: Bloomsbury Academic. 384 p. (Theory)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Introduction to General Ecology: The Ecologization of Thinking
Hörl, E. H. & Schott, N. F. (Translator), 05.2017, General Ecology: The New Ecological Paradigm. Hörl, E. & Burton, J. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 1 – 75 75 p. (Theory).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Good Vibrations: Eine Geschichte der elektronischen Musikinstrumente
Brilmayer, B. (Editor), Hardjowirogo, S.-I. (Editor) & Restle, C. (Editor), 18.04.2017, Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag. 168 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Exhibition catalogues › Transfer
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Flattening As Cultural Technique: Epistemic and Aesthetic Functions of Inscribed Surfaces
Krämer, S., 01.04.2017, In: Journal of the American Musicological Society. 70, 1, p. 239-244 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Performing the Digital: Performativity and Performance Studies in Digital Cultures
Leeker, M. (Editor), Schipper, I. (Editor) & Beyes, T. (Editor), 01.03.2017, Bielefeld : transcript Verlag. 300 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft; vol. 11)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Das Blut, das Ich und sein Schatten: Zu den Emblemen einer zirkulären Serialität in Dexter
Hagen, W., 03.2017, Bis auf Weiteres. Pinnwand und Serie. Engell, L., Maeder, D., Schröter, J. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 57-64 8 p. (Augen-Blick : Konstanzer Hefte zur Medienwissenschaft; vol. 68).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Form of Becoming: Embryology and the Epistemology of Rhythm, 1760-1830
Wellmann, J., 03.2017, New York: Zone Books. 423 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Between Drudgery and "Promesse du bonheur": Games and Gamification
Fuchs, M., 10.02.2017, New Perspectives on the Social Aspects of Digital Gaming : Multiplayer 2. Kowert, R. & Quandt, T. (eds.). 1 ed. London, New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 185-199 15 p. (Routledge advances in game studies).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Philosophie der Zeugenschaft: Eine Anthologie
Krämer, S. (Editor), Schmidt, S. (Editor) & Schülein, J.-G., 01.02.2017, Münster: mentis Verlag. 243 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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I Am Not A Hacker
Bialski, P., 02.2017, Hacks, Leaks, and Breaches. Coleman, E. G. & Kelty, C. M. (eds.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Vol. 8. p. 102-106 5 p. (Limn; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Adorno’s Grey, Taussig’s Blue: Colour, organization and critical affect
Beyes, T. & De Cock, C., 01.01.2017, In: Organization. 24, 1, p. 59-78 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gamification: Geheimwaffe oder Bullshit?
Fuchs, M., 01.01.2017, In: form Design Magazine. 269, p. 57-60 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Home for Hire: How the sharing economy commoditises our private sphere
Bialski, P., 01.01.2017, Sharing Economies in Times of Crisis: Practices, Politics and Possibilities. Ince, A. & Hall, S. M. (eds.). Oxford: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 83-95 13 p. (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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The state of the internets: Notes for a new historiography of technosociality
Shah, N., 01.01.2017, The Routledge Companion to Global Internet Histories. Goggin, G. & McLelland, M. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 49-60 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Beating Time: Futuristische Geschichten und vergangene Zukünfte der Drum-Machine
Pelleter, M., 2017, Good Vibrations: Eine Geschichte der elektronischen Musikinstrumente. Restle, C., Brillmaier, B. & Hardjowirogo, S.-I. (eds.). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, p. 41-45 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Computer Game Worlds
Pias, C., 2017, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 355 p. (sequenzia)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Das Ereignis, „wenn man sich im Bett umdreht“ – Zur Zukunft des Subjekts bei Alain Badiou und Robert Musil
Schnödl, G., 2017, Zurück in die Zukunft: Die Bedeutung von Diskursen über „Zukunft“ in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Freitag, K. & Groß, D. (eds.). Kassel: Kassel university press, p. 75-90 16 p. ( Studien des Aachener Kompetenzzentrums für Wissenschaftsgeschichte; vol. 18).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Rettung des Ontologischen durch das Ontische? Ein Kommentar zu 'operativen Ontologien'
Krämer, S., 2017, In: Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung. 8, 2, p. 125-142 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecologies of Making: On Tim Ingold´s General-Ecological Critique of Worldmaking
Hörl, E., 2017, +ultra knowledge & gestaltung. Doll, N., Bredekamp, H. & Schäffner, W. (eds.). Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, p. 45-53 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Entwickler
Bialski, P., 2017, Nach der Revolution : Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen . Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 140-148 9 p. ("Duisburger Dialoge" der Haniel Stiftung).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Gerhard Rühm oder: Vom Eigensinn der Medien
Krämer, S., 2017, Gerhard Rühm. Brugger, I. & Eipeldauer, H. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 27-32 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Gespenster des Wissens
Holl, U. (Editor), Pias, C. (Editor) & Wolf, B. (Editor), 2017, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 440 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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Instrumentality: On the Construction of Instrumental Identity
Hardjowirogo, S.-I., 2017, Musical Instruments in the 21st Century: Identities, Configurations, Practices. Bovermann, T., de Campo, A., Egermann, H., Hardjowirogo, S.-I. & Weinzierl, S. (eds.). Singapore: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 9-24 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Krassheiten: Das Ende der Massen und ihrer Medien
Warnke, M., 2017, In: Treffpunkte. 2017, 3, p. 13 – 16 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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 contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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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 anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review